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Troupe brings a bilingual Taiwanese ghost story to the Greenway

“The Ghost of Keelung,” a live radio play written by Jamie Lin, will be performed Saturday at Mary Soo Hoo Park on the Greenway near the Chinatown gate.

Massachusetts native James Jackson Jr.’s head-spinning journey into ‘A Strange Loop’

Jackson, who grew up in Randolph, moved to New York and eventually established himself as a solo cabaret performer. Now he has made his Broadway debut at age 46 in a Tony-winning musical that is its own out-of-leftfield success.

Jacob’s Pillow kicks off the 2022 season with provocative ‘America(na) to Me’

The performance marked the reopening of the renovated Ted Shawn Theatre.

‘Mr. Swindle’s Traveling Peculiarium’ coming to Boston this fall with old-timey entertainment and beverages

Harpoon Brewery in the Seaport is hosting the show, which includes a beer garden, under a big top Oct. 12-Nov. 6.

Broadway will drop mask mandate beginning July 1
Broadway theaters will be allowed to drop their mask mandates starting July 1, the Broadway League announced Tuesday.

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A workplace comedy goes to some very dark places in ‘Gloria’ at Gloucester Stage
The cold-hearted crew in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's play are driven by opportunities to cash in on the media’s insatiable appetite for tragedy.

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‘A Beautiful Noise’ aims to tell Neil Diamond’s story, inside and out

"A Beautiful Noise," premiering at the Emerson Colonial Theatre for a pre-Broadway tryout, is a "surprising entrée into Neil’s psyche," says its director. "It's a story of a man who is in crisis but is unable to articulate why."

With ‘The Orchard,’ the Arlekin Players return Chekhov to the digital frontier

The production is being presented in two versions simultaneously: one online, and one in-person at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City.

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From fringe companies, a timely drama, a screwball comedy, and a fairy tale

Shows include Teatro Chelsea’s world premiere of “Revitalized,” which takes on housing conditions in neighborhoods ripe for gentrification; a family-friendly “Thumbelina” from Imaginary Beasts; and “Screwball!,” a delirious take on Preston Sturges from Beau Jest Moving Theatre.

Chris Gethard is an all-of-the-above kind of comic

At the Sinclair on Saturday, Gethard will record an episode of his “Beautiful/Anonymous” podcast, then perform a separate stand-up show later in the evening.

American Repertory Theater to present Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’

Smith performed “Twilight” solo to acclaim in the mid-1990s. The new, larger-cast version that debuted off Broadway last year comes to the Loeb Drama Center Aug. 28-Sept. 23.

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In ‘The Bomb-itty of Errors,’ a Shakespeare remix is a rappers’ delight

In this hip-hop adaptation of "The Comedy of Errors" at Actors' Shakespeare Project, the four cast members play multiple roles, inciting a fast-paced riot of entrances and exits, costume changes, busted moves, and plot twists.

‘A Strange Loop’ wins Tony for best musical, ‘Lehman Trilogy’ for best play as Broadway celebrates its comeback

Sunday night’s Tony Awards ceremony had the flavor of an industry giving itself a much-needed pep talk while simultaneously sending a message to TV viewers that Broadway is back — and more diverse than ever.

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In the Huntington’s ‘Common Ground Revisited,’ Boston’s busing crisis is part of a much larger story

Kirsten Greenidge is the right playwright to tackle a tale as sprawling and tangled as the 1970s busing crisis — as well as what came before, and, crucially, what came after.