Play (2020)
by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Carey Perloff
Huntington Theater Company
Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Huntington Theater
Symphony Hall area, Boston
September 12 – October 13, 2024
A superlative production of the saga about a Viennese Jewish family from 1899 to 1955.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Play (2007)
by Steven Canny and John Nicholson
Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner
Central Square Theater
September 12 – October 6, 2024
A very fun adaptation of the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes mystery story with three women actors playing many roles with verve and gusto.
Mitridate, re di Ponto
Opera (1770)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi
Boston Lyric Opera
September 13-15, 2024
A superlative production, in every regard, of the amazingly accomplished opera by the fourteen year old musical prodigy.
Romeo and Juliet
Play (1597)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Diane Paulus
American Repertory Theater
August 31 – October 6, 2024
The early Shakespearean tale of passion and woe featuring a fabulous Juliet.
A Little Night Music
Musical (1973)
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night
Ogunquit Playhouse
Ogunquit, ME
July 18 – August 17, 2024
A nice revival of the great Sondheim musical about misaligned love.