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  • Chelsea Music Festival in New York

    Every Story Counts

    By: Susan Hall - Jun 21st, 2026

    Chelsea 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.

  • Cabaret

    Moving co-production in South Florida

    By: Aaron Krause - Jun 25th, 2026

    ArtBuzz 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.

  • Sweeney Todd Sondheim's Masterpiece

    TheaterWorks Hartford and Hartford Stage

    By: Karen Isaacs - Jun 27th, 2026

    Sweeney 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.

  • Copland and Twain on Broadway

    Chelsea Music Festival

    By: Susan HAll - Jun 28th, 2026

    Copland 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.

  • Charming 'Dog Mom' at Florida Studio Theatre

    An Actress Plays a Stray Dog

    By: Jay Handelman - Jun 29th, 2026

    I 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.

  • Burst

    Southeastern Premiere of Rachel Bublitz's Dark Comedy

    By: Aaron Krause - Jun 30th, 2026

    New City Players in South Florida will present the southeastern premiere of Rachel Bublitz's dark comedy, Burst, from July 11-26. A pay-what-you-wish preview will take place on Friday, July 10. The 90-minute corporate thriller-comedy centers on a tech startup CEO with big ambitions.

  • Asolo Rep's Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition

    Appealing to All Ages

    By: Carrie Seidman - Jul 07th, 2026

    Rather than bringing in a touring production as it has in the past, for the first time last year, the Asolo Rep staged its own family-friendly summer show, based on the “Frog and Toad” series of children’s books that relate the daily adventures of two best friends with opposite personalities.

  • 1776

    Ivoryton Playhouse

    By: Karen Isaacs - Jul 08th, 2026

    If you think that history can be boring, then seeing the excellent Ivoryton Playhouse production of 1776 will change your mind. The Tony-Award winning musical combines music, humor in a quite accurate recounting of why we celebrate July 4th. It’s part of Ivoryton’s season honoring our 250th anniversary.

  • Estate Sale at Barrington Stage

    Galvanic World Premiere of Keelay Gipson Play

    By: Charles Giuliano - Jul 10th, 2026

    Estate Sale, by Keelay Gipson, a 70-minute, one act play having its world premiere at Barrington Stage Company, begins obliquely. Half of the audience enters from the stage door navigating a clutter of estate sale items. They thread through the urban dwelling designed by You-Shin Chen.

  • La Tragédie de Carmen

    Merola Triumphs with Peter Brook's Minimalistic Adaptation

    By: Victor Cordell - Jul 10th, 2026

    Minimalist theater director Peter Brook strips this war horse to 80 minutes of essentials. As an intimate psychological intimacy, the plot line is jolting, often lacking the motivations behind characters' actions. But the music is Carmen, and the cast is talented, so forgiveness for numerous transgressions is in order.

  • International Black THeatre Festival

    Every Two Years in Winston Salem

    By: Jay Handelman - Jul 11th, 2026

    When they return to the International Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina later this month, members of Sarasota’s Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe are looking forward to reconnecting with a group of artists they don’t often get to see or meet.

  • Going to St. Ives

    Oakland's Lower Bottom Playaz Triumphs

    By: Victor Cordell - Jul 12th, 2026

    The mother of an African dictator travels to England for eye surgery, but she has a devious plan to fulfill a more sinister mission. Although hinging on one action, the narrative broaches a wide range of social and ethical issues.

  • The Employee Dharma Handbook

    TheatreWorks World Premiere Blockbuster

    By: Victor Cordell - Jul 14th, 2026

    Americans assume the preeminence of their own laws, culture, and practices in this country, but many immigrant groups carry baggage across borders. South Asians are the second largest ethnicity in Silicon Valley, and the Hindu caste system has caused headaches for companies trying to tow the legal line and maintain a constructive work environment. This entertaining dramedy highlights the conflicts that can arise.

  • Hairspray The Broadway Musical

    The Joint is Jumpin' at SF Playhouse

    By: Victor Cordell - Jul 19th, 2026

    This John Waters creation has legs. The hit Broadway musical has lost none of its pizzazz or its underlying social commentary. It's 1962, and the overweight Tracy tries out for the Corny Collins Show. Not a big enough hill to climb, she tries to integrate it too.

  • La Rondine

    Pocket Opera's Fine Take on Puccini's Less Produced Masterpiece

    By: Victor Cordell - Jul 21st, 2026

    Magda is a courtesan supported by a wealthy banker, but she falls in love with a younger man. Can a tiger change its stripes? Must a swallow always fly home?

  • The Prince Part 1 - The Life and Times of Niccolo Machiavelli

    Machiavelli Learns His Craft from Others

    By: Victor Cordell - Jul 28th, 2026

    Separately, Machiavelli acts as the messenger and negotiator between the governing council of Florence and Savonarola as well as Cesare Borgia, each of whom face dilemmas. While humbled by his more experienced counterparties, Machiavelli will later become the authority on authoritative governance that they employed.

  • The Last Romance

    Ends Season of Florida Studio Theatre

    By: Jay Handelman - Jul 28th, 2026

    In the play that closes Florida Studio Theatre’s summer mainstage season, the change agent is an 80-year-old widower named Ralph, who lives with his overly protective and bitter younger sister, Rose.

  • Burst, by Rachel Bublitz

    New City Players in South Florida

    By: Aaron Krause - Jul 29th, 2026

    New City Players has concluded its current season with an engaging and believable production of Burst, by Rachel Bublitz. The production represented the drama's Southeastern premiere. Burst unfolds over one late disastrous night in modern-day CEO's California office.

  • Ariadne auf Naxos

    Merola Opera's Spectacular Portrait

    By: Victor Cordell - Jul 31st, 2026

    When opera and burlesque companies must perform simultaneously for a wealthy patron, consternation commences and a delightful mashup follows.

  • Jeff McCarthy’s Kunstler at Barrington Stage

    Launching the Season with a Message Play

    By: Charles Giuliano - May 22nd, 2017

    The brilliant and versatile Jeff McCarthy is a perennial star for Barrington Stage Company. In the era of Trump the season opens with a message play Kunstler by award winner Jeffrey Sweet. It transfers from a sold out Off Broadway run at 59East59 Theatres. In this two hander McCarthy is paired with Erin Roche. The young black student aspires to be a lawyer but not like Kunstler who she initially admired but now despises.

  • 4000 Miles by Amy Herzog

    Road Kill at Shakespeare & Company

    By: Charles Giuliano - Jun 03rd, 2017

    As a 91-year-old card carrying member of the Communist Party the always remarkable Annette Miller provides a magnificent performance as Vera Joseph. Her lonely life as a NY widow is disrupted by the middle of the night intrusion of her grandson Leo who has traveled from Seattle by bicycle. A crash of just a couple of days stretches into a month as they clash and argue with loving disaffection. It's complicated. The play 4000 Miles by Amy Herzog launches the season for Shakespeare & Company.

  • Barrington Stage 2017

    Mark Your Calendar

    By: Barrington - May 05th, 2017

    Here is a clip and save rundown of the 2017 season of Barrington Stage Company. It begins on May 18 with Kinstler by Jeffrey Sweet, directed by Meagen Fay. Performances: Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30pm; Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 3:00pm. Opening night May 21, 2017. The programm ends on October 22 with Gaslight.

  • Shakesapeare & Company 2017

    First Season for Artistic Director Allyn Burrows

    By: Charles Giuliano - Feb 07th, 2017

    The 2017 season of Shakespeare & Company will feature three by the Bard Cymbeline, The Tempest, and A Midsummer Night's Dream; plus two Edith Wharton comedies, Roman Fever and th The Fullness of Life. Additional title are 4,000 Miles by Amy Herzog, Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage, and the widely produced God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza.

  • Williamstown Theatre Festival 2017

    Broadway in the Berkshires

    By: Charles Giuliano - Feb 10th, 2017

    The Williamstown Theatre Festival 2017 Summer Season, the 63rd Season for the Tony® Award-winning theatre company, will include four world premieres, a new musical, and the first production of a WTF commissioned artist.

  • 2017 Season at Barrington Stage Company

    Sondheim's Company the Featured Musical.

    By: Charles Giuliano - Jan 25th, 2017

    The Barrington Stage Company season begins on May 18 with Kunstler by Jeffrey Sweet. It will end on October 22 with Gaslight (Angel Street) by Patrick Hamilton. The featured musicals, a signature of BSC will be Ragtime, June 21 to July 15 and Sondheim's Company which will be directed by BSC's Julianne Boyd from August 10 to September 3.

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