Boston Arts Diary

Play (1611)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Fred Sullivan, Jr.
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Boston Common, Boston
July 17 – August 4, 2019
A lively and invigorating production of the late Shakespearean romance which is seasoned with touches from all over Shakespeare.

Play
by Kirsten Greenidge
Company One Theater
in collaboration with
American Repertory Theater
Commonwealth School
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
July 17 – August 17, 2019
A travel-around theatrical experience about a drama in an alternative private elementary school produced in a set of classrooms in one of Boston’s famous private high schools.

Play (1987)
by Robert Harling
Directed by Paula Plum
Hub Theatre Company of Boston
Club Cafe
209 Columbus Avenue, Boston
July 19 – August 3, 2019
A melodrama wrapped in a comedy about a group of women in Louisiana who congregate at a hair salon and confront life, relationship and death.

Musical
Book by Joe Tracz
Music and Lyrics by Rob Rokicki
Adapted from the book
The Lightning Thief (2005)
by Rick Riordan
from the original TheaterWorks USA Production
Huntington Theatre Company
July 17-28, 2019
A musical set in a summer camp filled with the children of Greek gods.

Play (2017)
by Kate Hamill
Adapted from the novel by
Jane Austen
Actors Shakespeare Project
Balch Arena Theater
Tufts University, Medford, MA
June 5-28, 2019
A dramatized version of the famous satire, set in late eighteenth century England, about romantic fulfillment.