Performing Arts

The cast of the Huntington's "The Bluest Eye." (Courtesy T Charles Erickson)

SpeakEasy, Huntington and Gloucester go to town at the Elliot Norton Awards

The three companies took the prize for outstanding production in their respective categories, among other honors, during the 39th installment of the awards.

In one-woman play 'Sea Sick,' a science journalist shares her experiences with the ocean

With only the occasional projection and minimal music, Alanna Mitchell engages the audience for a little over an hour with stories about her life, articles she’s written and what she’s...

Musical revue 'Ain't Misbehavin'' is a lively homage to the Harlem Renaissance

Produced by Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora@Central Square and Greater Boston Stage Company, the play is a tribute to the music of Fats Waller, a revered pianist and composer...

'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder' starts slowly, but then builds beautifully at the Lyric

Former artistic director Spiro Veloudos returns to the Lyric Stage Company of Boston in style -- and with a stylish cast and band. Terry Byrne reviews the musical.

A night of accessible theater with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

The company's "Access-Palooza" performance will provide open captioning, ASL interpretation, audio description and assisted listening as well as minor adjustments to sound and lighting during a presentation of "A Midsummer...

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SpeakEasy, Huntington and Gloucester go to town at the Elliot Norton Awards

In one-woman play 'Sea Sick,' a science journalist shares her experiences with the ocean

Musical revue 'Ain't Misbehavin'' is a lively homage to the Harlem Renaissance

'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder' starts slowly, but then builds beautifully at the Lyric

A night of accessible theater with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

SpeakEasy Stage's 'The Inheritance' asks what one generation owes to another

An unlikely 'Black Super Hero' takes the stage as Company One returns to live theater

John Douglas Thompson wins Elliot Norton Prize; Arlekin Players, Julianne Boyd also cited

Biographical musical 'Ain't Too Proud' is a fast-paced concert following the rise of the Temptations

The Huntington's family saga 'Our Daughters, Like Pillars' plays out slowly but surely

Dancer Belén Indhira Pereyra returns to Boston with Alvin Ailey

'Burgerz' at ArtsEmerson and 'Too Fat for China' in Watertown go outside the box to explore issues

Following first unmasked concert, chorus members share cautionary tale

The Huntington's 'Our Daughters, Like Pillars' has family at heart

Richard Thomas shines in 'Mockingbird' at Opera House. Aaron Sorkin's script...not so much

Andris Nelsons and the BSO make great contemporary music a calling card this season

Touring production of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' comes to Boston

'Freestyle Love Supreme' — hip-hop + improv comedy = a load of fun at the Colonial

14 transformational theater productions to attend this spring

Sleeping Weazel at ArtsEmerson makes Parkinson's disease the stuff of heartfelt drama