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THE ADAMS THEATER

27 Park St
Adams, MA 01220

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Ten Toasts Dinner: Laughter, Realness, and Connection
Jun 12

Ten Toasts Dinner: Laughter, Realness, and Connection is a structured dinner experience built around thematic storytelling, with themes drawn from conversations and site visits with...

Different Ships, Same Boat
Jun 13

Different Ships, Same Boat is an interactive, multidisciplinary performance combining spoken word, music, and song that explores the multifaceted ways in which Americans live, love,...

MA250 High Tea with Friends of the Adams Library and the Adams Historical Society
Jun 14

MA250 High Tea with Friends of the Adams Library and the Adams Historical Society is part of The Adams Theater's MA250 Festival, a state-validated celebration...

Keynote at The Adams Theater: Stacy Schiff
Jun 20

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and Adams native Stacy Schiff returns home for a keynote event at The Adams Theater as part of the MA250 Festival: People,...

Screening of 1776
Jun 21

The Adams Theater presents a screening of 1776, a musical drama adapted from the Broadway show depicting the debates among America's Founding Fathers that led...



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...

Review: Matthew Lombardo's WHEN PLAYWRIGHTS KILL Slays with Laughter


by R. Scott Reedy - April 14, 2026

Seven years ago, an already hot summer in Boston heated up even more during a pre-Broadway tryout of a truncated version of playwright Matthew Lombardo’s “Tea at Five” at the Huntington Theatre when its star, Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway, was fired after allegations that she physically an...

Review: Eddie Shields Excels in BREAKING THE CODE


by R. Scott Reedy - April 11, 2026

What did our critic think of BREAKING THE CODE at Central Square Theater?...

Review: Lyric Stage Boston's Latest Is ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS


by R. Scott Reedy - April 05, 2026

What did our critic think of ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston?...

Review: Full House Enjoys AN EVENING WITH DIONNE WARWICK at Groton Hill Music Center


by R. Scott Reedy - April 02, 2026

As Dionne Warwick took the stage at Groton Hill Music Center in Groton recently, before she had sung a single word, she was met by a rousing standing ovation. It was clear from the get-go that the capacity audience knew they were in the presence of a legend....

Review: Nothing to Protest in SUFFS


by R. Scott Reedy - March 22, 2026

What did our critic think of SUFFS at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...

Videos


The Hunchback of Notre Dame  in Boston The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Wheaton College - Watson Fine Arts (6/05-6/14) PHOTOS
Seussical the Musical in Boston Seussical the Musical
Riverside Theatre Works (5/01-5/17)
The Spongebob Musical in Boston The Spongebob Musical
Stageworks Arts (5/30-6/07)
Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music in Boston Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Yiddish Book Center (7/09-7/12)
A Revolution of Her Own!™ Deborah Sampson -  in Boston A Revolution of Her Own!™ Deborah Sampson -
Eustis Estate (5/23-5/23)
Black Swan: A New Dance Thriller in Boston Black Swan: A New Dance Thriller
American Repertory Theater (5/26-6/28)
Cambridge Community Chorus Spring Concert: Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony in Boston Cambridge Community Chorus Spring Concert: Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony
MIT Kresge Auditorium (5/17-5/17)
Pitbull & Lil Jon in Boston Pitbull & Lil Jon
Xfinity Center (8/29-8/29)
An Evening with Megan Hilty in Boston An Evening with Megan Hilty
The Umbrella Arts Center (5/29-5/30)
Free Father's Day Concert in Boston Free Father's Day Concert
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall (6/21-6/21)