Musicals

Musical (1987)
Based upon the film The Wizard of Oz (1939)
With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg
Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company
North Shore Music Theater
Beverly, MA
July 8-20, 2025
A lively version of the 1987 musical, closely adapted from the celebrated 1939 film.

Musical (1964)
Music and lyrics by by Jerry Herman
Book by Michael Stewart
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area, Boston
May 16 – June 22, 2025
An excellent production of the Broadway classic about the eponymous powerhouse who knows how to get things done.

Musical (2005)
Book by Craig Lucas
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Huntington Theatre Company
Huntington Theater
Symphony Hall area, Boston
May 9 – June 15, 2025
A beautifully produced musical about an American mother and daughter on a trip to Italy and the unexpected romance the daughter finds there.

Musical (2002)
by Regina Taylor
Adapted from the book Crowns: Black Women in Church Hats (2000) by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry
Directed by Regine Vital
Associate Directed by Davron Monroe
Music Directed by David Coleman
Moonbox Productions
Arrow Street Theater
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
April 11 – May 4, 2025
A rousing musical theater piece taking off from the historic practice of African-American women wearing very elaborate hats, mostly to church.

Musical (1945)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Boston Lyric Opera
April 4-13, 2025
The classic musical about a well-meaning but flawed man who makes some tragic mistakes and who comes back from the dead to make amends.