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MOZART TO POP CHART
Jun 3 – Jun 20, 2026

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
Jun 24 – Jul 11, 2026

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
Jul 15 – Aug 8, 2026

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
Aug 12 – Aug 29, 2026

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
Sep 2 – Sep 19, 2026

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....



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?...

Review: Aimee Doherty Hits Homer with PENELOPE


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....

Review: 15TH ANNUAL 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company


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...

Review: LITTLE WOMEN at Actors' Shakespeare Project


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....

Review: A Startling THE MODERATE at Central Square Theater


by R. Scott Reedy - February 13, 2026

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

Review: AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre


by R. Scott Reedy - January 30, 2026

What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...

Review: A Thrilling JOB at SpeakEasy Stage Company


by R. Scott Reedy - January 23, 2026

What did our critic think of JOB at Roberts Studio Theatre?...

Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC is Gorgeously Sung at the Citizens Opera House


by R. Scott Reedy - January 11, 2026

What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Citizens Opera House?...

Review: NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SETH MACFARLANE AND THE BOSTON POPS at Symphony Hall


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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