Review: The Huntington's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Isn't Novel
What did our critic think of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at The Huntington?…
Emerson/Paramount Center - Robert J. Orchard Stage
Emerson/Paramount Center - Robert J. Orchard Stage is a theatre in Boston, MA.
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Review: An Uneven Flight for BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL at Umbrella Arts
The publication did prove award-worthy itself, though, as the inspiration for the scary and silly “Bat Boy: The Musical” – at Umbrella Arts in Concord through November 8 – which took home the 2001 Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical.…
Review: SUMMER, 1976 at Berkshire Theatre Group
“Quietly poignant... captures an experience that’s as universal as it is inexplicable: a friendship that shouldn’t work but does, and that should endure but doesn’t.”…
Review: MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT Returns to Boston in Grand Style
What did our critic think of MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at Boch Center Wang Theatre?…
Review: THE URMETAZOAN at Barrington Stage Company
The play provides a lot of food for thought. What seems to come through most strongly in the final analysis is an inability for the two sisters to connect meaningfully and their portrayal of the tragedy of not knowing someone anymore.…
Review: SpeakEasy Stage's COVENANT Delivers on Promise
With Halloween just weeks away, Greater Boston theater companies are presenting familiar titles for audiences looking for seasonal thrills – “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” and “Little Shop of Horrors,” to name but a few.…
Review: A Play With PURPOSE
What did our critic think of PURPOSE at The Huntington?…
Review: A Riveting ALL MY SONS at Lyric Stage Boston
What did our critic think of A RIVETING ALL MY SONS at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston?…
Review: A Life-Affirming COME FROM AWAY at North Shore Music Theatre
What did our critic think of COME FROM AWAY at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre?…
Review: Gloucester Stage's MOON MAN WALK Shows Gravitational Pull of Grief
What did our critic think of MOON MAN WALK at Natti-Willsky Theatre?…
Past Shows
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Moby Dick
Herman Melville’s immeasurably influential novel is brought to life in this radiant stage production featuring seven actors, fifty puppets, video projections, a drowned orchestra and a life-sized whale. Renowned director Yngvild Aspeli stages this eye-popping visual adaptation...
SUSPENDED: Plata Quemada
UPDATE MARCH 13, 2020 ArtsEmerson today announces that it will suspend scheduled public gatherings beginning Friday, March 13, with the hope of continuing more regular activity by the end of April 2020. In all instances, ArtsEmerson is investigating whether programming may be...
Detroit Red
The world forever knows him as Malcolm X, but when he lived in Roxbury, they called him Detroit Red. Internationally renowned playwright Will Power combines the accuracy of a historian with the lyricism of a poet to shine a contemporary light on a pivotal coming-of-age moment in...
An Iliad
An Iliad unfurls the final weeks of a legendary, decade-long siege where Greek legends mercilessly battled over the fall of Troy. This Obie Awardwinning adaptation of Homers epic poem places one man on a bare stage with a simple question to ask: Has anything really changed since...
See You Yesterday
Nineteen Cambodian performers utilize their extraordinary physical skills, including acrobatics and circus arts, to travel back in time and shatter a legacy of silence. Performed by second-generation survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide, See You Yesterday explores the...
/peh-LO-tah/
/peh-LO-tah/ (noun): futbol, soccer, ball But it's so much more: Soccer is now the world’s most popular sport, but for poet-performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph, his personal love of the game amounts to a heritage story. As a child of Haitian immigrants, the blissful freedom of the...
American Moor
As an experienced, African-American actor auditions for Othello he is met with prejudice, racism and privilege while negotiating with a young, white director who presumes to understand Shakespeare’s Moorish prince far better than the performer standing before him. By combining...
The End of TV
Back by popular demand after enchanting Boston audiences with the lo-fi magic of Ada/Ava in 2018, Manual Cinema arrives with another feat of innovative, cinematic storytelling.The End of TV dovetails the Technicolor promises of TV advertisements and the decline of the Rust Belt...
Hamnet
William Shakespeare had one son: Hamnet. The young boy never knew his famous father, but in this riveting tour-de-force from Ireland, Shakespeare's only son finally takes center stage. How do our dreams impact our families? Do adults really have it all figured out? Or are we...
Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower: A Concert Performance
In this genre-defying work of concert performance featuring 20 artists on stage, Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower brings together 30 powerful songs drawn from 200 years of African-American song traditions to give musical life to Butler’s acclaimed science fiction novel...
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Bat Boy: The Musical The Umbrella Arts Center (9/25-11/08) |
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The Sound of Music Boch Center Wang Theatre (11/17-11/22) |
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An evening with LaChanze Berklee Performance Center (11/01-11/01) |
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BOUNCERS by John Godber Modern Theatre At Suffolk University (10/01-10/24) |
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The Uncle Louie Variety Show Regent Theatre (11/07-11/07) |
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Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares Boston Center for the Arts (10/22-10/25) |
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Girl Crime Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Black Box Theater (12/11-12/20) |
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Death Becomes Her Citizens Opera House (1/12-1/24) |
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Mexodus American Repertory Theater (12/04-1/10) |
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I AND YOU The Umbrella Arts Center (10/09-11/22) |
