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AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

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Cambridge, MA 02138

Wonder
Wonder
12/9 - 2/8/2026


“We can change the way we see.”  Based on R.J. Palacio’s novel and Lionsgate & Mandeville Films’ hit feature film, this uplifting new musical follows ...

BLACK SWAN
5/26 - 6/28/2026


BLACK SWAN is a world-premiere musical at the American Repertory Theater that brings a new adaptation of the 2010 psychological thriller to life. Directed and ...



A.R.T. to Develop HIGH ON THE HOG Theatrical Experience


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 29, 2025

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is developing a new theatrical experience based on High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America by Dr. Jessica B. Harris....

American Repertory Theater to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of WAITRESS


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 20, 2025

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) opened the world-premiere production of Waitress at the Loeb Drama Center on August 20, 2015. The theater will celebrate the show and its journey around the world and back. Learn more!...

The 7 Fingers' PASSENGERS to be Presented at A.R.T.


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 29, 2025

American Repertory Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for The 7 Fingers’ production of Passengers, written, directed, and choreographed by Shana Carroll. Learn more!...

Review: American Repertory Theater's TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) is Delicious Treat


by R. Scott Reedy - June 02, 2025

The term “rom com” has often been used to describe the musical “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York).” And while that’s not necessarily a bad thing, unless it means a steady diet of only Hallmark and Lifetime movies, it’s also a bit like comparing supermarket cake with one fresh from a baker...

Review: American Repertory Theater's NIGHT SIDE SONGS Shows Power of Community and Music


by R. Scott Reedy - April 06, 2025

What did our critic think of NIGHT SIDE SONGS at American Repertory Theater?...

Photos: Mary Testa, Jordan Dobson and More in NIGHT SIDE SONGS


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 31, 2025

The American Repertory Theater/Philadelphia Theatre Company’s world-premiere production of Night Side Songs is running at two venues in A.R.T.’s community. See photos here! ...

Broadway in Worcester Will Host Night Side Songs in April


by Stephi Wild - March 31, 2025

Broadway in Worcester will present Night Side Songs, a musical by Daniel and Patrick Lazour and directed by Taibi Magar, for one night only. Learn more here!...

A.R.T. Reveals Programming Associated with THE ODYSSEY


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 31, 2025

American Repertory Theater at Harvard University revealed programming associated with its upcoming production of The Odyssey, including film screenings and interactive puppetry workshops. Learn more!...

Review: American Repertory Theater's DIARY OF A TAP DANCER is Illuminating Look at Dance History


by R. Scott Reedy - January 02, 2025

Get a ticket, if you still can, to her illuminating and immensely entertaining new play “Diary of a Tap Dancer” – being given its world premiere production by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge through January 4, 2025 – and you’ll never forget it....

Tickets Now On Sale for Kate Hamill's THE ODYSSEY at A.R.T.


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 21, 2024

Tickets are now on sale for American Repertory Theater’s world-premiere production of The Odyssey by Kate Hamill and directed by Shana Cooper. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Past Shows

WONDER
12/9 - 1/25/2026


Wonder is a world premiere musical adaptation of R.J. Palacio’s bestselling novel, which follows Auggie Pullman, a middle schooler with a facial difference, as he ...

300 PAINTINGS
10/1 - 10/19/2025


300 Paintings, created and performed by Sam Kissajukian, is an autobiographical solo show that delves into the interconnections between art, mental health, and creativity. This ...

PASSENGERS
9/2 - 9/26/2025


Passengers offers a thrilling theatrical experience that blends cirque, music, and dance to explore life’s unpredictable journey through the metaphor of travel. Directed by Shana ...

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)


A naïve and impossibly upbeat Brit, Dougal, has just landed in New York for his dad’s second wedding—the dad he’s never known. Robin, the sister ...

Night Side Songs
Night Side Songs
4/8 - 4/20/2025


A communal music-theater experience performed for—and with—an intimate audience,  Night Side Songs  gives voice to doctors, patients, researchers, and caregivers to meld the realms of ...

Night Side Songs
Night Side Songs
3/27 - 4/6/2025


A communal music-theater experience performed for—and with—an intimate audience,  Night Side Songs  gives voice to doctors, patients, researchers, and caregivers to meld the realms of ...

The Odyssey
The Odyssey
2/9 - 3/16/2025


Acclaimed writer and adaptor Kate Hamill ( Sense & Sensibility ,  Vanity Fair ,  Dracula ) turns a contemporary lens on Homer’s  Odyssey  in this ...

Diary of a Tap Dancer
Diary of a Tap Dancer
12/12 - 1/4/2025


Trailblazing tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel and longtime collaborator director Torya Beard ( Chasing Magic ,  Funny Girl ) return to A.R.T. this holiday ...

Romeo and Juliet
8/31 - 10/6/2024


American Repertory Theater presents a new production of Shakespeare's classic love story, Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus and choreographed by ...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
8/31 - 10/6/2024


A.R.T. Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director and Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus ( Becoming a Man ,  Jagged Little Pill ,  Waitress ) reunites ...

Gatsby
5/23 - 7/21/2024


Gatsby: The Musical- A staged musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'...

Becoming a Man
Becoming a Man
2/16 - 3/10/2024


Experience the world premiere play about one man’s gender transition amid a pivotal political moment in America. From acclaimed memoirist P. Carl and Tony Award-winning ...

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical


Summer 1987, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. After eighteen years under the roof of her immigrant parents, Ana is ready to spread her wings. Her dreams ...

The Odyssey
The Odyssey
10/19


After a two-week-long developmental workshop, actors with scripts in hand will present a free reading of Kate Hamill’s ( Sense & Sensibility ) adaptation of  ...

The Half-God of Rainfall
The Half-God of Rainfall
9/8 - 9/24/2023


" Striking." - THE GUARDIAN When Demi—half Greek god, half Nigerian mortal—takes his first shot on a basketball court, the deities of the land wake ...

Evita
Evita
5/17 - 7/16/2023


Icon or human, villain or saint, aggressor or victim: Who was the woman inside the iconic ball gown? Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Tony ...

The Wife of Willesden
The Wife of Willesden
2/25 - 3/18/2023


"The Wife of Willesden  is a celebration of community and local legends, of telling a good story and living a life worth telling." - THE ...

Life of Pi
Life of Pi
12/4 - 12/29/2022


" Breathtaking. It will make you believe in the power of theater." - THE TIMES OF LONDON "One of the most visually stunning shows I’ve ...

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
8/28 - 9/24/2022


As necessary now as when Los Angeles was actively smoldering, (The New York Times), Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is a stirring cry for reform.Thirty years ...

The Lunch Room: Guests from WILD: A Musical Becoming


Called a show that really is ahead of its time by The New York Times, the A.R.T.s world-premiere concert production of WILD: A Musical Becoming ...

Macbeth In Stride
Macbeth In Stride
10/23 - 11/14/2021


A dazzling theatrical event created and performed by Obie Award-winning artist Whitney White with a live band, Macbeth In Stride examines what it means to ...

The Arboretum Experience
The Arboretum Experience
8/30 - 10/17/2021


Visitors are invited to experience the natural beauty of the Arnold Arboretum on an outdoor, self-guided journey that centers resilience, healing, wellness, and joy. This ...

Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic
Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic
9/25 - 10/9/2021


Trailblazing tap dancer Ayodele Casel captures the spark of connection and creation in Chasing Magic, performed live on stage for the first time since its ...

Behind the Scenes: The Circle of Becoming


Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler, O.P.C., In the Body of the World), Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated songwriter Justin Tranter (Selena Gomez, ...

Mortified Doomed Valentine's Day


Join us online for Mortifieds biggest show of the year: an evening of horn-knee teen diaries, love poems, breakup letters, swoony obsessions with 90s rock ...

The Lunch Room: Joseph Allen and Diane Paulus


Joseph Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and A.R.T.s Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director ...

Jack and the Beanstalk: A Musical Adventure


This new, streaming musical that takes us on an epic journey through Storyland with Jack, her cow Buttercup, her mother, the Grand Storyteller, King Giant, ...

This Is Who I Am
This Is Who I Am
12/5 - 1/3/2021


Broadcast live for each performance, two actors perform a balancing act of care and resentment, closeness and vast separation, as they cook in real time ...

Norm Lewis: Christmastime is Here


Norm Lewis (The Gershwins Porgy and Bess) and his holiday shows have become a theatrical tradition over the past five years, and this year will ...

Queer Heartache
Queer Heartache
10/19 - 11/27/2020


Stream Queer Heartache on demand anytime through November 27. Purchase a household ticket for access to the event 48 hours from your order date.Kit Yan ...

ANTHEM
ANTHEM
10/19 - 11/25/2020


From praise songs to war cries to bops you cant help but dance to, anthems have long been the heartbeat of political liberation. Featuring Rhode ...

SIX
8/21 - 9/27/2019


book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss; lyrics: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss; music: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss; dir: Jaime Armitage, Lucy Moss....


OBERON: - Jason Craig; music: Dave Malloy; dir: Mallory Catlett, Rob Hipskind....

The Glass Menagerie
2/2 - 3/3/2013


Loeb Drama Center: - dir: John Tiffany....

Pippin
12/5 - 1/20/2013


Loeb Drama Center: - dir: Diane Paulus....


“This Land Is Your Land.” “This Train Is Bound For Glory.” Woody Guthrie showed you can strum a revolution and do it with joy. In ...


In this Civil War sci-fi musical, the Union soldier Julian Munro and the brilliant Ada Lovelace transcend time to invent an omnipotent steam-powered brain. Blending ...

Wild Swans
2/11 - 3/11/2012


As change sweeps over their country, a family endures their hardships through sacrifice, courage, and love. Wild Swans chronicles the political and social reforms of ...

As You Like It
1/8 - 1/29/2012


An idyllic Forest of Arden provides the lush backdrop for Shakespeare's glorious romantic comedy of courtiers, clowns, philosophers and provincials—all bewitched by the trials and ...

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