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
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.
Les Misérables
Musical (1985)
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
Broadway in Boston
Citizens Opera House, Washington Street, Boston
June 9-28, 2026
A nicely staged rendition of the long-running epic about a noble man, his foster child, and the police inspector who obsessively pursues him amid political upheaval in France in the early nineteenth century.
Daughter of the Regiment
Opera (1840)
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
New English Dialogue by Kirsten Greenidge
Boston Lyric Opera
Emerson Colonial Theatre
Theater District, Boston
April 24 – May 3, 2026
A truly delightful and witty rendition, reset from the original to Revolutionary era Boston, with some terrific coloratura singing.
When Playwrights Kill
Play (2026)
World Premiere
by Matthew Lombardo
Directed by Noah Himmelstein
The Huntington Theatre
Symphony Hall area, Boston
April 3-18, 2026
A light comedy about an aging star who cannot rise to the occasion of a new play.