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Robert Frost: This Verse Business


Emmy-winner actor Gordon Clapp (NYPD Blue) in "Robert Frost: This Verse Business" by local playwright A.M. Dolan. April 23-28, 2024

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
4/20 - 4/28/2024


The Belmont Dramatic Club is pleased to present our spring production of Arsenic and Old Lace! Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when ...

Rendezvous with Rachel Revere™


On Thursday, May 2, 2024, History At Play™, LLC is proud to present Rendezvous with Rachel Revere™ ! It is May 2, 1775, and Rachel ...

THT Rep presents Judith
THT Rep presents Judith
4/13 - 5/3/2024


"Let me imagine, since facts are so hard to come by, what would have happened had Shakespeare had a wonderfully gifted sister, called Judith, let ...

Peter and the Starcatcher
Peter and the Starcatcher
5/3 - 5/5/2024


A whimsical, high-flying theatrical adventure unfolds to discover the origins of the beloved Peter Pan. With magic, music, pirates, and a whole lot of imagination, ...

A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
4/13 - 5/11/2024


One dark and stormy night, the eccentric Mrs. Whatsit arrives at the home of Meg Murry, a young teen who doesn’t fit in at her ...

THT Rep presents Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare


“If music be the food of love, play on!” Directed by Brendon Fox. Playing in rotating rep with Judith by Katie Bender. In this romantic ...

Mix and Mingle with Annie Adams Fields


Join the Victorian Gossip Girl, Annie Fields, as she gabs about her famous friends! History At Play’s One-Woman Performance Shares Secrets of the Transcendentalists. This ...

NUTS by Tom Topor
NUTS by Tom Topor
5/2 - 5/19/2024


NUTS by Tom Topor Opens at the BCC         The Barnstable Comedy Club proudly presents NUTS , a riveting courtroom drama by Tom Topor.  ...

Spiritus/Virgil's Dance
Spiritus/Virgil's Dance
5/8 - 5/26/2024


In this exploration of the realities of death through the eyes of a watchful and troubled individual, we meet Virgil -- a kid who used ...

C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In


Don’t miss this mesmerizing, one-of-a-kind stage experience that promises to take you further up and further in the heart and mind of C.S. Lewis. The ...

Toni Stone
Toni Stone
5/17 - 6/16/2024


Toni Stone is an ace ballplayer who knows her stats, plus she’s got a great arm. Rejected by the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League because ...

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 ...

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 ...



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by R. Scott Reedy - April 22, 2024

Under Larry Sousa’s wonderfully imaginative direction and with his choreography, a 16-person company of some of Boston’s brightest, most versatile performers is bringing the Canadian musical, with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Gregg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, to dazzlin...

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by R. Scott Reedy - April 08, 2024

More than 50 years after its original Broadway production, which had a Boston tryout at the Shubert Theatre, the Stephen Sondheim musical Company, with book by George Furth, had its third revival in 2021, in a sprightly, cleverly reimagined, gender-swapped production that won five Tony Awards includ...

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by R. Scott Reedy - April 06, 2024

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In the past few years, Patti LuPone has resigned from Actor’s Equity Association and suspended her legendary Broadway career, but as she proved with her Celebrity Series of Boston performance at Symphony Hall on April 2, the three-time Tony Award winner can still command a concert stage....

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