Portraying the human side of the American civil rights movement, "The Good Negro" makes its New England premiere at the Plaza Theatre. Tracey Scott Wilson's play is set in Birmingham Alabama in 1962, where three emerging leaders of the Movement must confront escalating hostility, each other and their own personal demons in order to change a nation. Learn more...
The Good Negro, an American Civil Rights Movement Drama
Boston Center for the Arts - Plaza Theatre (Boston, MA)
Reckless, a Comic Christmas Fable, from SpeakEasy Stage
Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts (Boston, MA)
From playwright Craig Lucas comes this darkly comic tale of a modern-day Alice in a perilous winter wonderland. When Rachel jumps out of a window on Christmas Eve, she embarks on a series of outrageous and harrowing adventures that test her belief that it is indeed a wonderful life. Learn more...
A Civil War Christmas, a Heartwarming Play with Music
Boston University Theatre (Boston, MA)
It's Christmas Eve 1864 and in the White House, President and Mrs. Lincoln plot their gift-giving. On the Potomac, a young rebel soldier challenges a Union blacksmith's mercy. In the streets, a fugitive from slavery searches for her daughter on the night she finds freedom. In this new play with music from Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel, these stories and more are woven into an American tapestry. Learn more...
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol at Stoneham Theatre
Stoneham Theatre (Stoneham, MA)
Stoneham Theatre presents a stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' beloved Christmas story. Join Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and all three ghosts for this tale of redemption and forgiveness that captures the true spirit and magic of the holiday season. Learn more...
A Tale of Two Cities: Play Based on Dickens' Novel at Wheelock Family Theatre
Wheelock Family Theatre (Boston, MA)
Wheelock Family Theatre presents A Tale of Two Cities. Based on the classic Charles Dickens novel, the play tells a story of political upheaval during the French Revolution, in which love, honor, and loyalty are tested by fear and chaos. Learn more...
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Classic Musical Carousel from Turtle Lane Playhouse
Turtle Lane Playhouse (Newton, MA)
Swaggering, carefree carnival barker Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries naive millworker, Julie Jordan. When Billy loses his job after learning Julie is pregnant, he is coerced into being a robbery accomplice. To avoid prison, he takes his own life and returns to Earth 15 years later to see the daughter he never knew. Includes such memorable songs as "If I Loved You," "June is Busting Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone." Learn more...
The Wonderful World of Dissocia: Award-Winning Play from Apollinaire Theatre Company
Chelsea Theatre Works (Chelsea, MA)
Apollinaire Theatre Company presents Anthony Neilson's The Wonderful World of Dissocia. This wildly imaginative, bold and moving play, which earned high praise upon its British premiere in 2004, follows a woman as she attempts to find one lost hour that has tipped the balance of her life. Learn more...
Tru Grace: Holiday Memoirs: Funny and Heartwarming Stories from Truman Capote and Grace Paley
Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA)
Tru Grace: Holiday Memoirs is a pair of heartwarming journeys into the foibles of the holiday season. A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote recounts the author's memories of his wildly eccentric older cousin and The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley is set at a Russian Jewish immigrant school that stages The Navity. It's a perfect holiday alternative with an intergenerational cast, puppetry, music and fruitcakes. Learn more...
Harriet Jacobs, A Drama Based on a Harrowing True Story of Slavery
Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA)
Harriet Ann Jacobs shocking, autobiographical 19th century tale of life as a slave, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, comes to life in a new drama by Lydia R. Diamond. This sophisticated coming of age story illuminates both human oppression and how certain people rise above it, providing a fresh look at American history in the process. Learn more...
Tom Stoppard's Heroes: Olivier Award-Winning Comedy from Merrimack Rep
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (Lowell, MA)
Merrimack Repertory Theatre presents Heroes. Tom Stoppard's Olivier Award-winning translation of Gerald Sibleyras's French play tells the funny and bittersweet story of three French World War I veterans who keep each other company on the back terrace of a retired soldiers' home, exchanging quips and contending with the frustrations of old age. Learn more...
Fractured Fairy Tale Indulgences from New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts (Watertown, MA)
In a kingdom somewhere, a king and a commoner swap identities, a prince and his lover plot to protect their union, two advisors conspire to foil everything, and a man known only as "Salesman" bargains for everyone's "happily ever after." Written by Canadian playwright Chris Craddock. Learn more...