Musicals

Musical (2001)
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Music and lyrics by Mel Brooks
Ogunquit Playhouse
Ogunquit, ME
August 27 – September 26, 2026
A nicely produced take on the now classic 2001 musical based on the even more classic 1967 film about two guys who thought they could make a fortune by producing a Broadway flop.

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.

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.

Musical (1973)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Direction and Choreography by Gerry McIntyre
Music Direction by Robert L. Rucinski
North Shore Music Theatre
Beverly, MA
July 8-19, 2026
A lively and spirited rendition of the musical about the betrayed but forgiving younger son of the biblical patriarch Jacob.

Musical (2026)
Book by Jen Silverman
Music, Lyrics, and Orchestrations
by Dave Malloy
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
May 26 – July 12, 2026
A musical adaptation of the film melodrama about a psychologically challenged ballet star who strives to embody the double-edged lead role in Swan Lake.