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....
by R. Scott Reedy - March 22, 2026
What did our critic think of SUFFS at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...
by R. Scott Reedy - March 18, 2026
Playwright Jordan Harrison’s 2025 drama “The Antiquities” – being given a fine New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage Company at the Roberts Studio Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts through March 28 – uses history to explore where things went wrong....
by R. Scott Reedy - March 13, 2026
What did our critic think of WAIT UNTIL DARK at Greater Boston Stage Company?...
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...
by R. Scott Reedy - March 01, 2026
What did our critic think of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Apollinaire Theatre Company?...
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....
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...
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....
by R. Scott Reedy - February 13, 2026
What did our critic think of THE MODERATE at Central Square Theater?...
Past Shows
Zabel in Exile by R.N. SandbergDirected by Megan Sandberg-ZakianFebruary 19–March 8, 2026 at Boston Playwrights' TheatreYerevan, 1937. Armenian writer and activist Zabel Yessayan sits in...
Mother Mary by KJ Moran VelzDirected by Elaine Vaan HogueOctober 9-26, 2025 at Boston Playwrights' TheatreBoston, 1968. Taxi driver Jo Cruz knows the streets of...
Boston Theater Marathon XXVII features 50 ten-minute plays written by New England playwrights and presented by New England theatre companies which donate their time and...
The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to Be Reborn by Isabelle Fereshteh Sanatdar StevensDirected by Nikta SabouriFigs fall from the Tree. Whispers...
The Recursion of a Moth by Brandon ZangDirected by Katie BrookIcarus and Mikey time travel. Icarus and Mikey fall out of love. Icarus and Mikey...
How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos by Maggie KearnanDirected by Taylor StarkA throne of red Solo cups, a pile of teeth, the...
Soft Star by Tina EsperDirected by Bridget Kathleen O’LearyJane and Belle are best friends. Their husbands are best friends. Someday, their children will be best...
Driving in Circles: a new musical by Jay EddyDirected by Sam PlattusDriving in Circles is a solo-ish new work that traverses the highway between confessional monologue,...
Boston Theater Marathon XXIV features 50 ten-minute plays written by New England playwrights and presented by New England theatre companies which donate their time (and...
Beasts by Cayenne DouglassDirected by Kelly GalvinApril 7-17, 2022Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.The chaos of American womanhood plays out...
Rx Machina unpacks big pharmas impact on everyday American culture through the eyes of five women on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic. An ambitious...
Incels and Other Myths by Ally SassDirected by Erica Terpening-RomeoDecember 2-12, 2021Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.Incels and Other Myths...
Gone Nowhere by Daniel C. BlandaDirected by Noah PuttermanNovember 4-14, 2021Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.At an old house in...
LORENA: a Tabloid Epic spins out of the media hailstorm surrounding Lorena Bobbitt, who became a sensation after she used a kitchen knife against her...
February 13-March 1Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.November, 2016. A close-knit board game group meets for its weekly game night...
the smuggler by Ronan Noone Directed by Judy Braha November 7-24 Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tim Finnegan came...
Ana is a Type A personality who lives in a letter-perfect world with an adoring husband, the perfect job, and her greatest passion: Book Club....
The Boston Theater Marathon (BTM) is an award-winning all-day marathon of new ten-minute plays. The plays are chosen from close to 400 entries from New...
By Beirut BalutisDirected by Adam KassimIn Bone Flat, Pennsylvania, the high school community is plunged into shock and grief following the death of a beloved...
Laughs in Spanish by Alexis ScheerDirected by Sara KatzoffFebruary 21-March 3Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.Its Art Basel and the...
Every winter in the Hamptons, locals live in the shadow of the summer people’s empty mansions. When one of those mansions erupts in flames, tensions...
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