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Spotlight: DRIVING IN CIRCLES at Boston Playwrights' Theatre


by BWW Special Offer - March 22, 2024

DRIVING IN CIRCLES at Boston Playwrights' Theatre March 21-April 6...

Video: Cast & Director Matthew Penn On Barrington Stage's 10x10 Play Festival


by Joshua Wright - February 22, 2024

Watch a discussion about the artistic process of producing Barrington Stage's annual 10 minute play festival - featuring director Matthew Penn and cast members Peggy Pharr Wilson, Matt Neely and Robert Zukerman....

DRIVING IN CIRCLES Comes to Boston Playwrights' Theatre


by Stephi Wild - February 15, 2024

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre will continue its 2023-24 season with Driving in Circles, a tour-de-force new musical, written, composed and performed by Jay Eddy. ...

CSC and the Coolidge to Present SHAKESPEARE REIMAGINED: A MIDWINTER'S TALE This Month


by Blair Ingenthron - February 11, 2024

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Coolidge Corner Theatre present Shakespeare Reimagined: A MIDWINTER’S TALE, a new production written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. This article provides details about the upcoming performance on Thursday, February 29 at 7 PM....

Lyric Stage Boston to Present TROUBLE IN MIIND This Winter


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 19, 2023

A tale that was meant to be told over 60 years ago, Dawn M. Simmons brings to Lyric Stage Boston, Alice Childress's unflinching look at the standards of 1950's Broadway in Trouble in Mind.  ...

Plays, Playwrights & Casts Set for Barrington Stage Company's 10X10 New Play Festival


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 18, 2023

Barrington Stage Company presents the Award-Winning 10X10 New Play Festival this winter. Learn how to purchase tickets!...

KILL THE MAGISTRATE Comes to Boston Playwrights' Theatre as Part of the Jack Welch Developmental Residency


by Stephi Wild - November 21, 2023

Boston Playwrights' Theatre has announced the first recipient of the Jack Welch Developmental Residency, Boston University Playwriting alumna Abbey Fenbert for her play Kill the Magistrate. ...

Lyric Stage Boston Presents Ken Ludwig's THE GAME'S AFOOT: HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS


by A.A. Cristi - October 18, 2023

Join Lyric Stage Boston for a laugh-out-loud comedy mystery, 'The Game's Afoot: Holmes for the Holidays.' Don't miss this memorable multigenerational holiday outing....

Exiled Theatre Presents HAUNTINGS I HAVE LIVED THROUGH Written And Directed By James Wilkinson


by A.A. Cristi - October 11, 2023

Exiled Theatre presents 'Hauntings I Have Lived Through,' a world premiere production written and directed by James Wilkinson. Explore the question of what this world truly is through the stories of three characters....

MR. PARENT to Open At Boston Playwrights Theatre This Week


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 10, 2023

Get ready for the highly anticipated production of 'Mr. Parent' by Melinda Lopez, featuring Maurice Emmanuel Parent, at Boston Playwrights Theatre. This deeply felt and hilarious solo performance explores the challenges of being an actor turned teacher and the search for belonging. Don't miss out on...

Past Shows

Driving in Circles
Driving in Circles
3/21 - 4/6/2024


Driving in Circles: a new musical by Jay Eddy Directed by Sam Plattus Driving in Circles  is a solo-ish new work that traverses the highway ...

Mr. Parent
Mr. Parent
10/10 - 10/22/2023


A solo piece about Parent’s experiences in Boston Public Schools

Boston Theater Marathon XXIV


Boston Theater Marathon XXIV features 50 ten-minute plays written by New England playwrights and presented by New England theatre companies which donate their time (and ...

Beasts
Beasts
4/7 - 4/17/2022


Beasts by Cayenne DouglassDirected by Kelly GalvinApril 7-17, 2022Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.The chaos of American womanhood plays out ...

Rx Machina
Rx Machina
2/17 - 2/27/2022


Rx Machina unpacks big pharmas impact on everyday American culture through the eyes of five women on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic. An ambitious ...

Incels and Other Myths
Incels and Other Myths
12/2 - 12/12/2021


Incels and Other Myths by Ally SassDirected by Erica Terpening-RomeoDecember 2-12, 2021Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.Incels and Other Myths ...

Gone Nowhere
Gone Nowhere
11/4 - 11/14/2021


Gone Nowhere by Daniel C. BlandaDirected by Noah PuttermanNovember 4-14, 2021Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.At an old house in ...

LORENA: a Tabloid Epic
LORENA: a Tabloid Epic
10/14 - 10/24/2021


LORENA: a Tabloid Epic spins out of the media hailstorm surrounding Lorena Bobbitt, who became a sensation after she used a kitchen knife against her ...

Deal Me Out
Deal Me Out
2/13 - 3/1/2020


February 13-March 1Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.November, 2016. A close-knit board game group meets for its weekly game night ...

the smuggler
the smuggler
11/7 - 11/24/2019


the smuggler by Ronan Noone Directed by Judy Braha November 7-24 Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tim Finnegan came ...

The Book Club Play
The Book Club Play
9/26 - 10/13/2019


Ana is a Type A personality who lives in a letter-perfect world with an adoring husband, the perfect job, and her greatest passion: Book Club. ...

Boston Theater Marathon XXI


The Boston Theater Marathon (BTM) is an award-winning all-day marathon of new ten-minute plays. The plays are chosen from close to 400 entries from New ...

Dead House
Dead House
4/18 - 4/28/2019


By Beirut BalutisDirected by Adam KassimIn Bone Flat, Pennsylvania, the high school community is plunged into shock and grief following the death of a beloved ...

Laughs in Spanish
Laughs in Spanish
2/21 - 3/3/2019


Laughs in Spanish by Alexis ScheerDirected by Sara KatzoffFebruary 21-March 3Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.Its Art Basel and the ...

Winter People
Winter People
12/6 - 12/16/2018


Every winter in the Hamptons, locals live in the shadow of the summer people’s empty mansions. When one of those mansions erupts in flames, tensions ...

Videos


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See The Light: The New Rock Musical in Boston See The Light: The New Rock Musical
BRRHS Auditorium (4/25 - 4/27)
MOMologues The Musical in Boston MOMologues The Musical
Club Cafe Boston (5/8 - 5/9)
THT Rep presents Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare in Boston THT Rep presents Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (4/18 - 5/12)
An Evening with Yotam Ottolenghi in Boston An Evening with Yotam Ottolenghi
Emerson Colonial Theatre (10/8 - 10/8)
THT Rep presents Judith in Boston THT Rep presents Judith
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