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Review: AN EVENING WITH DARREN CRISS at Emerson Colonial Theatre


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?...

Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! is Anything But at Lyric Stage Boston


by R. Scott Reedy - May 14, 2026

When it comes to playwrights and poets, William Shakespeare towers above everyone else who has ever put pen to paper. After all, he is the greatest writer ever in the English language, and his 39 plays, 154 sonnets, and three long narrative poems have been translated into virtually every living lang...

Review: Music Carries the Day in The Umbrella Stage Company's HAIRSPRAY


by R. Scott Reedy - May 06, 2026

In most, if not all, other mountings of “Hairspray: The Broadway Musical,” Tracy Turnblad is tucked under her bedcovers when audiences first see the young heroine, ready to show off her high-teased bouffant and let loose with the first notes of the rousing opener, “Good Morning, Baltimore.”...

Review: August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN at Actors' Shakespeare Project Has Glint of Greatness


by R. Scott Reedy - May 04, 2026

What did our critic think of GEM OF THE OCEAN at Actors' Shakespeare Project?...

Review: Dramatic Musical SWEPT AWAY Stays Afloat with Score by The Avett Brothers


by R. Scott Reedy - May 01, 2026

The musical “Swept Away” tells the story of four whalers shipwrecked off New Bedford in 1888, making it especially resonant for local audiences, who can experience the musical drama in a well crafted New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage Company in the Virginia Wimberly Theatre at the Calderwo...

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...

Past Shows

Matilda JR
Matilda JR
Nov 19 – Oct 20, 2022

Rebellion is nigh in Matilda JR., a gleefully witty ode to the the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a...

Videos


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Wheaton College - Watson Fine Arts (6/05-6/14) PHOTOS
The Spongebob Musical in Boston The Spongebob Musical
Stageworks Arts (5/30-6/07)
Eureka Day in Boston Eureka Day
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (6/04-6/20) PHOTOS
Come From Away in Boston Come From Away
North Shore Music Theatre (9/16-9/27) VIDEOS
Koe Wetzel & Shane Smith and The Saints  in Boston Koe Wetzel & Shane Smith and The Saints
Leader Bank Pavilion (8/19-8/19)
Honey Honey Moon Moon in Boston Honey Honey Moon Moon
Huntington Theatre, Maso Studio (6/27-6/28)
John Waters: Going to Extremes in Boston John Waters: Going to Extremes
Provincetown Town Hall (7/23-7/23)
JOHN DOE in Boston JOHN DOE
Payomet Performing Arts Center (9/01-9/01)
Dirty Dancing in Boston Dirty Dancing
Emerson Colonial Theatre (11/18-11/22)
Beetlejuice in Boston Beetlejuice
Boch Center Wang Theatre (2/09-2/21)