Musical (1967)
Book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
Music by Galt Macdermot
Directed and choreographed by Rachel Bertone
New Repertory Theatre
Mosesian Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
January 26 – February 23, 2020
A remounting of the original hippie musical which saw its release on Broadway fifty-two years ago.
Musicals
Parade
Musical (1998)
Music and lyrics by
Jason Robert Brown
Book by Alfred Uhry
An excellent production of the musical based on a true story about Leo Frank, a Jew who was unjustly indicted for a murder in Atlanta in 1914.
Moby Dick: A Musical Reckoning
Musical (2019)
Music, Lyrics, Book and Orchestrations by Dave Malloy
Based on the novel by
Herman Melville
Developed with and directed by Rachel Chavrin
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center, Harvard University
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
December 3, 2019 –
January 12, 2020
A freewheeling musical adaptation of the great American novel.
Little Shop of Horrors
Musical (1982)
Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken
Based on the film (1960) by Roger Corman
Screenplay by Charles Griffith
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area, Boston
August 30 – October 6, 2019
An exuberant and wonderfully staged revival of the show about a flower shop with a plant that eats humans.
Jersey Boys
Musical (2005)
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
Music by Bob Gaudio
Lyrics by Bob Crewe
North Shore Music Theatre
Beverly, MA
August 6 – September 1, 2019
A lively and fun version of the musical about rock and roll phenomena Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons