Performing Arts

The Boston Center For The Arts Plaza. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

The BCA Will Continue Investigation Of Former CEO Gregory Ruffer Following Resignation

Boston Center for the Arts Board Chair John G.F. Ruggieri-Lam said the BCA still intends to hire an outside law firm to investigate allegations of inappropriate behavior by former President...

BCA President And CEO Gregory Ruffer Resigns After Allegations Of Inappropriate Conduct

On Friday, the Boston Center for the Arts said it was hiring outside counsel to look into allegations that Ruffer behaved inappropriately while working at a college in Florida several...

'Recovery': Marblehead Play Focuses On Mothers And Their Addicted Children

Playwright Anne Lucas says she wanted to shed a light on the opioid epidemic's ripple effects.

Spiro Veloudos, Who Made Midsize Theater In Boston Relevant, Says Goodbye To The Lyric Stage

When Veloudos became artistic director in 1998, he knew what the Lyric -- and the budding Boston acting community -- could pull off: provocative contemporary drama, much of it American....

How ArtsEmerson Serves As A Model For Equity In The Arts

ArtsEmerson was founded with the vision of a cultural institution that truly reflected the diversity of the city. Its advantages lied in part in what it lacked: No legacy donors...

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Might Be Dead, But The Huntington Gives Them New Life

In Tom Stoppard's play, the characters would love to be the heroes of their own story, but they’re caught in another narrative in which they are so unformed that one...

In Bedlam's 'The Crucible,' The Absurdities Of Reality Come Into Terrifying Focus

This production explodes Arthur Miller’s classic drama with a chaotic and dynamic physical life that turns the emotional turmoil of this play inside out -- and it’s surprisingly hilarious, writes...

What Exactly Is Mount Auburn Cemetery's Artist-In-Residence Digging Up?

Artists-in-residence are usually invited to brainstorm and create work in museums, universities, galleries and sometimes corporations. But a graveyard?

ArtsEmerson Kicks Off 10th Season With Tightropes And Trains

“Passengers” director and co-founder of The 7 Fingers Shana Carroll created the show as an homage to her own memories of train travel from her youth.

At SpeakEasy Stage, 'Choir Boy' Is Grounded In Tenderness And Truth

SpeakEasy's production displays more of a fullness of empathic range in what it means to be a “strong black man” than I’ve ever seen, even in "Moonlight," McCraney’s Oscar-winning movie,...

Legendary 'Giselle' Dancer Teaches Next Generation Of Dancers The Role At The Boston Ballet

Ballet master Larissa Ponomarenko has embodied the role in her career, and now she is training the Boston Ballet's dancers for its season opener.

In 'The Purists,' A Disparate Group Finds Common Ground — And We Get A Lot Of Laughs

In it's world premiere at the Huntington, the play The Huntington goes hip-hop in a world premiere.

Photos: Inside 'The Donkey Show' As It Prepares To Spin Its Last Disco Ball After A 10-Year Run

As the community says goodbye to what's become a local theater institution, photographer OJ Slaughter visited as the performers were getting ready for the evening's shows.

‘The Donkey Show,’ #MeToo And Me

"The Donkey Show," a popular disco-themed takeoff on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," ends a decade-long run at the A.R.T. -- just as the critically-acclaimed production starts to show its...

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05:11Sep 3, 2019

The ensemble of "Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)." (Courtesy Maria Baranova)

Here Are 12 Reasons To Put Theater On Your Fall Calendar

As many question what our nation is, where it’s been and where it’s headed, so too will autumn offerings on area stages, from the theater experience of David Byrne’s “American...

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Aug 28, 2019

Catherine Parr (Anna Uzele) performs “I Don’t Need Your
Love” in "SIX." (Courtesy Liz Lauren/American Repertory Theater)

Henry VIII's Wives Are Back To Tell — Rather, Belt — Their Sides Of The Story In 'SIX'

“SIX,” a new musical kicking off American Repertory Theater’s season, gives a loud and proud feminist voice to Renaissance English royalty, even if the overall message is tied a little...

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Aug 27, 2019

Stephen Sampson plays Prince Hall at a performance of "The Petition" at the Old State House. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

'The Petition' Addresses Black Liberation And White Allyship In The Old State House

The Old State House Museum is hosting a new interactive play called “The Petition” which follows a free black man who pushed to abolish slavery in Massachusetts.

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04:43Aug 27, 2019

Director Billy Porter laughs during a rehearsal of the opening scene of "The Purists" at the Huntington Theater. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

For 'The Purists' At The Huntington, Billy Porter Puts On His Directing Hat

"As a performer, I'm only responsible for myself,” Porter says after the rehearsal. “As a director, I'm responsible for the entire thing. All of the departments, all of the collaboration...

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04:17Aug 26, 2019

A projection of Medusa in "Reclaiming the Myth." (Courtesy Ruth Lingford)

This Performance Reclaims The Myth Of Medusa After #MeToo

The audio-visual play takes a more compassionate look at Medusa, a woman whose life is shaken by sexual assault.

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Aug 14, 2019

Shepard Mallory (as played by Shane Taylor) and Major General Benjamin Butler (as played by Ames Adamson) in Gloucester Stage's "Ben Butler." (Courtesy Jason Grow)

In 'Ben Butler,' Gloucester Stage Mounts A Comedy With Slavery At Its Center

The play, which premiered in 2014 and was presented Off Broadway in 2016, is neither a treatise on race relations nor a pejorative history lesson (and in this new time...

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Aug 12, 2019

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The BCA Will Continue Investigation Of Former CEO Gregory Ruffer Following Resignation

BCA President And CEO Gregory Ruffer Resigns After Allegations Of Inappropriate Conduct

'Recovery': Marblehead Play Focuses On Mothers And Their Addicted Children

Spiro Veloudos, Who Made Midsize Theater In Boston Relevant, Says Goodbye To The Lyric Stage

How ArtsEmerson Serves As A Model For Equity In The Arts

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Might Be Dead, But The Huntington Gives Them New Life

In Bedlam's 'The Crucible,' The Absurdities Of Reality Come Into Terrifying Focus

What Exactly Is Mount Auburn Cemetery's Artist-In-Residence Digging Up?

ArtsEmerson Kicks Off 10th Season With Tightropes And Trains

At SpeakEasy Stage, 'Choir Boy' Is Grounded In Tenderness And Truth

Legendary 'Giselle' Dancer Teaches Next Generation Of Dancers The Role At The Boston Ballet

In 'The Purists,' A Disparate Group Finds Common Ground — And We Get A Lot Of Laughs

Photos: Inside 'The Donkey Show' As It Prepares To Spin Its Last Disco Ball After A 10-Year Run

‘The Donkey Show,’ #MeToo And Me

Here Are 12 Reasons To Put Theater On Your Fall Calendar

Henry VIII's Wives Are Back To Tell — Rather, Belt — Their Sides Of The Story In 'SIX'

'The Petition' Addresses Black Liberation And White Allyship In The Old State House

For 'The Purists' At The Huntington, Billy Porter Puts On His Directing Hat

This Performance Reclaims The Myth Of Medusa After #MeToo

In 'Ben Butler,' Gloucester Stage Mounts A Comedy With Slavery At Its Center