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"Grease the Musical" - by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey - North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: August 12, 2025 through August 24, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Grease the Musical" - by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey - Theatre at the Mount (Gardner, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: August 8, 2025 through August 17, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" - Gelbart, Shevelove and Sondheim - Square One Players (Shrewsbury, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: August 2, 2025 through August 10, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Fiddler on the Roof" - by Joseph Stein, Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock - Gateway Players (Southbridge, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: August 1, 2025 through August 3, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Prom" - by Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin & Matthew Sklar - Theatre Of Northeastern Connecticut, Inc. at the Bradley Playhouse (Putnam, CT) - REVIEW

Performances: July 25, 2025 through August 9, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Once Upon a Mattress" - A Common Thread Theatre Company (Framingham, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: July 18, 2025 through July 27, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Evita" - by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice - Reagle Music Theatre (Waltham, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances:July 11, 2025 through July 20, 2025(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Wizard of Oz" - by L. Frank Baum, Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg - North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: July 8, 2025 through July 20, 2025(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Little Shop of Horrors" - by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman - Greater Boston Stage Company (Stoneham, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 29, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"At the Wedding" - by Bryna Turner - Studio Theatre Worcester (Worcester, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: June 20, 2025 through June 29, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" - Reagle Music Theatre (Waltham, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: June 13, 2025 through June 22, 2025(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" - by William Shakespeare - Theatre Of Northeastern Connecticut, Inc. at the Bradley Playhouse (Putnam, CT) - REVIEW

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 15, 2025(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Passengers" - The Seven Fingers - American Repertory Theater (Cambridge, MA.)

Performances: September 2, 2025 through September 26, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2b" - by Kate Hamill - Gloucester Stage Company (Gloucester, MA.)

Performances: September 4, 2025 through September 27, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Once" - by Edna Walsh, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová - The Majestic Theater (West Springfield, MA.)

Performances: September 4, 2025 through October 19, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Savannah Disputation" - by Evan Smith - Burlington Players (Burlington, MA.)

Performances: September 5, 2025 through September 20, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Mrs. Doubtfire" - by Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell - Emerson Colonial Theatre (Boston, MA.)

Performances: September 9, 2025 through September 21, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Silent Sky" - by Lauren Gunderson - Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA.)

Performances: September 11, 2025 through October 5, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Hills of California" - by Jez Butterworth - Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA.)

Performances: September 11, 2025 through October 12, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"My First Ex-Husband" - by Joy Behar - Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA.)

Performances: September 12, 2025 through September 28, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

Marivaux's "Triumph of Love" - by James Magruder, Jeffrey Stock and Susan Birkenhead - Arlington Friends of the Drama/AFD Theatre (Arlington, MA.)

Performances: September 12, 2025 through September 28, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

James Monroe Iglehart and Seth Rudetsky Live at the JMAC BrickBox - Broadway in Worcester (Worcester, MA.)

One night only! Date of Performance: September 12, 2025 at 7:30pm

"Primary Trust" - by Eboni Booth - SpeakEasy Stage Company (Boston, MA.)

Performances: September 12, 2025 through October 11, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Minutes" - by Tracy Letts - Studio Theatre Worcester (Worcester, MA.)

Performances: September 12, 2025 through September 21, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

“‘Twas the Night Before..." by Cirque du Soleil - Boch Center Wang Theatre (Boston, MA.)

Performances: November 26, 2025 through December 14, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern" welcomes JACK LEPIARZ (“Jacques Ze Whipper”) back to the Tavern in the role of “Mischief” for a limited run (Boston, MA.)

Limited Engagement ! Performances: October 3, 2025 through October 5, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Growth Spurt Tour" - Brad Williams performs at Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (Worcester, MA.)

One Night Only! August 23, 2025 at 7:30pm

Goldpine and Sam Robbins play Club Passim (Cambridge, MA.)

August 14, 2025 at 8:00pm

"The Cottage" - by Sandy Rustin - ACME Theater (Weston, MA.)

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 21, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Ride the Cyclone" - by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell - Theatre Company of Saugus (Saugus, MA.)

Performances: October 17, 2025 through October 26, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"A Radical Welcome" by the Boston Public Quartet returns to the Strand Theatre (Boston, MA.)

One Night Only! May 22, 2025 at 7:30pm

"Fun Home" - by Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron, and Alison Bechdel - Burlington Players (Burlington, MA.)

Performances: May 2, 2025 through May 17, 2025(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

Sarah Blacker returns to Club Passim April 26, 2025 (Cambridge, MA.)

One Night Only! April 26, 2025 at 8:00pm Doors open at 7:00pm

"Zombie Prom" - by John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe - StageWorks (Fitchburg, MA.)

Performances: June 6, 2025 through June 8, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Much Ado About Nothing" - by William Shakespeare - THT Rep at Hanover Theatre (Worcester, MA.)

Performances: April 10, 2025 through April 27, 2025(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"I Hate Hamlet" - by Paul Rudnick - Washington Street Players (Holliston, MA.)

Performances: May 2, 2025 through May 17, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Beehive: The 60's Musical" - by Larry Gallagher - Barnstable Comedy Club (Barnstable, MA.) - AUDITIONS

AUDITION DATES: August 24, 2025 from 4:00pm until 6:00pm August 25, 2025 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm Callbacks will be held (if needed) on August 27, 2025 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm

"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" - by Andrew Lloyd Webber - Theatre at the Mount (Gardner, MA.) - AUDITIONS

AUDITION DATES: Adults – September 3, 2025 at 7:00pm and September 4, 2025 at 7:00pm Children – September 2, 2025 at 6:00pm All auditions are by appointment only.

"Fiddler on the Roof" - by Joseph Stein, Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock - Calliope Productions (Boylston, MA.) - AUDITIONS

AUDITION DATES: September 7, 2025 from 2:00pm until 7:00pm September 9, 2025 from 7:00pm until 10:00pm (Auditions are by appointment only)

"Our Town" - by Thornton Wilder - Worcester Count Light Opera Company (Worcester, MA.) - AUDITIONS

AUDITION DATES: September 14, 2025 from 6:00pm (by appointment) September 16, 2025 from 7:00pm (by appointment) Callbacks (if needed) September 20, 2025 at 1:00p.m.

METRMag AUDITION LINK PORTAL

Dozens of individual links that will take you direct to the sites of many theatre companies in Massachusetts that may be holding auditions.

How to Place AUDITION Notices on METRMag

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Since 2007 Kevin has been correspondent for Worcester Telegram & Gazette, the Record, Auburn Times Magazine and Community Newspapers. Since 2011 he has been a major contributor of theatre reviews for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Kevin has over 35 years of theatre experience as writer, actor, producer and director.

From 2005 to 2008 he served as adjunct theatre professor at Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA. and has directed shows at Clark University, Bentley College and WPI.

For 20 years he ran the theatre company “K & K Productions, Inc.” in Worcester, MA.

For 12 years he directed the middle school musicals at West Boylston Middle High School. He has directed shows all over Massachusetts.

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