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Review: FIREFLIES at Shakespeare & Company

Review: FIREFLIES at Shakespeare & Company

by Marc Savitt · June 25, 2026

FIREFLIES is a delightful little feel-good piece that gives humorous, heartwarming, and character-driven romance. It avoids high-concept sci-fi or intense melodrama in favor of a comfortable, down-to-earth, good ole story. One that is told by some of the area’s well known, admired, extremely com…

Review: An Emotionally Affecting IN OLD AGE at Arts Emerson

Review: An Emotionally Affecting IN OLD AGE at Arts Emerson

by R. Scott Reedy · June 24, 2026

Theatergoers who have come to love and respect Abasiama Bassey a central character in the emotionally resonant nine-part Ufot Family Cycle by first-generation Nigerian American playwright Mfoniso Udofia, will not want to miss the deeply moving “In Old Age,” the eighth and penultimate play in the…

Review: THE ZIONISTS: A FAMILY STORM at Barrington Stage Company

Review: THE ZIONISTS: A FAMILY STORM at Barrington Stage Company

by Marc Savitt · June 23, 2026

THE ZIONISTS; A Family Storm represents a tremendous new piece of theater. One that, like a gemstone, sparkles on many facets. You don’t have to possess any particular element, characteristic, or trait, this play will make you think. It continues at Barrington Stage Company’s Boyd-Quinson The…

Review: Emilio and Gloria Estefan Musical Will Have You ON YOUR FEET! in Beverly

Review: Emilio and Gloria Estefan Musical Will Have You ON YOUR FEET! in Beverly

by R. Scott Reedy · June 10, 2026

Whether autobiographical like “Jersey Boys,” “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” and “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” or fictionalized like “Mamma Mia!,” jukebox musicals often rely on the drama of  their source material as much as their familiar scores for success.…

Review: EUREKA DAY is a Tempest in a Vaccination Teapot

Review: EUREKA DAY is a Tempest in a Vaccination Teapot

by R. Scott Reedy · June 9, 2026

But in playwright Jonathan Spector’s “Eureka Day” – now being given a cleverly funny production by The Huntington at the Huntington Avenue Theatre through June 28 – they are also comic fodder for a trenchant story about a tempest over vaccination in a hyper-woke teacup.…

Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY at Barrington Stage Company

Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY at Barrington Stage Company

by Marc Savitt · June 7, 2026

Cast and Crew deliver a high-quality production that is both simple and sublime; historically accurate, topically relevant; and well worth seeing. BSC Artistic Director, Alan Paul said: 'It's fair to say that Daisy has become an American classic, and when you watch the show, you will see how contemp…

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Steel Pulse: Reggae Against Racism Tour in Boston Steel Pulse: Reggae Against Racism Tour
Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/04-8/04)
Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: The Tiny Bird Show by Carole D'Agostino in Boston Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: The Tiny Bird Show by Carole D'Agostino
Puppet Showplace Theater (8/09-8/09)
Valerie June in Boston Valerie June
Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/30-8/30)
Richard Skipper Celebrates! Life Lessons from Legends in Boston Richard Skipper Celebrates! Life Lessons from Legends
Josephine's at Club Cafe (7/18-7/18)
The Borromeo: Luminous Beauty in Boston The Borromeo: Luminous Beauty
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/07-8/07)
The Who's Tommy in Boston The Who's Tommy
Emerson Colonial Theatre (5/04-5/16)
Little Bear Ridge Road in Boston Little Bear Ridge Road
SpeakEasy Stage Company (1/29-2/20)
ADAM EZRA GROUP in Boston ADAM EZRA GROUP
Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/08-8/08)
Lovesong in Boston Lovesong
The Unicorn Theatre (7/22-8/23)
Coheed and Cambria in Boston Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria (7/13-7/13)