Musical (1984)
Music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Directed by Peter DuBois
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston University Theater
Symphony Hall area, Boston
September 9 – October 16, 2016
A sweet and tightly produced version of the Sondheim musical about Georges Seurat and his iconic painting Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte (1884).
Musicals
Show Boat
Musical (1927)
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by Meg Fofonoff and
Stacey Stephens
Fiddlehead Theatre Company
Shubert Theater / Citi Performing Arts Center
Theater District, Boston
June 22 – July 3, 2016
A superlative production of the early twentieth century classic about life and love among riverboat entertainers.
Peter And The Starcatcher
Play with music (2011)
by Rick Elice
Based on the novel
Peter and the Starcatcher (2006)
by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Music by Wayne Barker
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area, Boston
May 20 – June 26, 2016
A dramatized version of a prequel to Peter Pan, with music.
Dogfight
Musical (2012)
Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Book by Peter Duchan
Directed by Paul Daigneault
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
May 7 – June 5, 2016
A musical adaptation of the 1991 film of the same name about Marines about to go off to Vietnam in 1963 who engage in a heartless and hurtful stunt and a relationship which arises out of that.
H.M.S. Pinafore
Operetta (1878)
by W.S. Gilbert and
Arthur Sullivan
Co-Adapted by Sean Graney,
Andra Velis Simon and Matt Kahler
Directed by Sean Graney
Music Directed by
Andra Velis Simon
Oberon at American Repertory Theater
in association with The Hypocrites
Oberon Theater, Arrow Street,
Harvard Square, Cambridge
March 8 – 20, 2016
Gilbert and Sulli-fun to the max, with lots of original material, but done up and recharged in all sorts of ways, entertaining and musically tight.