Theatre
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Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
Ivoryton Playhouse
By: - May 20th, 2026Playing Billie Holiday is the type of meaty role any actor would die for. Billie Holiday is revered as one of, if not the premiere, jazz singers of the 20th century. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill by Lanie Robertson, is receiving an excellent production at Ivoryton Playhouse.
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Experiments in Opera at HERE
Constance the Con Artist is Brazen Fun
By: - May 20th, 2026Experiments in Opera’s new opera, Constance: A Confession, is the sixth opera created in a unique collaborative Writers' Room. It is modeled on workshops like the one in the movie Mank. Writers and composers gather together and hash out wonderful tales. They are often serials, like soap operas. Yet these are serious soap operas with many laugh-out-loud moments. Attending an Experiments in Opera evening is unqualified fun.
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John & Jen a Musical
Two Hander at Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge
By: - May 24th, 2026Set in the intimate Unicorn Theatre John & Jen a Musical is remarkable and compelling. As all of the dialogue is sung it may be argued this is more a mini opera than a conventional musical. The arc spans three decades with the tragedy of Vietnam as its fulcrum.
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The House of Bernarda Alba
Garcia Lorca's 1936 Spanish Play Resonates Here and Now
By: - May 25th, 2026Bernarda Alba's husband has died. The traditionalist widow holds to conservative practices and vows that her five adult daughters will mourn with her for eight years. The play is a powerful metaphor for fascism and paternalism, both of which the playwright rejects.
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anthropology
Lauren Gunderson's Foray into Artificial Intelligence
By: - May 25th, 2026When her younger sister is abducted and assumed murdered, Merril uses artificial intelligence to create a video replicant of Angie in order to keep her spirit alive. The quick learning AI Angie thinks that the police investigation was inadequate and suggests reopening the case. The process also brings Merril in touch with her estranged mother and her ex.
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Tosca
Puccini's Immortal Opera of Love, Betrayal, and Death
By: - May 26th, 2026Having hidden a political prisoner, Cavaradossi is hounded by police chief Scarpia, who lusts after Tosca and agrees to free Cavaradossi if he can have his way with Tosca.
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Summer Theatre Returns to Mount Holyoke College
After a 25 Year Hiatus
By: - May 27th, 2026After a hiatus of 25 years, the curtain is rising once again on an ambitious and exhilarating new chapter of summer theatre at Mount Holyoke College.
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Purpose at La Jolla Playhouse
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Pulitzer Prize and Tony Play
By: - May 27th, 2026The La Jolla Playhouse presentation of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award?winning play Purpose delivers a searing portrait of a prominent Black family in Chicago.
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American Players Theatre
2026 Tony Award’s Regional Theater Tony
By: - May 29th, 2026On June 7, American Players Theatre administrators will accept the 2026 Tony Award’s Regional Theater Tony, which comes with an official, gleaming statuette and a $25,000 prize. According to APT’s communications director, the company is “over the moon” about this recognition.
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The Lunchbox
World Premiere Musical About Meal Delivery in Bombay
By: - May 29th, 2026In a rare miscue, the dabbawallah system delivers the wrong lunches to two lonely people. The two begin to pass notes along with the containers that are also returned to the sender. A warm but anonymous relationship arises along with ensuing complications.
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The Barber of Seville at San Francisco Opera
Rossini's Cherished Comic Opera
By: - May 31st, 2026Rosina's guardian, Doctor Bartolo, intends to marry her forthwith, but Count Almaviva also longs to wed her. With the assistance of jack-of-all-trades Figaro, Almaviva uses disguises and subterfuge to undermine Bartolo. Comedy and memorable music prevail throughout.
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'night Mother
1983 Pulitzer Prize Winner Still Captivates
By: - Jun 01st, 2026Matter-of-factly, Jessie announces to her mother Thelma that she will take her own life at the end of the evening. Thelma tries to erect whatever barriers she can, but Jessie's calm determination is hard to counter. Global issues such as religion, legality, and social matters arise.
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Driving Miss Daisy Is a Blast in Pittsfield
Debra Jo Rupp Sizzles in Iconic Role
By: - Jun 01st, 2026Debra Jo Rupp is regarded as a cherished treasure of Berkshire Theatre. She is truly magnificent in the Barrington Stage Company production directed with precise authority by Julianne Boyd. There is a superb supporting cast of Ray Anthony Thomas as her chauffeur Hoke and Matthew W. Koreinko as her businessman son, Boolie Wertham. In the intimate St. Germain Stage we are close enough to observe every twist and turn of richly nuanced performances,
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Doubt
Opera Parallele's Engaging Opera Set to Engrossing Drama
By: - Jun 02nd, 2026School Principal Aloysius suspects Father Flynn of having intoxicated and abused a student. Despite the absence of meaningful evidence, she pursues her quarry relentlessly.
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Who is Eartha Mae
One Woman Show Portrays Eartha Kitt
By: - Jun 02nd, 2026Jade Wheeler may not look a lot like actor and singer Eartha Kitt but she sure makes you believe the distinctive entertainer is on stage at Urbanite Theatre in her one-woman show “Who is Eartha Mae?”
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Death of a Salesman on Broadway
Underwhelming
By: - Jun 04th, 2026Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf in Death of a Salesman sounds like ideal casting; and Lane is giving a fine performance. But this production under the direction of Joe Mantello Arthur left me unmoved.
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Light Switch
Strong Professional Production of Dave Osmundsen's Complex, Touching, and Funny Play
By: - Jun 05th, 2026Through June 14, Island City Stage, near Ft. Lauderdale, presents an engaging professional production of Dave Osmundsen's play, "Light Switch." The nonlinear play chronicles 20 years in the life of Henry Sullivan, a gay autistic Ph.D. student seeking connection in the modern dating world. Acclaimed director Michael Leeds directs a talented quintet of actors.
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie's Most Esteemed Crime Story
By: - Jun 07th, 2026Roger Ackroyd's presumed murder brings Hercule Poirot out of retirement. Common to many Agatha Christie novels, a large number of characters close to the deceased become suspects, and while each has an alibi, some of them are questionable. A unique plot twist elevates the story in the minds of aficionados.
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Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette's Take on Family Conflict and Teen Angst
By: - Jun 08th, 2026How often do we learn of what seemed to be an idyllic family concealing secrets that belie their apparent success and happiness? The musical based on the wildly popular album of the same name powerfully explores family dynamics and teen rebellion.
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San Francisco Opera's Elektra
Strauss's Horrifying Opera
By: - Jun 09th, 2026Taken from the Sophocles tragedy, Elektra vows revenge on her mother Klytemnestra and her mother's lover Aegisth for having murdered her father Agammemnon.
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World Premiere of The Zionists: A Family Storm
Barrington Stage Company
By: - Jun 10th, 2026Barrington Stage Company (Alan Paul, Artistic Director; Greg Reiner, Executive Director) will present the world premiere of The Zionists: A Family Storm, a gripping new play by acclaimed playwright S. Asher Gelman (Afterglow), directed by Chloe Treat and produced in association with Miami New Drama. Performances run June 16 through July 3 at the Boyd-Quinson Stage, with opening night set for June 20.
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Hubbard Hall Theater Company
Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George
By: - Jun 11th, 2026Hubbard Hall Theater Company presents Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Sunday in the Park with George
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Ain't Too Proud
Musical and Personal History of the Temptations
By: - Jun 14th, 2026Emerging from the Motown stable, the Temptations became the most successful R&B singing group of their era, perhaps of all time. But with success came the pain of many personal failures. Ain't Too Proud evidences the joy of their music against the backdrop of the challenges of dealing with professional demands and fragile psyches.
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The Monsters at La Jolla
Savage Sport on Stage
By: - Jun 17th, 2026The La Jolla Playhouse presents The Monsters, written by and starring UC San Diego MFA graduate Ngozi Anyanwu as LIL, alongside Sullivan Jones as her older brother, BIG.
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Alcina
Baroque Handel Opera Set to Fantasy Libretto
By: - Jun 21st, 2026Identity and gender confusion rule the day, both in characters and the composer's casting specifications. Festival Opera recognized what a delightful fit for Pride Month this fine Handel work is.
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