American Repertory Theater News

​LA Opera's next Digital Short, Gallup (Na'nízhoozhí), will premiere online on May 28. Created by filmmaker Blackhorse Lowe and filmed in the city of Gallup, New Mexico—called Na'nízhoozhí in the Navajo language and known as the ceremonial capital of Native America—the short features newly commissioned music from composer Matthew Aucoin.

Producers Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David and Eva Price have announced that the 15-time Tony Award-nominated and Grammy Award-winning Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill will reopen on Broadway on Thursday, October 21, 2021, ending a nineteen-month suspension of performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

American Repertory Theater at Harvard University and Ana Masacote announced today that tickets are now on sale for Alice in Rainbowland, to run as part of A.R.T.’s Virtually OBERON series June 10 - 30, 2021.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) and Artistic Director Steve Maler, together with the City of Boston and Mayor Kim Janey, have announced the Company's plans to return to live performance this summer with its 25th anniversary production of Free Shakespeare on the Common.

American Repertory Theater at Harvard University announced today that members of the A.R.T./Broadway cast of the hit musical sensation SIX will reunite on The Lunch Room on Tuesday, June 1 at 12PM ET. 

Grammy Award winner and Waitress composer Sara Bareilles will join American Repertory Theater at Harvard University for A.R.T.'s biggest event of the year, its virtual Spring Celebration to be held live on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 7:30PM ET.

On the heels of its Tarik O'Regan Composer-in-Residence announcement which breaks new ground in the early music world, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale takes another bold step into the future with the appointment of bass-baritone DAVÓNE TINES as the organization's first-ever Creative Partner.

For generations, Disney’s Princesses have enchanted us with their courage and kindness. Their music has been the soundtrack to our lives. Now, for the first time in forever, that beloved music will be celebrated in Pandora Presents Disney Princess - The Concert on stage at the Fabulous Fox Theatre Saturday, December 11 at 7:30 p.m. 

American Repertory Theater at Harvard University has announced today the ensemble of magicians to perform in the return engagement of The Conjurors' Club created by Vinny DePonto and Geoff Kanick. Back by popular demand, the live interactive multi-magician experience runs online April 28 - May 16, 2021.

We've rounded up some of the top productions on stage this summer! Find something near you to see using our comprehensive guide below!

Jagged Little Pill, the 15-time Tony Award nominated Broadway musical, inspired by the seminal rock album of the same name by Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette, will premiere at Theatre Royal Sydney in September this year.

PlayCo announces plans for Spring 2021, building on the company's multi-platform exploration of this moment, its engagement with artists who are illuminating the complexities of relationships sustained from a distance, and its introduction of new initiatives responding to the changes in our world.

Company One's Hype Man: a break beat play, presented by American Repertory Theater and Company One Theatre, is now streaming through May 6. The new cinematic reimagining of C1's production was filmed by The Loop Lab at A.R.T.'s club theater OBERON earlier this year and is Film Directed by John Oluwole ADEkoje and Shawn LaCount.

Historian, author, visual artist, and MacDowell Board Chair Nell Painter will lead the second in a series of free virtual discussions about the arts and creativity on Thursday, May 6, at 7 p.m. ET with memoirist and theatre artist P. Carl and novelists Michael Chabon and Chang-rae Lee. 

For its fourth online installment of the 2021 Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host “Puppetry, Game Design, and Digital Performance” with Eddie Kim of EK Theater and UConn Digital Media and Design faculty Samantha Olschan and Kenneth Thompson, on Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m. ET.

Company One’s Hype Man: a break beat play, presented by American Repertory Theater and Company One Theatre, begins streaming tonight at 7:30PM. The new cinematic reimagining of C1’s production was filmed by The Loop Lab at A.R.T.’s club theater OBERON earlier this year and is Film Directed by John Oluwole ADEkoje and Shawn LaCount. 

American Repertory Theater at Harvard University announced today May and June “destinations” in Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Lagos,  London, and New York City in its A.R.T. Travels program featuring one-of-a-kind experiences and conversations with theater-makers. 

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University will throw a party to mark “the end of the winter of our discontent” and look onwards towards the upcoming season of shows with its first ever virtual Spring Celebration to be held on Saturday, June 5, 2021, 7:30 - 8:30PM ET. 

Today's episode features internationally renowned theater choreographer and director, Sergio Trujillo, who was quick to note that his success has been deeply effected by the many supportive people in his life.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University and Company One Theatre announce free events associated with the reimagined digital version of Company One's critically acclaimed, Elliot Norton Award-winning production of Hype Man: a break beat play by Idris Goodwin.