Carolyn Saxon News

American Classics will present ALL IN ONE: WORDS AND MUSIC, a concert highlighting songwriters who composed both lyrics and music, in performances in Cambridge and Bedford, Massachusetts.

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 and one of the best-selling books of all time.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC), under the direction of Founding Artistic Director Steven Maler, has announced the cast for its return engagement of A Christmas Carol at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre.

Continuing the 28th Season theme of Sun, Moon, and Stars, American Classics will present 'Moonlight, Music, and Romance: Musical Lunar Delights' in February. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Boston has a long history with “A Christmas Carol.” Victorian-era author Charles Dickens gave his first American reading of the holiday classic at Tremont Temple in December 1867 while he was living just a block away at the Parker House.

What did our critic think of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS at Reagle Music Theatre Of Greater Boston?

For decades now, TV movies and feature films have been made about Elvis Presley, but stage shows about the King of Rock ‘n Roll, or built on his amazing musical catalogue, have been fewer and further between.

Experience the timeless charm of GUYS AND DOLLS at Greater Boston Stage Company.

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston (RMT) will bring three timeless and timely classics to the stage for its 55th Season: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific (June 14- June 23, 2024),  All Shook Up, inspired by the music of Elvis Presley (July 12 - July 21, 2024), and An American in Paris (August 9 - August 18, 2024). 

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston will bring three timeless and timely classics to the stage for its 55th Season. Learn more about the lineup here!

Under Larry Sousa’s wonderfully imaginative direction and with his choreography, a 16-person company of some of Boston’s brightest, most versatile performers is bringing the Canadian musical, with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Gregg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, to dazzling life with delightfully silly production numbers aplenty and a well-served soupçon of heart-tugging emotion.

Lyric Stage Boston will present the fun and fizzy musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone with Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. 

Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University will present 'Mr. Popper's Penguins' from February 10th to March 3rd.

The Addams Family has been extended at Wheelock Family Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets!

WFT@BU is thrilled to launch its 2023/24 season with spooky favorite, The Addams Family. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Everything old is new again. And when it comes to the classic musical “Oklahoma!” director and choreographer Rachel Bertone likes it that way.

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston continues its mission to fuse education and audience entertainment through musical theatre in its 54th Season, bringing two timeless and timely classics, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (June 23 - July 2, 2023) and Disney's TheLittle Mermaid (July 28 - August 6, 2023) to life on stage this summer.

Get a first look at Sister Act at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston! Featuring a choir of cheeky, loveable nuns led by the fabulous, unforgettable, (and sequin loving!) Deloris Van Cartier, toes will be tapping and spirits will be lifted at this celebration of friendship, the joy of music, and the importance of togetherness.

Sister Act with Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Glenn Slater,  Book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, and Additional Materials by Douglas Carter Beane will be Directed by Leigh Barrett with Musical Direction by David F. Coleman and Choreography by Dan Sullivan will raise the roof and lift spirits this spring at Lyric Stage Boston made in part possible by our Corporate Sponsor for the production, Brookline Bank.

Filled with music, dance, comedy and carols, The Christmas Revels is directed by Patrick Swanson. George Emlen is Music Director. Our all-star cast includes musician and longtime Christmas Revels song leader David Coffin, actors William Forchion and Regie Gibson, Happenstance Theater's Mark Jaster and Sabrina Selma Mandell, Revels favorites Paula Plum and Richard Snee, vocalist extraordinaire Carolyn Saxon, the Revels Chorus of adults and children, a great band of musicians - and YOU!