Lyric Stage Announces 6 Shows for 2016–2017 Season
The Boston theatre’s season will feature three plays and four musicals, one of which will be announced at a later date.
New England
Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Lou Diamond Phillips’s ‘Burning Desire’: To Get Back Onstage
The versatile actor makes his playwriting debut with a romantic comedy in which he plays—who else?—the devil.
Gloucester Stage’s 2016 Season Will Feature New England Premieres
The season will include dark comedies, a song cycle, and family dramas.
Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2016 Summer Season
The summer festival in the Berkshires will produce both classic and new works.
Modernizing the Victorian Gothic in ‘The Moors’
Jen Silverman’s newest play, running at Yale Rep, is inspired by the Brontë sisters and Victorian Gothic, with a contemporary twist.
Westport Country Playhouse Launches New-Works Initiative
The Playhouse will workshop two new works as part of the program.
Pulled in All Directions, Especially New Ones, by New York’s January Festivals
In a week of showgoing, I enjoyed reconnecting with my performing-arts-presenter peers, but also searched for points of entry for the uninitiated.
The Theatrical Brains Behind ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’
Huntington Theatre’s staging of John Kennedy Toole’s beloved novel was its biggest hit ever. Can it continue to adapt?
Shakespeare & Company Announces 2016 Summer Season
The company will also participate in the worldwide celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
Michael Ross To Rejoin Center Stage and Depart Westport Country Playhouse
Ross will leave the Connecticut theatre to succeed Stephen Richard as the managing director of Center Stage in Baltimore.
