Play (1599)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Boston Common
Boston, MA
July 20 – August 7, 2022
A lively and entertaining interpretation of the comedy about love, with a woman playing a female version of Benedick, Beatrice’s oppositional paramour.
Much Ado About Nothing
Play (1599)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Emma Rosa Went
Opera House Arts
Mariners Memorial Park, Deer Isle, ME
June 29 – July 17, 2022
A wonderfully vital, energetic and beautifully produced performance of the great comedy about challenged love.
1776
Musical (1969)
Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards
Book by Peter Stone
Directed by Jeffrey L. Page, Diane Paulus
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center, Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA
May 17 – July 24, 2022
An energetic and spirited production – with a cast of women, trans, and non-binary actors – of the 1969 musical about the drama leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Crystal
Circus, Performance
Cirque du Soleil
Agannis Arena
Boston University
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
June 1-12, 2022
A wonderful show on ice, with Cirque du Soleil’s typically wonderful and inventive combination of acrobatics, juggling, etc, embellished with superbly conceived art and choreography held together with a gentle narrative, with – in this case – the added speed and grace of skating.
The Inheritance – Parts I and II
Play (2018)
by Matthew Lopez
Directed by Paul Daigneault
Speakeasy Stage
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
April 22 – June 11, 2022
A very long but very well-acted adaptation of E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End set in New York in a gay male community between 2015-2017.