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THE TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL COMEDY IS BACK! Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, which first galloped onto Broadway in 2005, was nominated for 14 Tony Awards and won 3, including Best Musical. The musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic Monty Python and the Holy...
In this town, a good myth might as well be the truth. Johnny “Honeycomb” James comes back home famous, changed, and impossible to explain. The voice is real, but the rumours are loud. In a town that remembers everything and forgives nothing, his return cracks open old stories...
Umbrella Arts presents... BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL | September 25 - November 8, 2026 in Concord, MA THE STORY: Half-bat, half-boy, ripped from the tabloid headlines, and thrust into the spotlight! In this camp horror comedy, a misunderstood monster seeks a place to belong. Taken in...
Cheyenne Jackson is a GRAMMY® and Emmy-nominated actor, singer, and songwriter celebrated for his dynamic work across Broadway, concert stages, television, and film. Known for his commanding presence and rich, expressive voice, he has built a multifaceted career that bridges...
“Come up to my lab, and see what’s on the slab!” The maniacally popular cult musical returns to TCT to shock and delight audiences. Inspired by the 1975 film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, this raunchy and uproarious rock journey is led by that “Sweet Transvestite” and a motley...
There's sex in the air, and the hunt is on, as four bouncers show the depravity of urban night life.
A Tony Award winner for originating the role of Celie in The Color Purple, LaChanze possesses one of the most commanding and deeply felt voices on the American stage. Her gift is rare: technical brilliance in complete service to the song, the truth of the music, and the...
A reading of Amy Herzog's After the Revolution is presented as part of Shakespeare & Company's Celebrating Jewish Plays weekend. The event examines personal experiences that illuminate broader insight through contemporary storytelling.
Deadgrass brings the music of Jerry Garcia to The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA for one night. The performance is part of Berkshire Theatre Group's Fall 2026 lineup at the Colonial, a season featuring concerts, comedy, and live storytelling. The evening offers fans an...
Melissa Errico brings her acclaimed album I Can Dream, Can't I? to the stage, accompanied by pianist Tedd Firth. The performance explores dreams, love and memory through songs including I Didn't Know About You, I Can Dream, Can't I? and As Time Goes By, drawing in part on the...
The Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, in partnership with Shakespeare & Company, hosts a free discussion of Israeli theater with Michal Peles-Almagor, a Postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Research Fellow at Tel Aviv University. This talk kicks off...
Sean K. Ellis, subject of Netflix's documentary Trial 4, narrates Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait after being wrongly convicted and jailed for 21 years before winning his freedom. The concert opens with Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and includes excerpts from William...
An all-star cast of musicians and comedians unite for an afternoon celebrating the healing power of music, laughter, and community, hosted by comedian Tony V. The Rock Bottom Band features Simon Kirke, Woody Giessmann, Dave Herlihy, and Jim Mayer, alongside comedians Chris Redd...
Asia Featuring John Payne brings classic arena rock to The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA on October 10, 2026. The performance is part of Berkshire Theatre Group's Fall 2026 lineup, which spans music, comedy, and live storytelling through the autumn season. John Payne...
A reading of Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews is presented as part of Shakespeare & Company's Celebrating Jewish Plays weekend, exploring contemporary family and identity themes.
True to Odyssey Opera's tradition of resurrecting forgotten or under-performed masterpieces, this unique, one-night-only program offers audiences a rare glimpse into the Second New England School. Program includes three rarely heard works written at the turn of the 20th Century...
Boston Dance Theater returns to The Dance Hall for the fourth time with the Maine premiere of Red is a feeling, a program of contemporary dance works exploring love, longing, joy, resilience, and the fight to live, all woven together by the color red. The program features works...
Chara Percussion offers joy as a fresh musical voice with the fierce beauty, energy, and synergy of percussion ensemble. R
The Huntington Hosts x Spotlight Presents: VAMP’D OUT! A drag tribute to Buffy The Vampire Slayer Featuring some of New England’s SEXIEST VAMPIRES; Your SPOTLIGHT HOSTS – Lulu Levity & Silva, As well as ICONIC LOCAL TALENT – Crystal Doll, Miss Jade Rock, Miss Pink Succubus...
A new 60-minute chamber operetta by composer Martin Brody, with a libretto by art historian Dario Gamboni, based on a 2003 news story of a carp said to have spoken before its slaughter at a fish market. Scored for four singers and five instrumentalists, the piece moves between...
The Thorn is a theatrical production celebrating its 30th anniversary that brings the passion of Jesus to life through drama, music, dance, martial arts, and aerial acrobatics. The story spans from creation to the formation of the early church, featuring St. John recalling his...
A reading of Arthur Miller's Broken Glass closes the Celebrating Jewish Plays weekend at Shakespeare & Company.
Shakespeare & Company welcomes back Celebrating Jewish Plays October 9-11 at the Tina Packer Playhouse & Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre Shakespeare & Company welcomes back Celebrating Jewish Plays, featuring three readings presented over three evenings during the holiday weekend...
CHRIS AUTORE IS MARKING AN EXTRAORDINARY 75 YEARS AND SHOW BUSINESS, A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF "LOOK AT ME NOW" CELEBRATING MUSIC OF 1950 TO 2026 THE SHOW FEATURES A VIBRANT MIX OF POP AND BROADWAY HITS. CHRIS WILL SHARE A PIECE OF HISTORY FROM THE 1950S FROM WHEN HE WAS A CAST...
A new offering by Owen Lewis combining chamber music, klezmer, and poetry, staged as part of Shakespeare & Company's Celebrating Jewish Plays weekend. Lewis joined the planning committee this year to help include additional Jewish arts forms in the festival, with the performance...
WINNER! Tony Award for Best Play WINNER! Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize and a smash hit on Broadway, Purpose is the explosive and wildly entertaining new play from Tony winnerBranden Jacobs-Jenkins, diving headlong into the life of a prominent and...
Join Yotam Ottolenghi for an intimate and energizing evening celebrating his new cookbook Simple Too, the long-awaited follow-up to his bestselling Ottolenghi Simple. In conversation, he’ll share how Simple Too was born from real life: recipes that work with you, not against you...
Spamalot returns to Boston for the first time in nearly two decades, bringing its Tony Award-winning comedy to the Boch Center Wang Theatre October 6–11, 2026. Lovingly ripped from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the musical features a book and lyrics by Eric Idle and music by...
BUDDING TRUE LOVE. DEEP ROOTED HATE. WELCOME TO VERONA. September 23rd 2026, 7:00 pm Preview September 24th 2026, 7:00 pm Preview September 25th 2026, 7:00 pm Preview September 26th 2026, 7:00 pm Opening September 27th 2026, 2:00 pm October 1st 2026, 7:00 pm October 2nd 2026...
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra performs Weber's Der Freischütz Overture, Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D featuring violinist Guy Braunstein, and Brahms's Symphony No. 4. Benjamin Zander conducts, tracing the evolution of German Romanticism across the nineteenth century. The...
Flip Circus brings a brand new production to its climate-controlled big top with only 800 seats, none more than 50 feet from the ring. The show features illusionist Jimmy Saylon of Italy, comedian Misha of Ukraine, eighth-generation juggler Dede Larible, two-time Guinness World...
The play provides a lot of food for thought. What seems to come through most strongly in the final analysis seems to be an inability for the two sisters to connect meaningfully and their portrayal of the tragedy of not knowing someone anymore.…
With Halloween just weeks away, Greater Boston theater companies are presenting familiar titles for audiences looking for seasonal thrills – “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” and “Little Shop of Horrors,” to name but a few.…
What did our critic think of PURPOSE at The Huntington?…
What did our critic think of A RIVETING ALL MY SONS at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston?…
What did our critic think of COME FROM AWAY at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre?…
What did our critic think of MOON MAN WALK at Natti-Willsky Theatre?…
Murder-for-hire seems dark, and yes, some of the language can be a bit colorful (a few F-bombs are dropped), but really, this is a delightful little production with the emphasis on comedy that one might almost label as cute, possibly endearing.…
. During a roughly 20-minute near silent stretch the cast execute a near flawless, complex, scene employing “Controlled Chaos”. Even the most `curmudgeonly of audience members find themselves rolling along with the rest of the crowd.…
What did our critic think of RHINOCEROS at American Repertory Theater?…
What did our critic think of DALLOWAY: FIRST LOVE at Gloucester Stage Company?…
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Bat Boy: The Musical Umbrella Arts (9/25-11/08) |
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Covenant SpeakEasy Stage Company (9/25-10/17) |
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Monty Python's SPAMALOT Boch Center Wang Theatre (10/06-10/11) |
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An evening with LaChanze Berklee Performance Center (11/01-11/01) |
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BOUNCERS by John Godber The Modern Theatre (10/01-10/24) |
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Cheyenne Jackson Shalin Liu Performance Center (10/18-10/18) |
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Rocky Horror Show The Company Theatre (10/02-10/18) |
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Hamlet Brown's Brewing -- Revolution Hall (10/19-10/19) |
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Unorthodox Huntington Theatre (5/06-6/06) |
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Hold Please! True Repertory Theatre (10/17-10/25) PHOTOS |
