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Review: FIREFLIES at Shakespeare & Company

Review: FIREFLIES at Shakespeare & Company

by Marc Savitt · June 25, 2026

FIREFLIES is a delightful little feel-good piece that gives humorous, heartwarming, and character-driven romance. It avoids high-concept sci-fi or intense melodrama in favor of a comfortable, down-to-earth, good ole story. One that is told by some of the area’s well known, admired, extremely com…

Review: An Emotionally Affecting IN OLD AGE at Arts Emerson

Review: An Emotionally Affecting IN OLD AGE at Arts Emerson

by R. Scott Reedy · June 24, 2026

Theatergoers who have come to love and respect Abasiama Bassey a central character in the emotionally resonant nine-part Ufot Family Cycle by first-generation Nigerian American playwright Mfoniso Udofia, will not want to miss the deeply moving “In Old Age,” the eighth and penultimate play in the…

Review: THE ZIONISTS: A FAMILY STORM at Barrington Stage Company

Review: THE ZIONISTS: A FAMILY STORM at Barrington Stage Company

by Marc Savitt · June 23, 2026

THE ZIONISTS; A Family Storm represents a tremendous new piece of theater. One that, like a gemstone, sparkles on many facets. You don’t have to possess any particular element, characteristic, or trait, this play will make you think. It continues at Barrington Stage Company’s Boyd-Quinson The…

Review: Emilio and Gloria Estefan Musical Will Have You ON YOUR FEET! in Beverly

Review: Emilio and Gloria Estefan Musical Will Have You ON YOUR FEET! in Beverly

by R. Scott Reedy · June 10, 2026

Whether autobiographical like “Jersey Boys,” “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” and “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” or fictionalized like “Mamma Mia!,” jukebox musicals often rely on the drama of  their source material as much as their familiar scores for success.…

Review: EUREKA DAY is a Tempest in a Vaccination Teapot

Review: EUREKA DAY is a Tempest in a Vaccination Teapot

by R. Scott Reedy · June 9, 2026

But in playwright Jonathan Spector’s “Eureka Day” – now being given a cleverly funny production by The Huntington at the Huntington Avenue Theatre through June 28 – they are also comic fodder for a trenchant story about a tempest over vaccination in a hyper-woke teacup.…

Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY at Barrington Stage Company

Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY at Barrington Stage Company

by Marc Savitt · June 7, 2026

Cast and Crew deliver a high-quality production that is both simple and sublime; historically accurate, topically relevant; and well worth seeing. BSC Artistic Director, Alan Paul said: 'It's fair to say that Daisy has become an American classic, and when you watch the show, you will see how contemp…

Past Shows

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Apr 11

Actors’ Shakespeare Project will showcase A Midsummer Night's Dream as part of their inaugural spring production at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown....

The Bomb-itty of Errors

The Bomb-itty of Errors

May 25 – Jun 26, 2022

4 actors playing multiple characters + a live DJ on stage = a musical, ad-rap-tation of Shakespeares The Comedy of Errors. Quadruplets separated at birth...

Much Ado About Nothing

FeaturedMuch Ado About Nothing

Apr 11 – May 6, 2018

Benedick is determined to “die a Bachelor.” Beatrice can’t imagine loving a man she can’t tolerate! They might just be the perfect couple. While the...

Exit The King By Eugène Ionesco

FeaturedExit The King By Eugène Ionesco

Sep 13 – Oct 8, 2017

ASP’s 14th season features a collection of plays that strives to inspire dialogue, build relationships, strengthen communities, and reveal something about what it means to...

Edward II by Christopher Marlowe

FeaturedEdward II by Christopher Marlowe

Feb 22 – Mar 19, 2017

Actors’ Shakespeare Project kicks off 2017 with Christopher Marlowe’s complex Edward II, England’s notorious king who forsakes everything for his public and private passions--only to...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

FeaturedThe Tempest by William Shakespeare

Dec 1 – Jan 8, 2017

“The isle is full of noises.” Banishment proves to be a catalyst for opening a window on magic, wonder, and an island that serves as...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Oct 5 – Nov 6, 2016

Under the direction of Resident Acting Company (RAC) member Doug Lockwood, HAMLET, featuring members Omar Robinson* (Hamlet), Marianna Bassham* (Gertrude), and Richard Snee* (Polonius) will...

The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale

Dec 10 – Jan 3, 2016

Actors’ Shakespeare Project continues its season-long exploration of “Affairs of the Heart,” examining the darker side of love as a catalyst for cruelty and redemption with...

Pericles

Apr 17 – May 12, 2013

Sailors and pirates, nuns and hookers, innocent virgins and evil kings--seven actors play forty roles in Shakespeare's adventure tale about a shattered family trying to...

Middletown

Feb 13 – Mar 10, 2013

Theater at the YMCA Cambridge: - Will Eno; dir: Doug Lockwood....

Medea

Feb 8 – Mar 4, 2012

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Lovesong in Boston Lovesong
The Unicorn Theatre (7/22-8/23)
FORTUNE FEIMSTER: TAKIN' CARE OF BISCUITS TOUR! in Boston FORTUNE FEIMSTER: TAKIN' CARE OF BISCUITS TOUR!
Provincetown Town Hall (8/15-8/15)
Oh, Mary! in Boston Oh, Mary!
Emerson Colonial Theatre (12/21-1/03)
MEETING HOUSE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Meeting the Moment! Concert #3 in Boston MEETING HOUSE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Meeting the Moment! Concert #3
Church of the Holy Spirit (7/02-7/02)
Twelfth Night in Boston Twelfth Night
Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre (7/04-7/26)
Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: Judy Saves the Day by Sarah Nolen of Puppet Motion in Boston Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: Judy Saves the Day by Sarah Nolen of Puppet Motion
Puppet Showplace Theater (7/12-7/12)
The Who's Tommy in Boston The Who's Tommy
Emerson Colonial Theatre (5/04-5/16)
Tab Benoit in Boston Tab Benoit
Payomet Performing Arts Center (7/05-7/05)
Summer in the City: the Circus that Never Sleeps in Boston Summer in the City: the Circus that Never Sleeps
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (6/25-9/06)
Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: The Tiny Bird Show by Carole D'Agostino in Boston Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: The Tiny Bird Show by Carole D'Agostino
Puppet Showplace Theater (8/09-8/09)