Elliot Norton News

The Boston Arts Academy and Wheelock Family Theatre will continue the sweeping nine-play Ufot Family Cycle with the world premiere of, Kufre n’ Quay, at the Boston Arts Academy this summer.

Elliot Norton Award winning Hub Theatre Company of Boston will kick off its highly anticipated 12th season with Theresa Rebeck’s celebrated comedy The Understudy, directed by five time Elliot Norton Award winner Paula Plum.

Shakespeare & Company will open Season 2025 with the World Premiere of The Victim by Lawrence Goodman, directed by Daniel Gidron. Learn more about the show here!

The fragrant aroma wafting through Greater Boston Stage Company these days isn’t only the scent of the nearby florist, it’s also the sweet smell of the success that the Stoneham company is having with its wondrously well done production of “Little Shop of Horrors.”

The 42nd Annual Elliot Norton Awards ceremony was held at The Huntington Theatre in Boston. See the full list of winners here and learn more about the Awards!

Kathy St. George – who will receive the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence from the Boston Theater Critics Association at the 42nd annual Elliot Norton Awards on June 2 at the Huntington Theatre – is that rare breed, a show business quadruple threat.

Classic American theater composers like Leonard Bernstein, John Kander, and Stephen Sondheim have been good to Aimee Doherty – giving her a wide range of characters to play and songs to sing. She has returned the favor by giving standout performances in their musicals that have made her one of the leading lights on greater Boston’s stages.

Hub Theatre Company of Boston will kick off its 12th season with Theresa Rebeck's celebrated comedy The Understudy, directed by five time Elliot Norton Award winner Paula Plum.

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester will celebrate her remarkable 50-year career in show business with a dazzling, all-new show titled “50 Threads: An Artist’s Journey” at 54 Below in New York City.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) and Steven Maler, Founding Artistic Director, have announced the cast of this summer's production of Shakespeare's lush romantic comedy, As You Like It on the Boston Common.

Following a 2024/25 season that has seen a more than 40% increase in annual attendance and refocused the national spotlight on the community, Baltimore Center Stage has announced its 2025/26 season.

Norton Award Winning Boston based small theater company, Theater Uncorked, to present Douglas Carter Beane's As Bees in Honey Drown, the winner of the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Playwriting Award.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 10, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Boston Theater Critics Association announced nominations for the 42nd Annual Elliot Norton Awards, honoring outstanding theater in Greater Boston. Kathy St. George will receive the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence.

SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the New England Premiere of the Tony-nominated play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh, a powerful comedic tale about joy, dreams, community, and sisterhood. 

Performances are now underway for the Broadway premiere of Real Women Have Curves at the James Earl Jones Theatre. Meet the cast of Real Women Have Curves here!

Shakespeare & Company will present its Gala 2025, which will honor award-winning actors Annette Miller and John Douglas Thompson. Learn more about the honorees and see how to attend the gala.

Producer Mark Cortale has revealed his latest music and comedy season for the summer of 2025 at Provincetown’s largest entertainment venue, the Town Hall. See the full lineup here!

Emmy-Award winning actor Richard Thomas will star in a new production of Mark Twain Tonight! on stages across North America, beginning in the 2025-2026 season.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's Stage2 Series will present Shakespeare's Macbeth this spring. Learn more about upcoming performances and see how to attend.