By Easton Mills I don’t know how long it will be before live theatre stops feeling exciting again. After the too-long and intermittently ongoing COVID hiatus, it is a blessing that we are once again able to sit in rapt attention and see the pores of a performer’s face as they send emotion into the room on a wave of

Lynn’s Community Theatre Arts After Hours returns this spring with Side by Side by Sondheim, running Fridays and Saturdays June 3-18, 2022. Side by Side by Sondheim is a musical revue featuring the songs of late Broadway and film composer Stephen Sondheim, who passed away last year at age 91 after a lifetime of unparalleled contribution to the musical theatre

Free Admission for Salem Residents at Salem Night on April 15 Salem State boasts an enchanting production of Into The Woods at the Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, directed by Bill Cunningham with musical direction by Karen Gahagan and choreography by Alex Jacobs. Join us on this theatrical quest April 14 – 16 and April 21 –

By Easton Mills Parker Goodreau’s THE THING THEY LOVE is available for streaming until April 30th, 2022. Get tickets Here. Set in prohibition-era New York City, the world premiere of the THE THING THEY LOVE from Salem State University features a big, queer family with familiar yet complicated problems. They must navigate the difference between the world they love, and

Marblehead Little Theatre is excited to announce the production of The Pirates of Penzance, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Produced and directed by Robert Kerrigan, with associate direction by Kelly Murphy and music direction by Thomas Smoker, The Pirates of Penzance will be performed in concert at Abbot Hall in Marblehead, MA. This comedic opera follows the

Marblehead Little Theatre is excited to announce the production of The Pirates of Penzance, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Produced and directed by Robert Kerrigan, with associate direction by Kelly Murphy and music direction by Thomas Smoker, The Pirates of Penzance will be performed in concert at Abbot Hall in Marblehead, MA. This comedic opera follows the

After suspending productions in front of an audience for more than two years (775 days) due to the pandemic, Wheelock Family Theatre will return to the stage with a beloved production for all ages, The Wizard of Oz because, after all, “there’s no place like home.” “In a way it feels like a homecoming,” says actor David Jiles Jr., who

By Easton Mills Live theatre has returned to Marblehead Little Theatre’s cozy Firehouse Black Box with Brian Friel’s Translations, directed by Trudi Olivetti and produced by Steve Black and Erin Pelikov.  Set in the fictional town of Baile Beag – no it’s not pronounced how it’s spelled – in the rolling greens of Donegal, a rural village in 19th century

by Joey Phoenix An alluring drama about trust, gender, love, and money, Goodreau’s The Thing They Love takes inspiration from Mae West’s 1927 dramatization, The Drag. Set in prohibition-era New York City, a big, queer family assembles with familiar yet complicated problems. They must navigate the difference between the world they love, and the world outside their doorstep by learning

Salem State Theatre Department presents the world premiere of The Thing They Love written by 2021 graduate Parker Goodreau. Directed by Esme Allen, the production will take place at the Sophia Gordon Center March 3 – 6, followed by virtual streaming March 20 – April 30. Tickets for both performance modalities are available at www.salemstatetickets.com.  Set in prohibition-era New York