Sunday, May 10, 2026
ADRIFT, AND MORALLY AT SEA A haunting, musically rich survival tale that probes faith, labor, and the cost of living on Directed by Jeremy Johnson and driven by the highly listenable roots-i…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:04PM[SHARE]Monday, April 27, 2026
TOO MANY HANDS ON DECK An inventive but overstuffed adaptation floods the narrative The world premiere of DNAWorks‘ adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s “The Secret Sharer,” directed by Dan…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:58PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 26, 2026
FIDDLER, DEVIL, AND A DEAL GONE WRONG Beautifully realized, with narration and music in sync—The Soldier’s Tale is devilishly surprising, if a bit abrupt at the finish Igor Stravinsky co…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 14, 2026
A GREAT DEBATE A play that asks the audience to think about what the Constitution means to them When she was 15, Heidi Schreck went on tour to compete for college scholarships by delivering …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:59AM[SHARE]TURNING A THEATRICAL LEMON INTO FIZZY LEMONADE Matthew Lombardo spins a true-life theatrical disaster into a relentlessly funny backstage comedy According to Nora Ephron, who turned her husb…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:55AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 7, 2026
TERRIFIC, RADIANT, AND HUMBLE An age-appropriate exploration of death and the life-saving power of words Based on E. B. White's beloved children's book of the same title and adapted by Josep…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:11PM[SHARE]Monday, April 6, 2026
NO ECSTASY TO BE FOUND An effort to portray religious transcendence lacks focus and context Treehouse Collective describes itself as an ensemble-based theater company "dedicated to producing…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 24, 2026
LOVE LANGUAGES A cabaret performance in Vienna's smallest opera house In Vienna, there's the Staatsoper (very large, very elegant, very impressive, opened in 1869) and the Volksoper (not qui…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:36PM[SHARE]Friday, March 13, 2026
DARK VICTORY Â Disability transformed in a gripping and tension-filled noir Director Weylin Symes provides unerring direction of the classic thriller Wait Until Dark at the Greater Boston …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 12, 2026
WE WON'T KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT 'TIL IT'S GONE An exploration of what it means to be human through the consciousness of the machines we created SpeakEasy Stage presents the New England premier …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 26, 2026
THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ARMENIAN WRITER ZABEL YESSAYAN BROUGHT TO THE STAGE A reflective memory play balancing biography, imagination, and urgency In keeping with Boston Playwrights' Theatre'…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 10, 2026
LITTLE PATIENCE FOR LITTLE WOMEN Girls interrupted, potential unrealized Actors' Shakespeare Project is an esteemed local theater company here in Greater Boston and frankly one of my favorit…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:32PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 1, 2026
A PRESSURE COOKER OF A PRODUCTION A thriller that examines the effects of social media Josephine Moshiri Elwood (Jane) and Dennis Trainor Jr. (Loyd) pull out all the stops in Job, an 80-minu…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:50AM[SHARE]Friday, January 30, 2026
A REIMAGINING OF A HOLLYWOOD CLASSIC Frothy fun with an affirmingly progressive perspective The art deco sets (Scott Pask, scenic design), broad-shouldered plaids (Gregg Barnes, costumes), a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 13, 2026
NO LYIN' ABOUT THIS ADORABLE LION A story about rules and when it is right to break them The four-year-old I took to the Adam Theater production of Library Lion at the Calderwood Pavilion in…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:05PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 8, 2026
THIS SHOW IS ALIVE … WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC A classic musical celebrates the power of music to promote authenticity How do you solve a problem like"presenting a musical that is so familia…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 7, 2026
SISTERHOOD, INTERRUPTED Ragtime, Liberation, and the unfinished work of women's equality Even when we know better, most of us seem to think that history proceeds in a linear manner. Life in …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:25PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 27, 2025
WONDER OF WONDERS! A musical that refuses pity and earns its hope American Repertory Theater's world premiere of the musical adaptation of R. J. Palacio's best-selling Wonder and the eponymo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:53PM[SHARE]Monday, December 22, 2025
GO TELL IT! There are many ways to celebrate the holiday season on Boston-area stages, ranging from dance interpretations of The Nutcracker to performances and revisions of Dickens, to the e…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:50AM[SHARE]Monday, December 15, 2025
AN OMINOUS AND DISORIENTING THRILLER A meticulously staged interrogation that tightens its grip minute by minute In theater and in life, some risks are worth taking. Others may not be worth …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:08PM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2025
DICKENS IN AN IRISH PUB ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ The New England premiere of An Irish Carol by playwright Matthew Keenan offers a fresh take on C…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:55PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 6, 2025
TRIED AND TRUE ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ Annie is an excellent choice for Boston University Wheelock Family Theatre's holiday offering this year. …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:02PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 30, 2025
MORE NAUGHTY THAN NICE, WITH PLENTY OF SPICE ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ As they have for the past thirty years, Ryan Landry's Gold Dust Orphans hon…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:42PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 23, 2025
THE KEYS OF KNOWLEDGE What can I say about a show that offers one moment of delight after another while holding the anguish of parental narcissism, the joy of discovering one's own identity,…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 22, 2025
A BRIDGE TO UNDERSTANDING There may have been, at some point in human history, an evolutionary advantage to sorting other people into "us" and "them." But with modern weapons technology, wha…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2025
A HOLIDAY CAROL THAT HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES If you're looking for a holiday treat, look no further than the delightful production of A Sherlock Carol at the Lyric Stage. Brilliantly direct…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:35AM[SHARE]SPECTACULARLY CONFUSING You don't need me to tell you that J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has tapped into something deeply elemental for many people. Her stories about a young wizard an…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:55AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 15, 2025
WOMEN ON THE VERGE Central Square Theater's lovely production of playwright David Auburn's (Proof) Summer, 1976 offers a story of two women who find an unexpected friendship at a tipping poi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:58AM[SHARE]Monday, November 10, 2025
GUNNING FOR PUERTO RICO Stephen Sondheim chose an unlikely topic for his 1990 Assassins, a musical that portrays assassinating or attempting to assassinate a president is as American as popu…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 4, 2025
THINGS THAT GO BOOM AND JUST RIGHT It's impossible to see a production of Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick … Boom! without seeing it as a precursor to his Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent. …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:08AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 2, 2025
GREEN SCALES AND SHAM I generally count on SpeakEasy Stage for stellar productions of innovative and ground-breaking plays and musicals. But that history, along with fine performances and ch…
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