Review: THE COLOR PURPLE by Chromolume Theatre at The Zephyr
by Shari Barrett - Mar 16, 2026
Directed magnificently by Elijah Green, with energetic choreography by Katie Powers-Faulk and musical direction by Miki Yokomizo, the totally entertaining and artistically brilliant production pulled me in from the moment it started.
Review: THE FANTASTICKS at Music Theater Heritage
by Alan Portner - Feb 8, 2026
Now “playing” at Music Theatre Heritage inside Crown Center through February 22 is the latest iteration of the most produced modern musical play in history. It is called “The Fantasticks.”
If “Fantasticks” is new to you, you are past due for a treat. If you are one of the thousands of performers who have slipped into one of these character’s costumes, revel in the warm memory. If you have witnessed “Fantasticks” as an audience member, enjoy the pleasure of revisiting an old friend. hat did our critic think of THE FANTASTICKS at Music Theater Heritage?
Boston Symphony Orchestra Unveils 2026 Tanglewood Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 29, 2026
Tanglewood has revealed the details of its 2026 season, opening in late June and continuing to Labor Day weekend. The schedule brings many of the world’s most exciting musicians to the beautiful Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts.
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
by Albert Gutierrez - Nov 5, 2025
The 2024 production earned seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, which I feel is an earned acknowledgment that speaks more to the craftsmanship, the ambition, and the emotional journey present in the show. The stage production’s direction, choreography, puppetry design, and ensemble synergy create moments of theatrical awe that are impossible to deny. What the songs lack in dramatic momentum, the production more than makes up for in its combination of narrative intimacy with large-scale visual storytelling.
Review: Encore Performing Arts' THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
by Albert Gutierrez - Jul 26, 2025
For anyone who’s seen Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a lot of the familiar story beats remain here. However, this local production by Encore Performing Arts takes a unique approach to their mounting of this stage musical.
Review: THE WEDDING SINGER at Colony Theatre
by Amanda Callas - Jun 19, 2025
The Wedding Singer is a delightful retro romantic comedy musical at the Colony Theatre in Burbank through June 29th. Confectionary light, with killer choreography and eye-candy 1980s costumes and sets, The Wedding Singer is a big whipped cream dollop of pure joy.
Review: THE COVER OF LIFE at The Guild Hall Players
by Paula Makar - Jun 5, 2025
The Cover of Life, by R.T. Robinson, is based on his family’s true story about three women and their struggle for self-worth in rural Louisiana in 1943. Tood, Weetsie and Sybill each married a Cliffert brother who are engaged in World War II. A local reporter with the Louisiana Times Picayune writes story about these young wives, which piques the interest of Life Magazine’s Henry Luce. Luce assigns Kate Miller to the story, who has been covering the war in Europe. Kate spends a week with the Cliffert women to cover their life while the men are away, and unexpectedly explores the reality of the women as they struggle to find their own identity. The piece is so well written, with complex characters working through intricate relationships, delicious subtext, prose filled with images and powerful emotions, strong rhythm, and subtle humor.
Boston Ballet Presents SPRING EXPERIENCE This May
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 8, 2025
Boston Ballet to present Spring Experience, a program featuring three ambitious ballets: Jiří Kylián's Petite Mort and the Boston Ballet premiere of his 27'52”, plus the return of Mikko Nissinen's Raymonda. Spring Experience runs May 15–25 at the Citizens Opera House.
Review: A Brave Take on WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at Everyman in Baltimore
by Cybele Pomeroy - Apr 9, 2025
Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at Everyman Theatre through April 20, 2025, directed by Vincent M. Lancisi presents a contentious couple who return from a faculty party that has lasted past midnight to spitefully host young guests for additional drinks in their campus-adjacent home. It's awful, funny, entertaining, perplexing and satisfying
Review: PARADE at Belk Theater
by Perry Tannenbaum - Apr 2, 2025
As a Yeshiva boy with Ashkenazi DNA, my reaction to PARADE may have been more visceral than that of people who dislike OUR TOWN staging, see no reason for Leo Frank's lynching to become a big musical, or simply don't have Jewish skin and blood in the game.
Cast Set For THE CRUCIBLE at Shakespeare's Globe
by Stephi Wild - Apr 2, 2025
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, directed by Ola Ince. The Crucible is the first modern classic to be staged at the Globe Theatre.
DOG SEES GOD to Play at brooklynONE Productions
by Emmy Rice - Mar 22, 2025
Directed by Alix Black, the show runs April 10 through 12 at 8 PM and April 13 at 3 PM at brooklynONE’s Tom Kane Theatre in Industry City. Check here for more details.