Boston Theatre Newsroom

Passim's Folk Collective will bring together musicians from two generations to perform a repertoire of folk music at the unique Folk: Next Generation concert. The night will feature Boston artists Stephanie McKay, Darren Buck (from Hank Wonder), and more.

Beginning this October, Bill Hanney's award-winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) will present the award-winning musical TITANIC. This majestic musical cruises onto the NSMT stage from Tuesday, October 29, and plays a two-week engagement through Sunday, November 10, 2024.

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra's 47th season will open with Newton native, and now Resident Conductor and Concertmaster of the Louisville Orchestra Gabriel Lefkowitz leading a program titled Treasures of Youth and Age, on Sunday October 27th at Second Church in Newton.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), the Greater Roxbury Arts & Cultural Center (GRACC) and Boston’s Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help have announced A Tribute to Duke Ellington (Free Concert) on Friday, November 8 at 7 p.m.

Experience the fun and excitement of masterful drumming and epic beats with The Blue Man Group with new ticketing specials for fall.

THE WEIR promises an exploration of human connection, the echoes of personal haunting, and the mystical allure of Ireland's folklore, captivating audiences with its hauntingly evocative storytelling. The experience made all the more relevant as we change the calendar to October. THE WEIR continues at the Unicorn Theatre in Lenox.

This fall, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will present the first exhibition about the transformative power of Free to Be… You and Me, a cultural force that inspired generations of children and families.

Annisquam Village Church has announced the opening of the 2024/25 Music Series on Saturday, October 19 at 7:30 pm  with Devil's Box and Glory of God: The Soul of the Violin from Paganini to Penderecki to Bach, Bluegrass, and Beyond. Violinist, composer and AVC Artist-in-Residence Scott Moore embarks on  this musical journey celebrating the violin at the Annisquam Village Church on Saturday, October 19 at 7:30 pm.

Beasties: A Sci-Fi Rock Opera takes to the stage for the first time as the all-star cast sings the story of a battle against evil to save the planet October 10 + 11 at the Regent Theatre in Arlington. See photos from inside rehearsal.

Shakespeare & Company and MetaGirl Productions will present a six-show run of THIS IS IT, a one-woman show starring Tamara Hickey. When a woman's life is interrupted by a catastrophic car crash, she is catapulted into an existential, heartfelt, and often funny quest for meaning and connection. Learn how to purchase tickets.

A.R.T. will produce Passing Strange to conclude its 2024/25 Season. Tony Award-nominated director Liesl Tommy will direct the A.R.T. production. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Old Sturbridge Village will transform into a realm of haunted history and spellbinding performances this October with the opening of ‘Phantoms by Firelight’ on October 4. Running every weekend until October 27, the spooktacular Halloween event brings twelve nights of enchanting entertainment, thrilling new attractions and a lineup of distinguished performers.

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT) has announced its 2024-2025 season. The line-up includes four dynamic new plays by playwrights in their final year of Boston University’s MFA in Playwriting Program, a public reading of a play-in-progress by the recipient of the Jack Welch Developmental Residency and Boston Theater Marathon XXVII.

Music Worcester announced its inaugural BACHtoberfest from Oct. 25-27, kicking off an 11-year project titled THE COMPLETE BACH. The event will feature performances and activities celebrating the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Club Passim has announced an Indigenous People’s Day concert on October 12, featuring Indigenous music and dance performances.

CHUANG Stage and Seoulful Productions has announced the world premiere of DID YOU EAT? (밥 먹었니?), a one-person play by Zoë Kim, at Boston Center for the Arts.

Sullivan Rep will present their third production, Noel Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT, this October. The play follows novelist Charles Condomine, his wife Ruth, and the chaos that ensues after a séance brings back Charles' first wife, Elvira. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Experience a night of soulful grooves and electrifying blues as Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor brings his critically acclaimed THUNDERCHILD tour to Verbalization 'Poetry 4 The People' at Hibernian Hall. Learn more and see how to attend.

Broadway In Boston will welcome the reimagined production of the beloved Tony Award-winning Broadway classic PETER PAN, the high-flying musical that has been thrilling audiences for close to 70 years. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Barrington Stage Company is currently presenting the regional premiere production of Primary Trust, by actress/playwright Eboni Booth. Check out video footage from the production here!

I remember how stressful and draining the college prescreening process was my senior year of high school. Trying to get the perfect takes, find the perfect lighting, all while trying not to think about the hundreds of other applicants who could’ve had more training or better quality headshots. I was so relieved to finally have it over and have a school picked out to go to… and now I’m doing it again.

Get a first look at The Huntington's productio of Leopoldstadt, the poignant and highly acclaimed new play written by Tom Stoppard and directed by Carey Perloff.

Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, 87, was the child of non-observant Jews whose family fled Czechoslovakia during World War II, just prior to Nazi occupation. Stoppard then spent much of his young life in India, and then Nottingham and Yorkshire in England, becoming the very essence of an intellectual Englishman.

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The Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) will open their 2024-25 Season with School of Rock - The Musical starring Broadway’s Liam Fennecken October 18-27 at THE BLACK BOX in downtown Franklin, MA.