Upcoming Shows
The Cape Playhouse kicks off its 2026 summer season with Nat Zegree's MOZART TO POP CHART, a theatrical concert that explores the vibrant musical traditions...
Into the Woods, directed by Eric Rosen and choreographed by Betty Weinberger, brings to life Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical. This production weaves together familiar fairy...
HAIRSPRAY brings the vibrant energy of the early 1960s to the stage at the Cape Playhouse, featuring a charming story about Tracy Turnblad, a plus-size...
Mean Girls comes to the Cape Playhouse, bringing to life Tina Fey's iconic story about high school cliques and self-discovery. Directed and choreographed by Al...
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee follows an eclectic group of six middle schoolers as they compete for the spelling championship of a lifetime....
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...
by R. Scott Reedy - March 01, 2026
What did our critic think of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Apollinaire Theatre Company?...
by R. Scott Reedy - February 24, 2026
At this time last year, the American Repertory Theater was premiering a stirring new dramatic adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” by actor and playwright Kate Hamill, which moved back and forth between King Odysseus and Queen Penelope during a three-hour production with two intermissions....
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...
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....
by R. Scott Reedy - February 13, 2026
What did our critic think of THE MODERATE at Central Square Theater?...
by R. Scott Reedy - January 30, 2026
What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...
by R. Scott Reedy - January 23, 2026
What did our critic think of JOB at Roberts Studio Theatre?...
by R. Scott Reedy - January 11, 2026
What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Citizens Opera House?...
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....
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