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"Carousel" - by Rodgers & Hammerstein - Boston Lyric Opera (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

"Carousel" - by Rodgers & Hammerstein - Boston Lyric Opera (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances:​April 4, 2025 through April 13, 2025​(Contact Box Office for Exact Time)

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"Come From Away" - by Irene Sankoff and David Hein - Hanover Theatre (Worcester, MA.) - REVIEW

"Come From Away" - by Irene Sankoff and David Hein - Hanover Theatre (Worcester, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: April 11, 2025 through April 13, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"The Great Reveal" - by David Valdes - Lyric Stage Company (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

"The Great Reveal" - by David Valdes - Lyric Stage Company (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

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

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"CLUE: Live on Stage" - Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (Worcester, MA.) - REVIEW

"CLUE: Live on Stage" - Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (Worcester, MA.) - REVIEW

​Performances: ​April 4, 2025 through April 6, 2025 ​(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"The Play That Goes Wrong" - by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields - Greater Boston Stage Company (Stoneham, MA.) - REVIEW

"The Play That Goes Wrong" - by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields - Greater Boston Stage Company (Stoneham, MA.) - REVIEW

​Performances: ​March 28, 2025 through April 19, 2025 ​(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"Don Quixote de la Center" - by David Bareford - Quannapowitt Players (Reading, MA.) - REVIEW

"Don Quixote de la Center" - by David Bareford - Quannapowitt Players (Reading, MA.) - REVIEW

​Performances: ​​March 21, 2025 through April 5, 2025 ​(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"Moon Over Buffalo" - by Ken Ludwig - Square One Players (Shrewsbury, MA.) - REVIEW

"Moon Over Buffalo" - by Ken Ludwig - Square One Players (Shrewsbury, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: ​March 22, 2025 through March 30, 2025 ​(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"Enchanted April" - by Matthew Barber - Cannon Theatre (Devens, MA.) - REVIEW

"Enchanted April" - by Matthew Barber - Cannon Theatre (Devens, MA.) - REVIEW

​Performances: ​March 21, 2025 through April 6, 2025 ​(Contact Venue for Exact Dates and Times)

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"The Addams Family" - by Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice - Boch Center Wang Theatre (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

"The Addams Family" - by Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice - Boch Center Wang Theatre (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

​Performances: ​March 21, 2025 through March 24, 2025 ​(Contact Venue for Exact Times)

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"The Cemetery Club" - by Ivan Menchell - Calliope Productions (Boylston, MA.) - REVIEW

"The Cemetery Club" - by Ivan Menchell - Calliope Productions (Boylston, MA.) - REVIEW

​Performances: ​March 20, 2025 through March 30, 2025 ​(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"The Triumph of Love" - by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux - Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

"The Triumph of Love" - by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux - Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

​Performances: ​March 7, 2025 through April 6, 2025 ​(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"Harry Potter: The Exhibition" - CambridgeSide (Cambridge, MA.)

"Harry Potter: The Exhibition" - CambridgeSide (Cambridge, MA.)

Exhibition Dates: NOW through April 27, 2025 ​(Contact Venue for Exact Dates and Times)

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"TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION” - Saunders Castle at Park Plaza (Boston, MA.)

"TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION” - Saunders Castle at Park Plaza (Boston, MA.)

Exhibition Dates: NOW through May 26, 2025 ​(Contact Venue for Exact Dates and Times)

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"Don't Eat the Mangos" - by Ricardo Pérez González - Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA.)

"Don't Eat the Mangos" - by Ricardo Pérez González - Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA.)

Performances: March 26, 2025 through April 27, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"The Great Reveal" - by David Valdes - Lyric Stage Company (Boston, MA.)

"The Great Reveal" - by David Valdes - Lyric Stage Company (Boston, MA.)

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

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

"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)

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"Crowns" - by Regina Taylor - Moonbox Productions (Cambridge, MA.)

"Crowns" - by Regina Taylor - Moonbox Productions (Cambridge, MA.)

Performances: April 11, 2025 through May 4, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" - by William Shakespeare - Actors' Shakespeare Project (Watertown, MA.)

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" - by William Shakespeare - Actors' Shakespeare Project (Watertown, MA.)

Performances: April 11, 2025 through May 4, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"Waitress" - by Jessie Nelson and Sara Bareilles - Majestic Theater (West Springfield, MA.)

"Waitress" - by Jessie Nelson and Sara Bareilles - Majestic Theater (West Springfield, MA.)

Performances: April 17, 2025 through June 1, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"The Squirrels" - by Robert Askins - Apollinaire Theatre Company (Chelsea, MA.)

"The Squirrels" - by Robert Askins - Apollinaire Theatre Company (Chelsea, MA.)

​Performances: ​April 18, 2025 through May 18, 2025 ​(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"The Spitfire Grill" - by Fred Alley and James Valcq - Umbrella Arts Center (Concord, MA.)

"The Spitfire Grill" - by Fred Alley and James Valcq - Umbrella Arts Center (Concord, MA.)

Performances: April 25, 2025 through May 18, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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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

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"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)

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"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)

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"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)

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"Lucky Stiff" - by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens - Theatre III (Acton, MA.)

Performances: May 3, 2025 through May 11, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" - Emerson Colonial Theatre (Boston, MA.)

​Performances: November 9, 2025 through December 20, 2025​(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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Steve Martin and Martin Short bring their show "Dukes of Funnytown!" to the Boch Center Wang Theatre (Boston, MA.)

​Performances: November 7, 2025 through November 8, 2025​(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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Disney's "The Little Mermaid" - Doug Wright, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater - Sterling Community Theatre (Sterling, MA.) - AUDITIONS

Disney's "The Little Mermaid" - Doug Wright, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater - Sterling Community Theatre (Sterling, MA.) - AUDITIONS

AUDITION DATES: June 8, 2025 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm June 9, 2025 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm By appointment only! Please register for your audition time slot Callbacks June 11, 2025 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm

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METRMag AUDITION LINK PORTAL

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.

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FEATURED STORIES and REVIEWS will remain on the METRMag site until such time as they may be required to be archived. 

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However, if you do have an event that is only one weekend and yet still want a review, METRMag will be happy to see if we can schedule in a review.

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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.

Also a published playwright, Kevin's extensive catalog of plays is available at either www.millboroughstories.com or at 
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