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BODY AWARENESS tells the story of an unconventional, modern American nuclear family.

New Repertory Theatre announces its 30th season opening play THE ELEPHANT MAN by Bernard Pomerance, September 7 through 29, 2013.

Pearl, a new opera in development, was inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, a story of love, condemnation, betrayal and acceptance in which protagonist Hester Prynne secretly conceives a child with the Reverend Dimmesdale.

Huntington Theatre Company and Dorchester's Codman Academy Charter Public School's eight-year collaboration, the Huntington-Codman Summer Theatre Institute, will culminate in two public performances of As You Like It this Thursday and Friday, August 1 and 2 at 7pm at the Calderwood Pavilion at the B

Steps off Broadway Productions, Inc.

The hit off-Broadway show Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff comes to Boston for a limited, three week engagement, playing September 17 through October 6 at The Paramount Center Mainstage (559 Washington St.

Gloucester Stage New Play Reading Series kicks of with THE RAINMAKER.

One of America's most popular plays for summer theatres, SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR offers a light alternative in this summer in the Berkshires which is better known for serious classics, new musicals and cutting edge new plays.

As their daughter's wedding day descends into a riotous farce, Doc and Delia Coleman rediscover their marriage and their souls in Lewis Black's One Slight Hitch, opening at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater tonight, July 27.

ImprovBoston is pleased to bring The Joe Moses Showes to its Mainstage theatre for two days only.

Considered by many to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN is set against the backdrop of the Thirty Years War of the seventeenth century.

The Company Theatre presents a regional premiere of the Tony Award winning musicAl Monty Python's Spamalot, from today, July 26 through August 18, at The Company Theatre Centre for the Arts, 30 Accord Park Drive, Norwell, MA.

In one of the most unusual musical stories since Sweeney Todd, we enter into the world of transgendered people living in the rural south and the lives they lead in a hostile environment.

Artistic Director Jenny Gersten announces the opening of Williamstown Theatre Festival's fifth production of the 2013 season: Johnny Baseball, the Red Sox musical, plays on the Nikos Stage from tonight, July 25 - August 3, following July 24 preview performances.

Berkshire Theatre Group presents Bernard Slade's Same Time, Next Year at The Fitzpatrick Main Stage in Stockbridge, Opening Night tonight, July 25 at 8pm.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's 'Free Shakespeare On The Common' is celebrating its 18th season with a production of Shakespeare's comedy THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, inspired by Rat Pack-era Vegas.

Elements Theatre Company of Cape Cod kicks off its 2013-14 year-long tribute to William Shakespeare with one of his most popular comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream, August 9-11 and 16-18 at Paraclete House, Rock Harbor, Orleans.

Christine Ebersole won her second Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, as well as virtually every Off-Broadway award, for her "dual role of a lifetime" as Edith Beale and Little Edie Beale in Grey Gardens.

Berkshire Playwrights Lab will present a staged reading of Richard Dresser's The Handyman, directed by Joe Cacaci, on Wednesday, August 7 at 7:30pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, Mass.

Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director, and TriStan Wilson, Managing Director, presents the BSC Musical Theatre Lab (William Finn Artistic Producer) world premiere production of Southern Comfort,

The Happy Medium Theatre Company and Heart & Dagger Productions are thrilled to announce the conclusion of their 4th and 3rd Seasons with PSYCHO BEACH PARTY by Charles Busch.

Tonight, July 25 at 5pm, CTC will present a free staged reading of JANE EYRE: A MEMORY, A FEVER, A DREAM featuring your favorite actors of the CTC stage! The cast of JANE EYRE will include Allison McLemore (The Nibroc Trilogy, Turn of the Screw, Tryst), Joel Ripka (The Nibroc Trilogy, The Swan), Gis

Berkshire Theatre Group presents Bernard Slade's Same Time, Next Year at The Fitzpatrick Main Stage in Stockbridge, Opening Night tonight, July 25 at 8pm.

As part of its 23rd summer season, New Century Theatre presents GOD OF CARNAGE, by Yasmina Reza, directed by Ed Golden.

Actors Neal Huff, Sharon Washington and Aaron Clifton Moten will participate in staged readings of Luce by JC Lee at the Cape Cod Theatre Project.