Musical (1986)
Music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
Music Direction by
Catherine Stornetta
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area, Boston, MA
May 9 – June 29, 2014
A lively production of the celebrated quasi-Jungian Sondheim-Lapine fairy-tale extravaganza.
Plays
Abe Lincoln’s Piano
Concert, Play, Performance
Written and performed by
Hershey Felder
ArtsEmerson
Emerson-Majestic Theater, Boston
May 20 – 31, 2014
A touchingly evocative, musically enhanced account of the life and death of Lincoln, told mainly through the character of the young doctor who attended to him at his death.
The Tempest
Play (1611)
by William Shakespeare
Adapted and directed by Aaron Posner and Teller
Choreography by Matt Kent, Pilobolus
American Repertory Theatre
Cambridge, MA
May 11 – June 15, 2014
An extremely entertaining version of the late, great romance, with real magic and real Shakespeare.
On the Verge
Play (1987)
by Eric Overmyer
Directed by Jim Petosa
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
May 3 – 25, 2014
A play about three Victorian women who travel forward through time and encounter a lot of commercial products from the 1950s along the way.
Sontag: Reborn
Play, Performance Piece with Film
By The Builders Association
Directed by Marianne Weems
Adapted and Performed by
Moe Angelos
ArtsEmerson
Paramount Theatre, Boston, MA
May 6 – 18, 2014
An exquisitely designed piece based on Susan Sontag’s journals.