Purpose
WINNER! Tony Award for Best Play WINNER! Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize and a smash hit on Broadway,Purposeis the explosive and wildly...
Boston Center for the Arts
527 Tremont St, Boston, MA, 02116Boston, MA 02116
Upcoming Shows
Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares
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...
Meet the Cartozians
Part riveting historical drama, part razor-sharp satire,Talene Monahon’sMeet the Cartozians boldly imagines an untold chapter of American history. In the 1920s, an Armenian man fights for...
Review: LOVESONG at Berkshire Theatre Group
Intimate, reflective and emotionally layered, LOVESONG offers a 90-minute (presented in one act without intermission) poignant exploration of partnership, memory and the enduring tenderness that carries love across a lifetime.…
Review: Hub Theatre Company's BUYER & CELLAR is fun look at a funny lady
What did our critic think of BUYER & CELLAR at Hub Theatre Company Of Boston?…
Review: A CHORUS LINE at Barrington Stage Company
The musical numbers overall are so well executed it would be unfair to single out any over the rest. One could almost see the high-quality performance throughout this production as an issue. Although, the premise suggests the cast, with the exception of one or two individuals, are all young and in…
Review: A Thrilling PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
What did our critic think of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at Emerson Colonial Theatre?…
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare & Company
TWELFTH NIGHT is a fast-paced farce that may occasionally edge a tad over the top, but it is well designed, well staged and well presented. The action often, approaching if not achieving slap stick in its nature, was well received and enjoyed by a diverse audience. And let's just say that all's we…
Review: Gloucester Stage Company's BETRAYAL is True to Pinter
What did our critic think of BETRAYAL at Gloucester Stage Company?…
Review: THE GREAT GATSBY Could be Even Better with Less Pop, More Punch
What did our critic think of THE GREAT GATSBY at Citizens Opera House?…
Review: ESTATE SALE at Barrington Stage Company
I often look or ask for the take away message in a performance. I feel this is not that kind of a play. ESTATE SALE is an unusual, interesting presentation that makes the viewer think - which (IMHO) is typically, the best kind of theatrical experience. Playwright Keelay Gipson says 'grief…
Review: THE AMERICAN FIVE at Berkshire Theatre Group
THE AMERICAN FIVE Intersects Black, Queer, and Jewish histories to showcase the collective work required to bring about societal change. It reminds of those who came before us and what they did in the name of Freedom and rights. Jakobs says that 'ultra right-wing America has tried to take over the …
Review: Laughs Abound in THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL
What did our critic think of THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL at Central Square Theater?…
Past Shows
DELIRIUM
Arlekin presents the world premiere of DELIRIUM, a new adaptation of Eugène Ionesco's Frenzy for Two, adapted and directed by Igor Golyak, running June 18...
Thru Hike the Musical
A new musical workshop production, based on a true story. Written by Adrienne Burke-Moran about the year she and her husband Erin, formerly of the...
Thru Hike: A New Musical
Thru Hike: A New Musical is based on the true story of Adrienne and Erin Burke-Moran, who walked the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail in 2017 as...
Mariette in Ecstasy
Based on the best-selling novel by Ron Hansen, Mariette in Ecstasy explores questions of faith, fear, and sexuality against the backdrop of a convent in...
City Ballet of Boston Presents “Tradition, Reimagined”
City Ballet of Boston (CBB) under the artistic direction of Tony Williams, presents “Tradition, Reimagined,” a celebration of ballet past and present. “Tradition, Reimagined” is a dynamic mixed...
My First Ex-Husband
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! My First Ex-Husband, a new comedy by Joy Behar and featuring a cast of stars from theatre, television, and film including Veanne Cox...
The Bald Soprano & The Lesson
An absurd play for the absurdist of times!
Mario the Maker Magician
It’s robots, magic, and slapstick in an hour-long interactive theater adventure full of hilarity for the whole family.Robots and magic and slapstick… oh my! Contagiously...
A Cosmopolitan Christmas
Two performances: 7pm and 9:30pm The Huntington Hosts and Mary Callanan, Robert Saoud, and Brian Patton **A Cosmopolitan Christmas** is a lighthearted, sometimes naughty, sometimes poignant musical...
Churchill
British statesman and former United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill was awarded an honorary U.S. citizenship by President John F. Kennedy in April 1963....
Ask Ronna Live (With Ronna Glickman and Bryan Safi)
You’ve got questions. They’ve got answers. And this fall, they’re coming to you LIVE and in person!Marblehead’s own Ronna Glickman and Bryan Safi are bringing their wildly...
My First Ex-Husband
My First Ex-Husband, a new comedy by Joy Behar and featuring a cast of stars from theatre, television, and film including Joy Behar, Veanne Cox, Judy...
A Work-in-Progress Presentation of A Mongoose Speaks
Growing up in India, playwright Mahira Kakkar found live performances of the Mahabharata spellbinding; now she’s creating a bold cycle of plays that center the...
Mario the Maker Magician
Spring break fun for the entire family! It's robots and magic and slapstick... oh my! Mario the Maker Magician is a smash-hit, all-ages family theater experience that will lead...
My Dinner With André
Based on the cult classic Roger Ebert called "the Best Film of 1981", the Harbor presents a bold, beguiling experiment in adaptation, introspection, and taste.
The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals
Everything in Hatchetfield seemed normal until people began singing... Then, they began dancing... And now, a musical pandemic is sweeping the entire city. It’s up...
Tartuffe
Hypocrisy Has Never Been This Hilarious!Poor gullible Orgon refuses to see what's hiding in plain sight! He's been duped by Tartuffe, a charismatic con man,...
FeaturedRobert Frost: This Verse Business
Emmy-winner actor Gordon Clapp (NYPD Blue) in "Robert Frost: This Verse Business" by local playwright A.M. Dolan. April 23-28, 2024
Anthony Rapp's Without You
A new musical based on the New York Times best-selling memoir of love, loss, and the musical RENT.In 1994, Anthony Rapp was 22, out of...
Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
Love and power collide in our especially hilarious and yet always unsettling production of Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure,” running 3/12-3/17 at the Boston Center for...
John Proctor Is The Villain
At a rural high school in Georgia, a group of lively teens explore The Crucible while navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school...
FeaturedEvil Dead The Musical HD
Based on the "Evil Dead," "Evil Dead 2" and "Army of Darkness" movies, take a trip with us to a cabin in the woods...
The Heart Sellers
Jane and Luna run into each other in the grocery store on Thanksgiving in 1973 and find they have much in common: each are recent...
The Book of Will
With a legacy on the line- it’s publish or perish!Shakespeare is only three years dead- and already the London stage is littered with badly botched...
Fat Ham
In this deliciously funny, Pulitzer Prize-winning new play, sweet and sensitive Juicy wants to make his own way as a queer Black man growing up...
Joy and Pandemic
Joy and Pandemic questions how our passions regarding family, art, and war impact the very meaning of our lives. As Joy finds her Philadelphia children’s art...
Alex Edelman: Just For Us
JUST FOR US takes the audience through hilarious anecdotes from Alex Edelman’s life — his Olympian brother AJ, an unconventional holiday season, and a gorilla...
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Lala makes fine art on the back of pizza boxes. A sweet and sticky summer inspires her to romance Dani, a budding feminist – and...
EVERYDAY CABARET - a C*CKtail hour with pop up dances and songs
"Everyday Cabaret" is a party with performances: standards from different eras, sung by well known Cabaret artists as well as extraordinary everyday people pop up...
Simon Says
Little Seer Productions presents Simon Says by Mat Schaffer, February 26 – March 14, 2015, Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre, 527 Tremont Street,...
Moonbox Productions presents THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL!)
Moonbox Productions opens its fourth season with the delightful and hilarious musical parody The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell....
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Hadestown Emerson Colonial Theatre (11/10-11/14) |
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Pitbull & Lil Jon Xfinity Center (8/29-8/29) |
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Yeston & Kopit's Phantom North Shore Music Theatre (10/21-11/01) VIDEOS |
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A Revolution of Her Own!™ Deborah Sampson Groton Council on Aging (8/11-8/11) |
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The Seth Rudetsky Concert Series featuring Lillias White '62 Center for Theatre & Dance (8/22-8/22) |
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Alchemy: Classical Meets Jazz Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/13-8/13) |
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Beetlejuice Boch Center Wang Theatre (2/09-2/21) |
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Gunhild Carling at City Winery Boston City Winery Boston (9/16-9/16) |
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Moulin Rouge! Boston Opera House (7/29-8/09) |
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Come From Away North Shore Music Theatre (9/16-9/27) VIDEOS |