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Umbrella Arts presents... BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL | September 25 - November 8, 2026 in Concord, MA THE STORY: Half-bat, half-boy, ripped from the tabloid headlines, and thrust into the spotlight! In this camp horror comedy, a misunderstood monster seeks a place to belong. Taken in...
This North American tour of The Sound of Music, produced by Concord Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, honors the 65th anniversary of the musical's original stage debut. Directed by Jack O'Brien and choreographed by Danny Mefford, the production features the beloved story...
There's sex in the air, and the hunt is on, as four bouncers show the depravity of urban night life.
A Tony Award winner for originating the role of Celie in The Color Purple, LaChanze possesses one of the most commanding and deeply felt voices on the American stage. Her gift is rare: technical brilliance in complete service to the song, the truth of the music, and the...
Anthony Geraci with Special Guest Barrence Whitfield performs at The Spire Center for Performing Arts on October 24. A two-time winner of the Pinetop Perkins Piano Award from The Blues Foundation, Geraci has toured the world for over 40 years, performing with artists such as...
Pianist Boris Giltburg performs Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I as part of Music Worcester's BACHtoberfest Weekend. The performance is presented at Curtis Hall at Assumption University in Worcester as part of The Complete Bach, an 11-year initiative to present the...
Internationally renowned pianist Boris Giltburg makes his Massachusetts debut performing The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, a journey through every key signature with Prelude and Fugue movements. Giltburg is a Moscow-born Israeli pianist who won his first international...
Written by John Godber, BOUNCERS follows four tuxedo clad bouncers showing what happens on a Friday night in the bass thumping, booze soaked bedlam of a UK discotheque, where throngs of the young descend in search of love, sex, and something better than their workaday lives. The...
CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Arts), under the direction of Chris Shepard, sings three of Bach's choral cantatas including Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend warden (BWV 6), Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot (BWV 39), and Herr, wie du willt, so schick's mit mir (BWV 73).
CONCORA performs Bach Cantatas BWV 6, 39, and 80 as part of Music Worcester's BACHtoberfest Weekend. The concert is one of three cantata performances featured across the weekend as part of The Complete Bach initiative.
Heartland, the country group known for the chart-topping hit "I Loved Her First," performs an evening of harmony-driven songs at The Colonial Theatre, with special guest Whiskey City. The group's music has become woven into life's milestone moments, making for a night of songs...
Hold your horses! Well, you're in luck because Jim Gaffigan embarks for a highly-anticipated stand-up comedy tour. From simpler times performing at comedy clubs, this jokester has made great strides. Headlining their own live shows with cities scheduled across the nation, the...
Directed by Beth Wynstra, this whimsical and inventive comedy by Sarah Ruhl follows a woman whose melancholy makes her irresistibly captivating until she suddenly becomes cheerful. The play blends humor, romance, and magical transformation, exploring the surprising power of...
Gravity & Other Myths, Australia's contemporary circus ensemble, explores physical mastery and acrobatics featuring nine acrobats and live music. This marks the company's local Boston debut. While in town, the company leads a body-tossing-and-catching workshop with Somerville's...
Simon Stephens' one-actor adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, starring BSC Associate Artist Mark H. Dold and directed by Alan Paul. Dold is known for his previous BSC appearances in Harry Clarke, Freud's Last Session, and Breaking the Code.
The BACHtoberfest Choir and the Hartford Chorale perform Bach Cantatas BWV 1, 18, 79, and 192 to close out Music Worcester's BACHtoberfest Weekend. The concert is part of The Complete Bach, an 11-year initiative to present the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
The BACHtoberfest Choir, composed of individual singers from across the region and country, joins members of the Hartford Chorale under Chris Shepard's baton for the third-annual concert concluding BACHtoberfest Weekend, performing cantatas BWV 1, 18, 79, and 192. The choir...
This concert explores the chrysanthemum as muse, coinciding with the Museum's annual John Lowell Gardner Chrysanthemum Installation.
Doug Varone and Dancers returns to Jacob's Pillow to present a program in celebration of the company's 40th anniversary. Founded by choreographer Doug Varone, the New York City-based company has earned international recognition for its deeply human work, performing in more than...
The First Unitarian Church Choir performs Bach Cantata BWV 111 during a free Sunday morning service as part of Music Worcester's BACHtoberfest Weekend. This event is free for all attendees and is part of The Complete Bach initiative.
The First Church Unitarian Choir sings Bach's cantata Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (BWV 111), during a free Music Sunday service spotlighting the sanctuary's acoustics.
True Repertory Theatre announces the premiere of a new play Hold Please! Drama, Dialysis, Dead-End Jobs, and How Katherine Helmond Saved My Soul from October 17-25, 2026 at Beal House in Kingston, MA (222 Main Street). Hold Please! is written by a collaboration of True Rep...
Hold Please! is a new play chronicling Artistic Director Donald Sheehan's seventeen-year journey through kidney disease, dialysis, and transplant while working a day job and launching True Repertory Theatre. Based on Sheehan's own journals, the play blends humor and poignancy to...
Direct from an acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe and two sold-out Off-Broadway engagements comes Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares , a one-woman comedy show from the mind of Tony Award® winner Laura Benanti. Known for her dazzling Broadway performances and razor-sharp wit, Benanti...
Directed by Tony-nominated actress Kerry Butler, who originated the role of Audrey in the show's 2003 Broadway debut. Little Shop of Horrors follows hapless floral shop employee Seymour Krelborn, whose discovery of a strange and unusual plant brings him everything he thought he...
Mamma Mania: The American Tribute to ABBA brings the music of ABBA to life in all its glittering, irresistible glory, featuring Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Waterloo, Take a Chance on Me, Knowing Me, Knowing You and more. The cast of musicians includes credits from the official...
When the Broadway musical “Operation Mincemeat” opened at New York’s Golden Theatre in March 2025, it was slated to have a 16-week run. A recent 11th extension, through April 2027, was just the latest confirmation that audiences have yet to get enough of the 2025 Tony Award nominee for Best Mu…
What did our critic think of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at The Huntington?…
The publication did prove award-worthy itself, though, as the inspiration for the scary and silly “Bat Boy: The Musical” – at Umbrella Arts in Concord through November 8 – which took home the 2001 Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical.…
“Quietly poignant... captures an experience that’s as universal as it is inexplicable: a friendship that shouldn’t work but does, and that should endure but doesn’t.”…
What did our critic think of MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at Boch Center Wang Theatre?…
The play provides a lot of food for thought. What seems to come through most strongly in the final analysis is an inability for the two sisters to connect meaningfully and their portrayal of the tragedy of not knowing someone anymore.…
With Halloween just weeks away, Greater Boston theater companies are presenting familiar titles for audiences looking for seasonal thrills – “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” and “Little Shop of Horrors,” to name but a few.…
What did our critic think of PURPOSE at The Huntington?…
What did our critic think of A RIVETING ALL MY SONS at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston?…
What did our critic think of COME FROM AWAY at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre?…
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Bat Boy: The Musical The Umbrella Arts Center (9/25-11/08) |
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The Sound of Music Boch Center Wang Theatre (11/17-11/22) |
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An evening with LaChanze Berklee Performance Center (11/01-11/01) |
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BOUNCERS by John Godber Modern Theatre At Suffolk University (10/01-10/24) |
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Floyd's Row at Harmony on the Green in Lexington Harmony on the Green (3/13-3/13) |
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Leslie Odom Jr. Shalin Liu Performance Center (4/08-4/08) |
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CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM: THE MUSICAL The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (10/28-10/28) |
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Cirque Alice The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (1/29-1/31) |
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THT Rep presents Fat Ham The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (3/31-4/11) |
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Reggie Harris performs at Harmony on the Green Harmony on the Green (11/07-11/07) |
