Musical, Play
Adaptation by Steve Wargo
Musical Arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Theater District, Boston
December 6-23, 2025
An energetic musical adaptation of the iconic story about a cheap, nasty and curmudgeonly guy who sees the light.
Musicals
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash
Musical (2005)
Created by Richard Maltby, Jr.
Conceived by William Meade
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Lowell, MA
November 26 – December 14, 2025
A delightfully and beautifully produced musical tribute to the music of Johnny Cash, with some suggestive, lightly interleaved, biographical elements.
Annie
Musical (1977)
Book by Thomas Meehan
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Martin Charnin
Wheelock Family Theatre
180 Riverway, Boston
November 21 – December 21, 2025
A lively, lovely rendition of the classic about the young, irrepressibly optimistic, orphan who inspires FDR to spark the New Deal.
Fun Home
Musical (2013)
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book & Lyrics by Lisa Kron
Based on the graphic novel Fun Home (2006) by Alison Bechdel
Huntington Theatre Company
Huntington Theatre
Symphony Hall area, Boston
November 14 – December 14, 2025
A lively and excellently produced version of the musical based on the graphic autobiographical novel by Alison Bechtel, a lesbian artist who had a complicated upbringing.
Lizard Boy
Musical (2015)
Book, Music and Lyrics by
Justin Huertas
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
October 24 – November 22, 2025
A three person sci-fi cum psychology-of-the-self musical about a boy who turns green from exposure to a dragon’s blood, develops superpowers, but is still desperate for ordinary human love.