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.
Moulin Rouge
Musical (2018)
Book by John Logan
Broadway in Boston
Citizens Opera House
Washington Street, Boston
July 30 – August 2, 2026
Based on the 2001 movie by Baz Luhrmann, a lively, brash and fun jukebox musical set in the bohemian part of Paris in 1899, based on a love story between a composer and a theater star that is complicated by a rich duke who intervenes.
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
Film (2026)
Written and directed by Giuseppe Tomatore
A semi-dramatized semi-documentary portrait of Brunello Cucinelli, a noted Italian garment and wine producer who has a social conscience.
A New Era
Play (2026)
by Miranda Austen ADEkoje
Company One Theatre
produced in partnership with the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture
The Strand Theater
Dorchester, MA
July 18 – August 8, 2026
An historically inspired account of the emergence of the black women’s suffragist movement in Boston.