OEDIPUS EL REY & More Lead Boston's Summer 2026 Top Theatre Shows
by Team BWW - Jun 10, 2026
Boston is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for Summer 2026 include Oedipus El Rey and more.
Review: EUREKA DAY is a Tempest in a Vaccination Teapot
by R. Scott Reedy - Jun 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.
Miami New Drama Will Debut ENGLISH ONLY
by Stephi Wild - Jan 13, 2026
Miami New Drama will present the world premiere of English Only, a bold new play by acclaimed writer Nicholas Griffin and directed by New York-based director Margot Bordelon.
Review: THE MOTHER PLAY: A PLAY IN FIVE EVICTIONS at Studio Theatre
by David Friscic - Nov 19, 2025
The autobiographical world of playwright Paula Vogel comes alive in the illuminating and fragilely evocative “tone poem” of a play entitled The Mother Play at the Studio Theatre. This very moving and occasionally caustic play explores all the hard issues of life in a family—such as death, illness, financial problems and –above all—the dislocation that occurs from constant moving to new locations. (Indeed, the subtitle of the play is “ A Play in Five Evictions”). The Herman family is composed of a very peripatetic mother who has survived the onslaught of a divorce and unwanted children, but she passes so much rage onto her two children, and she drowns herself in martinis.
Video: First Look at the World Premiere of THE SUFFRAGETTE'S MURDER
by Michael Major - Feb 27, 2025
Watch a first look video at The Suffragette’s Murder, a farcical who-done-it by Sandy Rustin (Clue, Broadway’s The Cottage) and a runaway audience favorite at the 2023 Colorado New Play Summit, will make its world premiere at the Denver Center!