Musical (1959)
Book by Arthur Laurents
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Suggested by memoirs of
Gypsy Rose Lee
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area, Boston
September 1 – October 8, 2017
A robust revival of the classic Broadway musical about the stripper Gypsy Rose Lee and her forceful stage mother.
Plays
Constellations
Play (2012)
by Nick Payne
Directed by Scott Edmiston
Central Square Theater
September 7 – October 8, 2017
With Marianna Bassham, Nael Nacer
A play about the cosmic possibility of multiple outcomes, featuring a romance between a cosmologist and a beekeeper, brought to life by two of Boston’s most compelling actors.
Ragtime
Musical (1996)
Book by Terrence McNally
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Based on the novel Ragtime
by E. L. Doctorow
Ogunquit Playhouse
Ogunquit, ME
August 2-26, 2017
A superlative production of the musical based on the semi-historical novel by E.L. Doctorow about race relations at the turn of the twentieth century.
Romeo and Juliet
Play (1597)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Allegra Libonati
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Boston Common, Boston
July 19 – August 6, 2017
A colorful, scintillating, and wonderfully acted account of the classic tale of a searingly unexpected passion and its attendant woes.
Waiting for Waiting for Godot
Play (2013)
by Dave Hanson
Directed by Paula Plum
Hub Theatre Company of Boston
Club Cafe
209 Columubus Avenue, Boston
July 14-29, 2017
A cute and funny take-off on Beckett’s classic existentialist drama which features two understudies waiting backstage to perform in the Beckett play.