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...
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Upcoming Shows
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...
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: A Thrilling BLACK SWAN at American Repertory Theater
by R. Scott Reedy - June 14, 2026
What did our critic think of BLACK SWAN at American Repertory Theater?...
Review: Emilio and Gloria Estefan Musical Will Have You ON YOUR FEET! in Beverly
by R. Scott Reedy - June 10, 2026
Whether autobiographical like “Jersey Boys,” “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” and “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” or fictionalized like “Mamma Mia!,” jukebox musicals often rely on the drama of their source material as much as their familiar scores for success....
Review: EUREKA DAY is a Tempest in a Vaccination Teapot
by R. Scott Reedy - June 09, 2026
But in playwright Jonathan Spector’s “Eureka Day” – now being given a cleverly funny production by The Huntington at the Huntington Avenue Theatre through June 28 – they are also comic fodder for a trenchant story about a tempest over vaccination in a hyper-woke teacup....
Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY at Barrington Stage Company
by Marc Savitt - June 07, 2026
Cast and Crew deliver a high-quality production that is both simple and sublime; historically accurate, topically relevant; and well worth seeing. BSC Artistic Director, Alan Paul said: 'It's fair to say that Daisy has become an American classic, and when you watch the show, you will see how contemp...
Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY at Barrington Stage Company
by Marc Savitt - June 09, 2026
Cast and Crew deliver a high-quality production that is both simple and sublime; historically accurate, topically relevant; and well worth seeing. 'It's fair to say that Daisy has become an American classic, and when you watch the show, you will see how contemporary and relevant its themes still are...
Review: Darren Criss Kicks Off New Concert Dates in Boston
by R. Scott Reedy - June 03, 2026
What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH DARREN CRISS at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...
Review: SELECTED SHORTS at The Adams Theater
by Marc Savitt - June 03, 2026
Listening to SELECTED STORIES is a delight. The actors bring energy, nuance, intonation, inflection, and character to every aspect of the story they are telling. Having them do so live, in-person to a room full of enthusiastic audience member reactions made it even more so....
Review: JOHN & JEN at Berkshire Theatre Group
by Marc Savitt - May 31, 2026
As BTG's Artistic Director, CEO Kate Maguire stated: 'Through moments of joy, heartbreak, humor and healing, JOHN & JEN explores the enduring connections between siblings, parents and children- the people who remain part of us across a lifetime. With Andrew Lippa's moving score and a story filled ...
Review: The Huntington's OEDIPUS EL REY Turns Tragedy Into Triumph
by R. Scott Reedy - May 20, 2026
Playwright Luis Alfaro aimed high when he decided to bring Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” from 429 BC into the 21st century with “Oedipus El Rey,” his contemporary retelling of the Greek tragedy set in a Los Angeles barrio....
Review: JON BATISTE Brings His Musical Genius to BOSTON POPS at Symphony Hall
by R. Scott Reedy - May 17, 2026
What did our critic think of JON BATISTE BRINGS HIS MUSICAL GENIUS TO BOSTON POPS at Symphony Hall?...
Past Shows
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....
Videos
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Forever, Kid. Chelsea Theater Works (7/16-7/26) VIDEOS |
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Come From Away North Shore Music Theatre (9/16-9/27) VIDEOS |
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Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: Summer Puppet Slam Puppet Showplace Theater (8/15-8/15) |
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Matteo Lane Provincetown Town Hall (8/07-8/07) |
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Dominick Pupa’s This Is Not a Pride Show But It’s June and I’m Gay Club Cafe (6/23-6/23) |
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Renaissance String Quartet: Artistic Explosion Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/18-8/18) |
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Richard Skipper Celebrates! Life Lessons from Legends Josephine's at Club Cafe (7/18-7/18) |
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Midsummer Dreamers Tina Packer Playhouse (9/01-9/03) |
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Jon Cleary and The Absolute Monster Gentlemen Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/15-8/15) |
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The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production Citizens Opera House (7/07-7/08) |
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