Performing ArtsSpeakEasy's 'Laughs in Spanish' is a good time in any languageLocal playwright Alexis Scheer provides more than laughs in a fun production directed by Teatro Chelsea's Mariela López-Ponce. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair dances along.Arts & CultureSep 24, 2024Tom Stoppard tells a personal Holocaust story in the Huntington's epic 'Leopoldstadt'Director Carey Perloff leads a large ensemble in the British playwright's latest play. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair salutes the effort.Arts & CultureSep 20, 202414 theater productions to see this fallThis fall is chock full of theater productions that tackle everything from love to memory loss to friendship. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair shares the plays she's looking forward to this...Arts & CultureSep 18, 2024A sweeping guide to Greater Boston's fall classical music performancesFrom the world premiere of White Snake Project's opera "Is This America?" to a performance from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, WBUR arts critic Lloyd Schwartz shares the concerts and productions...Arts & CultureSep 17, 202411 dance events to revel in this fallFrom North Atlantic Ballet's "Dracula" to performances from Martha Graham Dance Company, this season brings a variety of performances that transport and inspire.Arts & CultureSep 16, 2024Advertisement'Hombres' is a nuanced take on male friendshipCritic Jacquinn Sinclair calls the production between Gloucester Stage Company and Teatro Chelsea a "thoughtful examination of male friendships through the lens of race, economics and sexual orientation." Arts & CultureSep 13, 2024Mayor Michelle Wu will return to Symphony Hall as a guest soloistFree tickets for the Sept. 21 Concert for the City will be available beginning Thursday. The mayor will play Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" to mark the piece's centennial. Arts & CultureSep 10, 2024Movement powers a fresh 'Romeo and Juliet' at A.R.T.Shakespeare’s words are enlivened in a different way at American Repertory Theater’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,” a visually and physically stunning offering made more relatable through movement, inflection and...Arts & CultureSep 10, 2024ArrowFest launches with experimental and whimsical performancesOver the next week in Cambridge, audiences will be introduced to more than 40 performances by hundreds of artists in Harvard Square's newest venue, Arrow Street Arts, the former site...Arts & CultureSep 9, 2024A.R.T. brings a reframed 'Romeo and Juliet' to the stageDirected by Diane Paulus, the show draws inspiration from the bond between the title characters, rather than the divisions and societal ills that keep them apart.Arts & CultureAug 29, 2024Champagne wishes and caviar dreams with 'The Queen of Versailles'The Broadway-bound musical reunites Kristin Chenoweth and musical composer Stephen Schwartz, who previously worked together on “Wicked.”ResumeArts & Culture04:52Aug 19, 2024At Gloucester Stage, 'Wish You Were Here' centers female friendshipSet in Karaj, Iran, Pulitzer Prize-winner Sanaz Toossi's play spans 13 years of friendship amid the Iranian Revolution and the First Gulf War. With superb direction and acting, "the war...Arts & CultureAug 13, 2024'The Queen of Versailles' dazzles in pre-Broadway run at Emerson Colonial TheatreBased on the 2012 documentary of the same name, Kristin Chenoweth stars as the ambitious Jackie Siegel who has champagne wishes and caviar dreams. The musical is "funny, heartwarming and...Arts & CultureAug 2, 2024From 'Jaws' to 'Star Wars,' John Williams' memorable and masterful film scoresAudiences at Tanglewood in Lenox will have the chance to commune with lost aliens, dinosaurs and Darth Vader as the Boston Pops Orchestra performs conductor laureate John Williams’ iconic music...ResumeArts & Culture05:17Aug 2, 2024On Boston Common, 'The Winter's Tale' is a well-acted story of forgivenessCommonwealth Shakespeare Company's annual free Shakespeare production brings a modernized retelling of one of Shakespeare's "problem plays." 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Commonwealth Shakespeare Company stages the free...Arts & CultureJul 16, 2024Company One Theatre examines the cultural significance of 'Hoops'Eliana Pipes' play is a “choreopoem-esque collage” that takes a "sweeping look at the history of hoops and how donning them, whether gold, silver, resin, wood or leather, big or...Arts & CultureJul 16, 2024The women of 'Wipeout' ride the swells of life at Gloucester StageThree women in their 70s decide to take a surfing lesson. The play feels like a long, existential conversation about life that highlights the importance of friendship, the toll of...Arts & CultureJul 12, 2024Next Page
SpeakEasy's 'Laughs in Spanish' is a good time in any languageLocal playwright Alexis Scheer provides more than laughs in a fun production directed by Teatro Chelsea's Mariela López-Ponce. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair dances along.Arts & CultureSep 24, 2024
Tom Stoppard tells a personal Holocaust story in the Huntington's epic 'Leopoldstadt'Director Carey Perloff leads a large ensemble in the British playwright's latest play. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair salutes the effort.Arts & CultureSep 20, 2024
14 theater productions to see this fallThis fall is chock full of theater productions that tackle everything from love to memory loss to friendship. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair shares the plays she's looking forward to this...Arts & CultureSep 18, 2024
A sweeping guide to Greater Boston's fall classical music performancesFrom the world premiere of White Snake Project's opera "Is This America?" to a performance from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, WBUR arts critic Lloyd Schwartz shares the concerts and productions...Arts & CultureSep 17, 2024
11 dance events to revel in this fallFrom North Atlantic Ballet's "Dracula" to performances from Martha Graham Dance Company, this season brings a variety of performances that transport and inspire.Arts & CultureSep 16, 2024
'Hombres' is a nuanced take on male friendshipCritic Jacquinn Sinclair calls the production between Gloucester Stage Company and Teatro Chelsea a "thoughtful examination of male friendships through the lens of race, economics and sexual orientation." Arts & CultureSep 13, 2024
Mayor Michelle Wu will return to Symphony Hall as a guest soloistFree tickets for the Sept. 21 Concert for the City will be available beginning Thursday. The mayor will play Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" to mark the piece's centennial. Arts & CultureSep 10, 2024
Movement powers a fresh 'Romeo and Juliet' at A.R.T.Shakespeare’s words are enlivened in a different way at American Repertory Theater’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,” a visually and physically stunning offering made more relatable through movement, inflection and...Arts & CultureSep 10, 2024
ArrowFest launches with experimental and whimsical performancesOver the next week in Cambridge, audiences will be introduced to more than 40 performances by hundreds of artists in Harvard Square's newest venue, Arrow Street Arts, the former site...Arts & CultureSep 9, 2024
A.R.T. brings a reframed 'Romeo and Juliet' to the stageDirected by Diane Paulus, the show draws inspiration from the bond between the title characters, rather than the divisions and societal ills that keep them apart.Arts & CultureAug 29, 2024
Champagne wishes and caviar dreams with 'The Queen of Versailles'The Broadway-bound musical reunites Kristin Chenoweth and musical composer Stephen Schwartz, who previously worked together on “Wicked.”ResumeArts & Culture04:52Aug 19, 2024
At Gloucester Stage, 'Wish You Were Here' centers female friendshipSet in Karaj, Iran, Pulitzer Prize-winner Sanaz Toossi's play spans 13 years of friendship amid the Iranian Revolution and the First Gulf War. With superb direction and acting, "the war...Arts & CultureAug 13, 2024
'The Queen of Versailles' dazzles in pre-Broadway run at Emerson Colonial TheatreBased on the 2012 documentary of the same name, Kristin Chenoweth stars as the ambitious Jackie Siegel who has champagne wishes and caviar dreams. The musical is "funny, heartwarming and...Arts & CultureAug 2, 2024
From 'Jaws' to 'Star Wars,' John Williams' memorable and masterful film scoresAudiences at Tanglewood in Lenox will have the chance to commune with lost aliens, dinosaurs and Darth Vader as the Boston Pops Orchestra performs conductor laureate John Williams’ iconic music...ResumeArts & Culture05:17Aug 2, 2024
On Boston Common, 'The Winter's Tale' is a well-acted story of forgivenessCommonwealth Shakespeare Company's annual free Shakespeare production brings a modernized retelling of one of Shakespeare's "problem plays." WBUR theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair reviews.Arts & CultureJul 26, 2024
Boch Center names Casey Soward as new directorCasey Soward, currently the executive director at the Cabot Theatre in Beverly, succeeds Joe Spaulding who led the organization for 38 years.Arts & CultureJul 23, 2024
In praise of hoopsFor people of color, hoops are a visual representation of individuality. Whether they're a delicate gold pair or the cheap ones you buy at the beauty supply store, hoops have...Arts & CultureJul 18, 2024
Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' lights Boston Common with a story for all seasonsOne of Shakespeare's "problem plays," the narrative is both a fable and a cautionary tale, leaving audiences with a story about renewal and redemption. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company stages the free...Arts & CultureJul 16, 2024
Company One Theatre examines the cultural significance of 'Hoops'Eliana Pipes' play is a “choreopoem-esque collage” that takes a "sweeping look at the history of hoops and how donning them, whether gold, silver, resin, wood or leather, big or...Arts & CultureJul 16, 2024
The women of 'Wipeout' ride the swells of life at Gloucester StageThree women in their 70s decide to take a surfing lesson. The play feels like a long, existential conversation about life that highlights the importance of friendship, the toll of...Arts & CultureJul 12, 2024
