Musical (2005)
Book by Chris D’Arienzo
North Shore Music Theater
Beverly, MA
August 12-23, 2026
A jukebox musical set in a rock club in Los Angeles in the 1980s featuring lots of songs from the era, with a light plot supporting some great choreography, singing and humor.
Dalloway: First Love
Play (2026)
by Lindsay Joelle
Based on characters from the novel Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf
World Premiere
Gloucester Stage Company
Gloucester, MA
August 15-27, 2026
A nicely acted, interesting dramatic extrapolation as a prequel of the celebrated novel by Virginia Woolf.
Rhinoceros
Play (1959)
by Eugène Ionesco
With John Turturro and Paul Giamatti
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Theater Center
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
August 14 – September 27, 2026
A superb rendition of the absurdist political allegory from the late 1950s about a town in which almost everyone turns into a rhinoceros.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Play (1596)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Steven Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Boston Common
July 22 – August 9, 2026
A colorful, exuberant and nicely acted production of the great Shakespeare comedy about lovers who get their wires crossed by some tricky fairies but eventually land in the right place.
Buyer and Cellar
Play (2013)
by Jonathan Tolins
Directed by Daniel Bourque
Hub Theatre Company
Club Cafe
209 Columbus Avenue, Boston
July 18 – August 1, 2026
A nicely acted and produced fictional one-man goof about a guy who is hired to work in Barbra Streisand’s shopping-mall basement.