Theatre
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Charming 'Dog Mom' at Florida Studio Theatre
An Actress Plays a Stray Dog
By: - Jun 29th, 2026I have never been much of a dog person, but I quickly fell for the one played by Kelsey Leigh Stalter in Tate Elizabeth Hanyok’s charming and touching new comedy drama “Dog Mom” running through July 26 in Florida Studio Theatre’s Keating Theatre.
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Copland and Twain on Broadway
Chelsea Music Festival
By: - Jun 28th, 2026Copland and Twain was a highlight of the Chelsea Music Festival 2026. For the first time, the adventurous group that produces this festival mounted a work in a Broadway venue. To make a 250th anniversary statement for our country, they chose to mix the music of Aaron Copland, often called the Dean of American Music, with the words of Mark Twain, our liveliest chronicler.
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Sweeney Todd Sondheim's Masterpiece
TheaterWorks Hartford and Hartford Stage
By: - Jun 27th, 2026Sweeney is the first co-production of Hartford’s two major theaters: TheaterWorks Hartford and Hartford Stage. The two combined resources for this demanding work. It uses the expansive space at Hartford Stage, while calling on the talents of the Artistic Director and award-winning Director Rob Ruggiero of TheaterWorks to stage the musical. The production team includes veterans of both Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks productions as well as some new people.
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Cabaret
Moving co-production in South Florida
By: - Jun 25th, 2026ArtBuzz Theatrics and Florida Theatrical Evbents presents an intimate and immersive co-production of "Cabaret" through this Sunday. Nealy 60 years after its Broadway debut, Cabaret still lands with uncomfortable clarity. The show won the Tony Award for Best Musical.
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Chelsea Music Festival in New York
Every Story Counts
By: - Jun 21st, 2026Chelsea Music Festival Artistic Directors Melinda Lee Masur and Ken-David Masur present the 2026 Chelsea Music Fetival titled "Every Story Counts." It takes place in New York City, from June 20–27.
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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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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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Barrington Stage Company Receives Grant
From Shubert Foundation
By: - Jun 15th, 2026Barrington Stage Company, is the recipient of a $125,000 grant from The Shubert Foundation. Granted in the category of Theatre, the award will support key programming in BSC’s 2026 season. The award represents a $5,000 increase over last year’s grant.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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