Musicals

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 (2024)
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Nathan Tysen
Book by Kait Kerrigan
Based on the novel The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Broadway in Boston
Citizens Opera House
Washington Street, Boston
July 7-19, 2026

Musical (1981)
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth
Sullivan Rep
MotherBrook Arts and Community Center
Dedham, MA
June 12-27, 2026
An earnest and capable rendition of the backwards-driven narrative about three friends in showbiz, one of whom scores big.

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.