Upcoming Shows
BLACK SWAN
May 26 – Jun 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...
Review: 15TH ANNUAL 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company
by Marc Savitt - February 16, 2026
In the past, I have compared the 10x10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL to dining at a Tapas restaurant, and it is. The production offers theatre goers a variety of content in small sized servings, to explore, share, and shake off a bit of mid-winter blues in anticipation of the bountiful season ahead. You may see...
Review: LITTLE WOMEN at Actors' Shakespeare Project
by R. Scott Reedy - February 16, 2026
Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” has proven so enduringly popular since it was first published in 1868 that it has been turned into two plays, a musical, an opera, 11 different feature films and TV movies, three Japanese anime versions, and even a 12-part Korean streaming series....
Review: A Startling THE MODERATE at Central Square Theater
by R. Scott Reedy - February 13, 2026
What did our critic think of THE MODERATE at Central Square Theater?...
Review: AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre
by R. Scott Reedy - January 30, 2026
What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...
Review: A Thrilling JOB at SpeakEasy Stage Company
by R. Scott Reedy - January 23, 2026
What did our critic think of JOB at Roberts Studio Theatre?...
Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC is Gorgeously Sung at the Citizens Opera House
by R. Scott Reedy - January 11, 2026
What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Citizens Opera House?...
Review: NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SETH MACFARLANE AND THE BOSTON POPS at Symphony Hall
by R. Scott Reedy - January 06, 2026
Seth MacFarlane was in great voice when he took the stage at Symphony Hall recently for his sold-out New Year’s Eve concert with the Boston Pops, even if it wasn’t his most familiar voice....
Review: A Taut IS THIS A ROOM at Apollinaire Theatre Company
by R. Scott Reedy - January 04, 2026
What did our critic think of IS THIS A ROOM at Apollinaire Theatre Company?...
Review: American Repertory Theater's World Premiere is a Musical WONDER
by R. Scott Reedy - December 31, 2025
What did our critic think of WONDER at American Repertory Theater?...
Review: Gold Dust Orphans Sprinkle Holiday Fun with SWEENEY CLAUS: THE DEMON FATHER OF SLEET STREET
by R. Scott Reedy - December 16, 2025
What did our critic think of SWEENEY CLAUS: THE DEMON FATHER OF FLEET STREET at Iron Wolf Theatre, South Boston Lithuanian Citizens Association?...
Past Shows
Wonder
Dec 9 – Feb 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 the...
WONDER
Dec 9 – Jan 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
Oct 1 – Oct 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
Sep 2 – Sep 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)
May 20 – Jun 29, 2025
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
Apr 8 – Apr 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 the well...
Night Side Songs
Mar 27 – Apr 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 well...
The Odyssey
Feb 9 – Mar 16, 2025
Acclaimed writer and adaptor Kate Hamill (Sense & Sensibility, Vanity Fair, Dracula) turns a contemporary lens on Homer’s Odyssey in this new play that reimagines the stories of both...
Diary of a Tap Dancer
Dec 12 – Jan 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 season to share the...
Romeo and Juliet
Aug 31 – Oct 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 with two-time Olivier Award winner Sidi...
Romeo and Juliet
Aug 31 – Oct 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...
Gatsby
May 23 – Jul 21, 2024
Gatsby: The Musical- A staged musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'...
Becoming a Man
Feb 16 – Mar 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
Dec 6 – Jan 21, 2024
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
Oct 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 Odyssey, under...
The Half-God of Rainfall
Sep 8 – Sep 24, 2023
" Striking." -THE GUARDIANWhen Demi—half Greek god, half Nigerian mortal—takes his first shot on a basketball court, the deities of the land wake up. But...
Evita
May 17 – Jul 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 Award-winning...
The Wife of Willesden
Feb 25 – Mar 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 GUARDIAN"Glorious…Zadie...
Life of Pi
Dec 4 – Dec 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 ever seen."-...
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Aug 28 – Sep 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
Dec 28
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
Oct 23 – Nov 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
Aug 30 – Oct 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
Sep 25 – Oct 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
Mar 2
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
Feb 13
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
Feb 2
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
Nov 29 – Jan 4, 2021
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
Dec 5 – Jan 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
Dec 17 – Dec 31, 2020
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
Oct 19 – Nov 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
Oct 19 – Nov 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
Aug 21 – Sep 27, 2019
book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss; lyrics: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss; music: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss; dir: Jaime Armitage, Lucy Moss....
Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage
Apr 16 – May 5, 2013
OBERON: - Jason Craig; music: Dave Malloy; dir: Mallory Catlett, Rob Hipskind....
Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie
May 5 – May 26, 2012
“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...
Futurity: A Musical by the Lisps
Mar 16 – Apr 15, 2012
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
Feb 11 – Mar 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
Jan 8 – Jan 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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