BOSTON

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman with music and lyrics by William Finn, a book by Rachel Sheinkin and additional material by Jay Reiss

Company: Lyric Stage Company

Genre: Broadway Musical

Dates: September 3-October 3

Venue:

Lyric Stage Company

140 Clarenden Street

Boston, MA 02116

(617) 585-5678

Aftermath

by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen

Company: New York Theatre Workshop/ArtsEmerson

Genre: Experimental Drama

Dates: October 27-31

Venue:

Paramount Black Box

559 Washington Street

Boston, MA 02111

617-824-8000

The Aliens (Shirley, VT Plays)

by Annie Baker

Company: Company One

Genre: Contemporary Drama

Dates: October 29-November 20

Venue:

Boston Center for the Arts

Plaza Theatre

529 Tremont Street

Boston, MA 02116

(617) 933-8600

Body Awareness (Shirley, VT. Plays)

by Annie Baker

Company: Speakeasy Stage Company

Genre: New Drama

Dates: October 22-November 20

Venue:

Boston Center for the Arts

Roberts Studio Theatre

529 Tremont Street

Boston, MA 02116

(617) 933-8600

Bus Stop

by William Inge

Company: The Huntington Theatre Company

Genre: Drama

Dates: September 17-October 17

Venue:

B.U. Theatre

264 Huntington Ave.

Boston, MA 02115

(617) 266-0800



Circle Mirror Transformation

by Annie Baker

Company: Huntington Theatre Company

Genre: New Drama

Dates: October 15-November 21

Venue:

Boston Center for the Arts

Virginia Wembley Theatre

529 Tremont Street

Boston, MA 02116

(617) 933-8600

Enron

by Lucy Prebble

Company: Zeitgeist Stage Company

Genre: Satirical Drama

Dates: September 24-October 16

Venue:

Boston Center for the Arts

Plaza Theatre

529 Tremont Street

Boston, MA 02116

(617) 933-8600

Henry IV Parts 1&2

by William Shakespeare

Company: Actors’ Shakespeare Project

Genre: Classic Historical Drama

Dates: Through November 21

Venue:

Midway Studios
15 Channel Center Street
Fort Point Channel, South Boston 02210

(866) 811-4111

Interview

by Jean-Claude van Itallie

Company Heart & Dagger Productions

Genre: Comic Drama

Dates: October 7-16

Venue:

Boston Center for the Arts

Plaza Theatre

529 Tremont Street

Boston, MA 02116

(617) 933-8600

In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play

by Sarah Ruhl

Company: Speakeasy Stage Company

Genre: Comic Drama

Dates: Through October 16

Venue:

Boston Center for the Arts

Roberts Studio Theatre

529 Tremont Street

Boston, MA 02116

(617) 933-8600

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts I & II in Rotating Repertory

by David Edgar, adapted from Charles Dickens’ novel

Company: Lyric Stage Company

Genre: Drama

Dates: October 21-December 19

Venue:

Lyric Stage Company

140 Clarenden Street

Boston, MA 02116

(617) 585-5678

The Method Gun

by Rude Mechs

Company: ArtsEmerson

Genre: Experimental Drama

Dates: October 13-17

Venue:

Paramount Black Box

559 Washington Street

Boston, MA 02111

617-824-8000

One Small Step

by David Hastings

Company: Oxford Playhouse/ArtsEmerson

Genre: Experimental Drama

Dates: October 13-17

Venue:

Paramount Black Box

559 Washington Street

Boston, MA 02111

617-824-8000

Rock of Ages

Company: Broadway in Boston

Genre: Rock Opera

Dates: October 6-17

Venue:

Colonial Theater

106 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 426-9366

Wicked

Songs and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Winnie Holzman

Company: Broadway in Boston

Genre: Broadway Musical

Dates: Through October 17

Venue:

Boston Opera House

539 Washington Street

Boston, MA 02111

(617) 259-3400

CAMBRIDGE

Alice Vs. Wonderland

by Brendan Shea

Genre: Experimental Drama

Dates: Through October 9

Venue:

Club Oberon

2 Arrow Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

(617) 496-8004

Bent Wit Cabaret

by Axe to Ice Productions

Genre: Cabaret

Dates: October 10

Venue:

Club Oberon

2 Arrow Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

(617) 496-8004

Cabaret

Book by Joe Masteroff, based on the play by Joe Van Druten and Stories by Christopher Isherwood, with music by John Kander and Lyrics by Fred Ebb

Genre: Broadway Musical

Dates: Through October 29

Venue:

Club Oberon

2 Arrow Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

(617) 496-8004

A Moon for the Misbegotten

by Eugene O’Neil

Company: Nora Theater Company

Genre: Drama

Dates: Through November 7

Venue:

Central Square Theater

450 Massachusetts Avenue,

Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 576-9278

LOWELL

Four Places

by Joel Drake Johnson

Company: Merrimack Repertory Theater

Genre: Comedy

Dates: October 14-November 7

Venue:

Merrimack Repertory Theatre

50 E Merrimack St.
Lowell, MA 01852
(978) 654-4MRT (4678)

WATERTOWN

Cherry Docs

by David Gow

Company: New Repertory Theatre

Genre: Contemporary Drama

Dates: October 17-November 7

Venue:

Arsenal Center for the Arts Black Box

321 Arsenal Street

Watertown, MA 02472

(800) 838-3006

Once on This Island

by Book and Lyrics By Lynn Ahrens
Music By Stephen Flaherty

Company: Blue Spruce Theatre

Genre: Musical

Dates: October 7-24

Venue:

Arsenal Center for the Arts

321 Arsenal Street

Watertown, MA 02472

(800) 838-3006

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