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Review: MISERY is Anything But at Merrimack Repertory Theatre

Review: MISERY is Anything But at Merrimack Repertory Theatre

by R. Scott Reedy — October 24, 2025

Whether indie films like “Waitress,” coming-of-age dramas like “The Outsiders,” or comedies like “Beetlejuice,” film-to-stage adaptations most often take the form of Broadway musicals, including Hollywood classics such as “Sweet Smell of Success,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” and mo

BWW Review: HUNDRED DAYS: Every Song Tells a Story

BWW Review: HUNDRED DAYS: Every Song Tells a Story

by Nancy Grossman — January 28, 2020

HUNDRED DAYS and the intimate Black Box at the Umbrella Stage Company in Concord are a perfect match, not unlike Abigail and Shaun Bengson, the couple whose true story of their romantic and musical journey is told in this original song cycle.

The Umbrella Stage Company to Present Regional Premiere Of HUNDRED DAYS

The Umbrella Stage Company to Present Regional Premiere Of HUNDRED DAYS

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 24, 2020

This January 24-February 16, The Umbrella Stage Company - Greater Boston's newest professional theater -- will present the regional premiere of the exhilarating folk-punk musical, Hundred Days, by The Bengsons with a book by Sarah Gancher, and directed by Brian Boruta.

BWW Review: IDEATION: Is It Only a Test?

BWW Review: IDEATION: Is It Only a Test?

by Nancy Grossman — September 8, 2017

New Repertory Theatre opens its season with IDEATION, the Boston-area premiere of Aaron Loeb's play that is equally thrilling and disturbing as we try to adapt to the rapidly changing normal in America.

BWW Review: There's Something About Mary

BWW Review: There's Something About Mary

by Nancy Grossman — February 2, 2016

New Repertory Theatre continues its third annual Next Rep Black Box Festival with Colm Toibin's THE TESTAMENT OF MARY, a controversial one-woman play that reimagines the life and attitudes of Mary some twenty years after the crucifixion of her son.


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