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The Four Seasons live in Jersey Boys
We’d be happy enough if Jersey Boys were just a musical revue, thrumming with the the Four Seasons’ hit parade. But on top of that we get a compelling story, following the lives of ’60s heartthrob Frankie Valli and those who rocketed to fame with him.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 19, 2010

Play by play: March 12, 2010

Theater listings, week of March 12, 2010
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | March 10, 2010

Play by Play: March 5, 2010

Theater listings, March 5, 2010
Boston's weekly theater listings
By JEFFREY GANTZ | March 03, 2010

Play by play: September 4, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater guide
By JEFFREY GANTZ | September 02, 2009

Play by Play: August 28, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | August 26, 2009

Play by play: August 21, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | August 18, 2009

Play by Play: August 7, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | August 05, 2009

Play by play: July 31, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | July 29, 2009

Play by play: July 24, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | July 22, 2009

Play by play: July 17, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | July 15, 2009

Play by Play: July 3, 2009

Plays from A to Z
This week in Boston theater
By JEFFREY GANTZ | July 06, 2009

The Wiz arrives in Boston

Not truly spectacular, but significant
"If you believe in yourself, you will have brains, heart and courage to last your whole life through. . ."
By PHOENIX STAFF | June 30, 2009

Play by Play: June 26, 2009

Plays for A to Z
Boston theater this week
By JEFFREY GANTZ | June 23, 2009

Play by Play: June 19, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston theater this week
By JEFFREY GANTZ | June 16, 2009

Play by Play: June 12, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston theater this week
By JEFFREY GANTZ | June 11, 2009

Tender mercenaries

Foote's Estate moves to Hartford
If Chekhov had been home on the range instead of the steppes, he would have been Horton Foote.
By CAROLYN CLAY | June 10, 2009

Play by Play, May 8, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Theater around town
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 07, 2009

As young lovers do

Spring Awakening's musical bruises
The rock extravaganza Spring Awakening promotes the cliché of adolescent pain to serious grown-up status.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | April 22, 2009

Interview: Duncan Sheik

Broadway boy
Duncan Sheik hit the Top 20 in 1996 with “Barely Breathing,” a moody, catchy song from his homonymous debut album.
By JIM SULLIVAN | April 22, 2009

Play by Play: April 10, 2009

Plays A to Z
Plays around town
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 08, 2009

Play by play: April 3, 2009

Plays A to Z
Plays around town
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 01, 2009

Play by Play: March 27, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | March 24, 2009

Play by Play: March 20, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | March 18, 2009

Play by Play: March 13, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | March 10, 2009

Play by play: March 6, 2009

Plays from A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | March 03, 2009

Play by Play: February 27, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 24, 2009

Play by play: February 20, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 17, 2009

Play by play: February 13, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 11, 2009

North Shore's snazzy revival of contact

Plus, Gurnet’s Essential Self-Defense
For a Broadway show, contact is closer to Twyla Tharp than George M. Cohan.
By CAROLYN CLAY | June 17, 2008

Make believe

The songs are the draw in Drowsy Chaperone
Of the five Tony Awards that The Drowsy Chaperone swept up in 2006, Lisa Lambert’s co-win with Greg Morrison for Best Original Score was the real prize.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 07, 2008