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Old Jake's Skirts
Old Jake's Skirts
7/19 - 7/26/2024


Weston Drama Workshop Presents OLD JAKE'S SKIRTS From the Book by C. Anne Scott Adapted by José Cruz González Directed by Callie Llewellyn  Friday, July 19 @ 5pm ...

Eurydice
Eurydice
7/18 - 7/27/2024


Weston Drama Workshop Presents EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl Directed by Tristan Burke Thursday, July 18 @ 7pm Saturday, July 20 @ 2:30pm Sunday, July 21 @ 2pm ...

46 Plays for America's First Ladies


Remember the Ladies! Buckle up for a whirlwind ride through American history as seen through the eyes of the women of the White House. From Martha to ...

The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors
7/13 - 8/18/2024


The Comedy of Errors  takes over Shakespeare & Company’s outdoor mainstage this summer – The Bard’s fast-paced and farcical story of mistaken identities that begins ...

Flight of the Monarch
Flight of the Monarch
8/3 - 8/25/2024


Presented in association with Great Barrington Public Theater Two siblings, Sheila and Thomas, were both born and raised in a small, New England fishing village ...

The Islanders
The Islanders
7/25 - 8/25/2024


Anna lives an insular life on an underpopulated island in the Great Lakes. She has few friends and likes it that way. Her quiet, controlled ...

The Winter’s Tale: An Enhanced Staged Reading


The Winter’s Tale is an odyssey through a world where kingdoms collide, betrayal weaves its web, and love battles against all odds. Magic, mystery, and ...

Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt
9/12 - 10/13/2024


Winner! Four Tony Awards, including Best Play. Winner! Two Laurence Olivier Awards, including Best New Play. The latest masterpiece and most personal play from Tom ...

The Heart Sellers
The Heart Sellers
9/18 - 10/20/2024


Thanksgiving, 1973; over a bottle of wine–or two–and a questionable frozen turkey, Jane, a recent immigrant from Korea, and Luna, a recent immigrant from the Philippines, ...

Baby Jane
Baby Jane
10/11 - 10/27/2024


This world premiere play is inspired by the classic film “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Twisted memories lurk ...

Nassim
Nassim
10/4 - 10/27/2024


From Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour comes an audacious new theatrical experiment. Each night a different VIP joins the playwright on stage, while the script waits ...

The Weir
The Weir
9/26 - 10/27/2024


Step into a windswept County Leitrim pub in rural Ireland where the chill in the air isn’t just from the storm outside. Tony Award-nominated playwright ...

Sojourners
Sojourners
10/31 - 12/1/2024


Rising star playwright Mfoniso Udofia launches her sweeping cycle with a family’s origin story. Marriage, migration, and the pursuit of education collide when a young ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
11/29 - 12/22/2024


A joyous South Shore tradition returns – our signature production of Charles Dickens’  A Christmas Carol . Three spirits visit the miserly Scrooge on Christmas ...

The Grove
The Grove
2/7 - 3/9/2025


Playwright Mfoniso Udofia stages a family homecoming, asking what it means to draw on the wisdom and beauty of our ancestors when the bonds of ...

The Triumph of Love
The Triumph of Love
3/7 - 4/6/2025


Love takes center stage in this uproarious classic French comedy by 18th century playwright Pierre Carlet de Marivaux. A clever princess is smitten at first ...

Don't Eat the Mangos
Don't Eat the Mangos
3/26 - 4/27/2025


Winner! 2021 Will Glickman Award for Best Play  Playwright Ricardo Pérez González’s wickedly funny tragedy  Don’t Eat the Mangos  portrays life on his home island ...



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Review: DIONNE WARWICK Dazzles at Cabot Theatre


by R. Scott Reedy - July 23, 2024

From the moment Dionne Warwick took the stage at her recent concert at Beverly’s Cabot Theatre, accompanied by a thunderous, sustained standing ovation, it was clear that there was a legend in the house....

Review: BOEING BOEING at Barrington Stage Company


by Marc Savitt - July 22, 2024

At a time when headlines are ominous, dew points are uncomfortable if not oppressive, and very little is what it appears to be on the surface, a lighthearted romp, fraught with silliness and laughter seems very appropriate. BOEING BOEING continues on the Boyd-Quinson Stage at Barrington Stage Compan...

Review: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS at Shakespeare & Company


by Marc Savitt - July 21, 2024

Shakespeare & Company’s colorful, fun, and zany production is set in the seaside Vaudeville of New York City, 1912 – a mystical and sometimes strange place filled with as much magic and mischief as sailors and sea captains!...

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by R. Scott Reedy - July 19, 2024

What did our critic think of WIPEOUT at Gloucester Stage Company?...

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by R. Scott Reedy - July 15, 2024

For decades now, TV movies and feature films have been made about Elvis Presley, but stage shows about the King of Rock ‘n Roll, or built on his amazing musical catalogue, have been fewer and further between....

Review: DISNEY'S FROZEN at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre Will Melt Hearts


by R. Scott Reedy - July 13, 2024

What did our critic think of DISNEY'S FROZEN at North Shore Music Theatre?...

Review: A TENDER THING at Barrington Stage Company


by Marc Savitt - July 01, 2024

The production stars Derek Smith as Romeo and Candy Buckley as Juliet, both of whom are skilled and strong performers. Adept with their characterizations as well as the Shakespearian dialogue. Their embodiment of characters conceived by Shakespeare as teens, but as mature adults is remarkable. They ...

Review: American Repertory Theater's GATSBY is Great


by R. Scott Reedy - June 26, 2024

The new musical Gatsby, being given its world premiere by the American Repertory Theater at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge through August 3, isn’t just great, it’s spectacular....

Review: A BODY OF WATER at Shakespeare & Company


by Marc Savitt - June 24, 2024

At times A BODY OF WATER seems to resemble the works of Agatha Christie, perhaps Alfred Hitchcock. Twists and turns abound. You will laugh heartily and often; and quite likely find yourself “feeling all the feels”. I certainly did. I also found myself mouth agape for much of the production....

Review: Greater Boston Stage Company Has a Winning Hand with Well Sung GUYS AND DOLLS


by R. Scott Reedy - June 20, 2024

The classic 1950 musical Guys and Dolls has a wonderfully well written, funny, and familiar score, not to mention a terrific book, that make productions of the enduring favorite always worth a look and a listen....



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