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Review: WAIT UNTIL DARK Brings Spine-Tingling Thrills to Stoneham


by R. Scott Reedy - March 13, 2026

What did our critic think of WAIT UNTIL DARK at Greater Boston Stage Company?...

Review: Umbrella Stage Company's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Keeps Harper Lee Classic Vividly Alive


by R. Scott Reedy - March 10, 2026

Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” about the fictional small town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the Depression-era South grappling with violence and racial inequality, along with issues of class, courage, and compassion, is a classic of modern American literature...

Review: Apollinaire Theatre's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE


by R. Scott Reedy - March 01, 2026

What did our critic think of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Apollinaire Theatre Company?...

Review: Aimee Doherty Hits Homer with PENELOPE


by R. Scott Reedy - February 24, 2026

At this time last year, the American Repertory Theater was premiering a stirring new dramatic adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” by actor and playwright Kate Hamill, which moved back and forth between King Odysseus and Queen Penelope during a three-hour production with two intermissions....

Review: 15TH ANNUAL 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company


by Marc Savitt - February 16, 2026

In the past, I have compared the 10x10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL to dining at a Tapas restaurant, and it is. The production offers theatre goers a variety of content in small sized servings, to explore, share, and shake off a bit of mid-winter blues in anticipation of the bountiful season ahead. You may see...

Review: LITTLE WOMEN at Actors' Shakespeare Project


by R. Scott Reedy - February 16, 2026

Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” has proven so enduringly popular since it was first published in 1868 that it has been turned into two plays, a musical, an opera, 11 different feature films and TV movies, three Japanese anime versions, and even a 12-part Korean streaming series....

Review: A Startling THE MODERATE at Central Square Theater


by R. Scott Reedy - February 13, 2026

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

Review: AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre


by R. Scott Reedy - January 30, 2026

What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...

Review: A Thrilling JOB at SpeakEasy Stage Company


by R. Scott Reedy - January 23, 2026

What did our critic think of JOB at Roberts Studio Theatre?...

Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC is Gorgeously Sung at the Citizens Opera House


by R. Scott Reedy - January 11, 2026

What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Citizens Opera House?...

Past Shows

Shit-faced Shakespeare®: Hamlet
Shit-faced Shakespeare®: Hamlet
Nov 28 – Feb 14, 2026

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”Is it the murder of a king? A hasty incestuous marriage? A prince bent on revenge? Or maybe...

Adventure Improv
Adventure Improv
Sep 14

Come with us inside a whimsical world tailor-made just for you! Every performance of Adventure Improv will be an entirely unique experience. From the moment...

Adventure Improv
Adventure Improv
Aug 10

Come with Adventure Improv inside a whimsical world tailor-made just for you! Every performance of Adventure Improv will be an entirely unique experience. From the...

Shit-faced Shakespeare®: Macbeth
Shit-faced Shakespeare®: Macbeth
Sep 15 – Nov 18, 2023

An entirely serious production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth with an entirely Shit-faced Actor

Murder Night: Don't Fear the Re-Purge
Murder Night: Don't Fear the Re-Purge
Mar 23 – Mar 24, 2018

Irreverent, hilarious, and surprisingly heart-warming, Murder Night: Don't Fear the Re-Purge returns to the Boston-area for one weekend only with more music, more laughs, and...

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