Play (1593)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Steven Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Boston Common, Boston
July 18 – August 5, 2018
With Faran Tahir as Richard
An excellent production of the classic Shakespearean drama about a megalomaniac chief executive and all the damage he manages to do.
An American in Paris
Musical (2015)
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Book by Craig Lucas
Inspired by the film
An American in Paris (1951)
Director and Choreographer:
Jeffry Denman
Ogunquit Playhouse
Ogunquit, Maine
July 11 – August 4, 2018
A superlative production of the newly adapted musical based on the classic 1951 film inspired by George Gershwin’s 1928 orchestral piece inspired by his time in Paris in the late 1920s.
Renée Elise Goldsberry and Phillipa Soo
Concert
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston
June 14, 2018 8pm
Two captivating popular vocalists who, among other things, were the Schuyler sisters in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s celebrated Hamilton on Broadway.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Play (1985)
by Christopher Hampton
based on the novel (1782) by
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner
The Nora Theatre Company
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
May 31 – July 1, 2018
Featuring an all-male cast, a wonderfully acted and directed production of the play set in eighteenth century France about romantic deception, manipulation, and intrigue.
On The Town in Concert
Musical (1944)
in semi-staged concert format
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Betty Comden and
Adolph Green
Conductor: Keith Lockhart
The Boston Pops Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston
June 1, 2018, 8pm
A superbly rendered semi-staged version of the early Bernstein musical about three sailors on leave in New York City.