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The Great Gatsby

July 8, 2026 by admin Leave a Comment

Nick Myrtle Gatsby

Musical (2024)
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Nathan Tysen
Book by Kait Kerrigan
Based on the novel The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Broadway in Boston
Citizens Opera House
Washington Street, Boston
July 7-19, 2026

In Old Age

June 27, 2026 by admin Leave a Comment

In Old Age Two Chars

Play (2026)
by Mfoniso Udofia
Play 8 of The Ufot Family Cycle
Directed by Dawn M. Simmons
ArtsEmerson
In Collaboration with Front Porch Arts Collective
Emerson Paramount Center
Washington Street, Boston
June 13-28, 2026

The penultimate play in the nine play series about the Ufot family, featuring Abasiama Ufot as a widow, and a churchgoing carpenter who is hired to do updates on her house.

Bad Books

June 27, 2026 by admin Leave a Comment

Bad Books Two Chars

Play (2025)
by Sharyn Rothstein
Directed by M. Bevan O’Gara
Gloucester Stage
Gloucester, MA
June 4-27, 2026

A sparkling production of a cleverly written script about a confrontation between a librarian and a mother who takes issue with a book recommended to her son by the librarian.

Merrily We Roll Along

June 26, 2026 by admin Leave a Comment

Cast

Musical (1981)
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth
Sullivan Rep
MotherBrook Arts and Community Center
Dedham, MA
June 12-27, 2026

An earnest and capable rendition of the backwards-driven narrative about three friends in showbiz, one of whom scores big.

Black Swan

June 12, 2026 by admin Leave a Comment

Melanie Moore and Cast in Black Swan Members of the ensemble and Melanie Moore in Black Swan.

Musical (2026)
Book by Jen Silverman
Music, Lyrics, and Orchestrations
by Dave Malloy
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
May 26 – July 12, 2026

A musical adaptation of the film melodrama about a psychologically challenged ballet star who strives to embody the double-edged lead role in Swan Lake.

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