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The Huntington’s Michael Maso exits the stage

A leader at the Huntington since its founding four decades ago, Maso, 71, ranks as one of the most consequential figures in Boston theater history.

A spirited — and pointed — ‘As You Like It’

The sheer gusto of Genevieve Simon’s all-out performance as Rosalind sets the tone for a buoyant production by Actors’ Shakespeare Project and The Theater Offensive.

In ‘The Gaaga,’ Putin and his cronies are held to account, but it’s only a fantasy

The Arlekin Players' immersive production of Ukrainian playwright Sasha Denisova's tragicomedy is awe-inspiring.

The new New Rep raises the curtain on ‘The Normal Heart’

The return to plays this summer and fall marks a new phase of the Watertown theater's reinvention.

STAGE REVIEW
The dynamism of ‘Jagged Little Pill’ makes its flaws easier to swallow
The musical falters until its second act, when it goes deeper, sharpens focus, gathers force, and generally elevates the stakes. What had been fragmentary, disconnected snapshots coalesce into a fuller portrait of a family in crisis.

Lynn native Alex Newell leads a breakthrough for nonbinary performers at the Tonys
In the 76-year history of the Tony Awards, no openly nonbinary performer had ever won Broadway’s biggest prize.

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STAGE REVIEW

The honeymoon is over in a delightful ‘Private Lives’ at Gloucester Stage Company

Although this production of Noël Coward's romantic comedy takes a while to find its footing, patience is rewarded with the ensemble’s escalating antics.

Who’ll win at the Tonys, and who should

For readers keeping score at home, here’s a glance at the contenders in the main categories and our predictions.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

As the Tonys arrive, uncertainty for Broadway lingers in the air

From wildfire smoke that’s disrupted performances to a writers strike that threatened its awards show to uninspiring box office numbers, Broadway has taken some blows as it prepares for Sunday’s celebration.

In ‘Shucked,’ Tony nominee and Lynn native Alex Newell is bringing — and feeling — joy

As Lulu, Newell brings down the house every night. Now they're up for the prize for best featured actor in a musical.

For his show about grief, comedian Ben Wasserman heads to the cemetery

Wasserman has performed "Live After Death" at funeral homes and graveyards. This weekend, he's bringing the show to Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

Driven by Alanis Morissette’s deeply felt songs, ‘Jagged Little Pill’ is back where it started

When Diane Paulus was first approached about adapting Morissette’s seminal album into a stage musical, she couldn't say yes fast enough. The result was a musical that began its life at the ART in 2018, went on to Broadway, and now returns to the city in a touring production.

STAGE REVIEW

Shereen Pimentel is dazzling as the flawed heroine of ART’s re-energized ‘Evita’

The American Repertory Theater’s new production of the Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber musical seeks less to valorize or vilify than to understand the complex woman at its heart.

STAGE REVIEW

In ‘Rooted,’ a cult insists she’s their leader, but the poor woman just wants to study her plants

In Deborah Zoe Laufer's play at Lyric Stage Company, environmental activists embrace a treehouse-inhabiting recluse as a kind of eco-messiah, one who can heal a wounded planet — and perhaps heal their own wounded souls.