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Upcoming Shows

Purpose
Purpose
Sep 10 – Oct 11, 2026

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...

Meet the Cartozians
Meet the Cartozians
Feb 18 – Mar 21, 2027

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: WHO IS EARTHA MAE? at The Brickbox Theater


by Christopher Verleger - April 13, 2026

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you say the name Eartha Kitt? Those of us who are even remotely familiar with the late singer-dancer-actress will most likely say Catwoman, the iconic feline femme fatale she portrayed in the 1967 season of the ‘Batman’ television series, or her o...

Review: Matthew Lombardo's WHEN PLAYWRIGHTS KILL Slays with Laughter


by R. Scott Reedy - April 14, 2026

Seven years ago, an already hot summer in Boston heated up even more during a pre-Broadway tryout of a truncated version of playwright Matthew Lombardo’s “Tea at Five” at the Huntington Theatre when its star, Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway, was fired after allegations that she physically an...

Review: Eddie Shields Excels in BREAKING THE CODE


by R. Scott Reedy - April 11, 2026

What did our critic think of BREAKING THE CODE at Central Square Theater?...

Review: Lyric Stage Boston's Latest Is ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS


by R. Scott Reedy - April 05, 2026

What did our critic think of ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston?...

Review: Full House Enjoys AN EVENING WITH DIONNE WARWICK at Groton Hill Music Center


by R. Scott Reedy - April 02, 2026

As Dionne Warwick took the stage at Groton Hill Music Center in Groton recently, before she had sung a single word, she was met by a rousing standing ovation. It was clear from the get-go that the capacity audience knew they were in the presence of a legend....

Review: Nothing to Protest in SUFFS


by R. Scott Reedy - March 22, 2026

What did our critic think of SUFFS at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...

Review: THE ANTIQUITIES Looks Back from the Future at SpeakEasy Stage


by R. Scott Reedy - March 18, 2026

Playwright Jordan Harrison’s 2025 drama “The Antiquities” – being given a fine New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage Company at the Roberts Studio Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts through March 28 – uses history to explore where things went wrong....

Review: WAIT UNTIL DARK Brings Spine-Tingling Thrills to Stoneham


by R. Scott Reedy - March 13, 2026

What did our critic think of WAIT UNTIL DARK at Greater Boston Stage Company?...

Review: Umbrella Stage Company's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Keeps Harper Lee Classic Vividly Alive


by R. Scott Reedy - March 10, 2026

Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” about the fictional small town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the Depression-era South grappling with violence and racial inequality, along with issues of class, courage, and compassion, is a classic of modern American literature...

Review: Apollinaire Theatre's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE


by R. Scott Reedy - March 01, 2026

What did our critic think of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Apollinaire Theatre Company?...

Past Shows

My First Ex-Husband
My First Ex-Husband
Mar 27 – Mar 29, 2026

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...

Mario the Maker Magician
Mario the Maker Magician
Feb 20 – Mar 1, 2026

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
A Cosmopolitan Christmas
Dec 19

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
Churchill
Oct 7 – Oct 12, 2025

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)
Ask Ronna Live (With Ronna Glickman and Bryan Safi)
Oct 4

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
Sep 12 – Sep 28, 2025

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
A Work-in-Progress Presentation of A Mongoose Speaks
Jun 30

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
Mario the Maker Magician
Apr 26 – Apr 27, 2025

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...

EVERYDAY CABARET - a C*CKtail hour with pop up dances and songs
EVERYDAY CABARET - a C*CKtail hour with pop up dances and songs
Jun 15 – Jun 18, 2016

"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...

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