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LATEST REVIEWS SCHEDULE A REVIEW

"Noises Off" - by Michael Frayn - Lyric Stage Company (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: November 15, 2024 through December 22, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Galileo's Daughter" - by Jessica Dickey - Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: November 14, 2024 through December 8, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Kodachrome" - by Adam Szymkowicz - Burlington Players (Burlington, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: November 8, 2024 through November 23, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"How I Learned to Drive" - by Paula Vogel - Concord Players (Concord, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: November 8, 2024 through November 23, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations" - Hanover Theatre (Worcester, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: November 8, 2024 through November 10, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Sojourners" - by Mfoniso Udofia - Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: October 31, 2024 through December 1, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Dinner for One" - by Christina Baldwin, Sun Mee Chomet, and Jim Lichtscheidl - Greater Boston Stage Company (Stoneham, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: November 1, 2024 through November 17, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Titanic the Musical" - by Maury Yeston and Peter Stone - North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: October 29, 2024 through November 10, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Blithe Spirit" - by Noël Coward - Pasture Prime Players (Charlton, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: October 25, 2024 through November 3, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"[title of show]" - by Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen - Nashoba Players (Westford, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: October 25, 2024 through November 2, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Play On!" - by Rick Abbot - Cannon Theatre (Devens, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: October 25, 2024 through November 9, 2024 (Contact Venue for Exact Dates and Times)

"A Moon for the Misbegotten" - by Eugene O'Neill - Majestic Theater (West Springfield, MA.) - REVIEW

Performances: October 24, 2024 through December 1, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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

Exhibition Dates: October 17, 2024 through May 15, 2025 (Contact Venue for Exact Dates and Times)

"A Moon for the Misbegotten" - by Eugene O'Neill - Majestic Theatre (West Springfield, MA.)

Performances: October 24, 2024 through December 1, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Sojourners" - by Mfoniso Udofia - Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA.)

Performances: October 31, 2024 through December 1, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"How I Learned to Drive" - by Paula Vogel - Concord Players (Concord, MA.)

Performances: November 8, 2024 through November 23, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Kodachrome" - by Adam Szymkowicz - Burlington Players (Burlington, MA.)

Performances: November 8, 2024 through November 23, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Tartuffe" - by Molière - Hub Theatre Company (Boston, MA.)

Performances: November 9, 2024 through November 24, 2024 (Contact Venue for Exact Dates and Times)

"Did You Eat?" - by Zoë Kim - Boston Center for the Arts (Boston, MA.)

Performances: November 11, 2024 through November 30, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Noises Off!" - by Michael Frayn - Lyric Stage Company (Boston, MA.)

Performances: November 15, 2024 through December 22, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Galileo's Daughter" - by Jessica Dickey - Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA.)

Performances: November 14, 2024 through December 8, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Emma" - by Kate Hamill - Actors' Shakespeare Project (Cambridge, MA.)

Performances: November14, 2024 through December 15, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill - Belmont Dramatic Club (Belmont, MA.)

Performances: November 16, 2024 through November 24, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Thanksgiving Play" - by Larissa FastHorse - Moonbox Productions (Cambridge, MA.)

Performances: November 21, 2024 through December 15, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

METRMAG Spotlight On: Judy Collins bringing her "Holidays & Hits Tour" to the Hanover Theatre (Worcester, MA.)

One Night Only! December 3, 2024 at 7:30pm

METRMAG Spotlight On: Cedric Jamaal Greene of "AIN'T TOO PROUD" at the Hanover Theatre (Worcester, MA.)

Performances: November 8, 2024 through November 10, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" - by Rupert Holmes - StageWorks (Fitchburg, MA.)

Performances: January 24, 2025 through January 26, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Riverdance" Returns to the Boch Center Wang Theatre for its 30th Anniversary Celebration

Performances: April 8, 2025 through April 13, 2025 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"On the Eve of Abolition" - by Papel Machete - ArtsEmerson at the Emerson Paramount Center (Boston, MA.)

Performances: October 31, 2024 through November 3, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

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

Exhibition Dates: October 17, 2024 through May 15, 2025 (Contact Venue for Exact Dates and Times)

Weird Al Yankovic in the “Bigger & Weirder 2025 Tour" - Boch Center Wang Theatre (Boston, MA.)

One Night Only! July 15, 2025 at 8:00pm

"Did You Eat?" - by Zoë Kim - Boston Center for the Arts (Boston, MA.)

Performances: November 11, 2024 through November 30, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"One Slight Hitch" - by Lewis Black - Wilbraham United Players (Wilbraham, MA.)

Performances: November 8, 2024 through November 17, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Kodachrome" - by Adam Szymkowicz - Burlington Players (Burlington, MA.)

Performances: November 8, 2024 through November 23, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"MANIA - The ABBA Tribute" - Returns to the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (Worcester, MA.)

One Night Only! October 25, 2024 at 7:30pm

"Baby Jane" - based on the novel by Henry Farrell - The Company Theatre (Norwell, MA.)

Performances: October 11, 2024 through October 27, 2024 (Contact Box Office for Exact Times)

"Good People" - by David Lindsay-Abaire - Worcester County Light Opera Company (Worcester, MA.) - AUDITIONS

Audition Dates: November 3, 2024 at 2:00pm (By Appointment) November 4, 2024 at 6:30pm (By Appointment) Callbacks (If Needed) November 9, 2024 at 11:00am

"On Golden Pond" - by Ernest Thompson - Easthampton Theater Company (Easthampton, MA.) - AUDITIONS

Audition Dates: November 12 & 13, 2024 (By Appointment Only) CALLBACKS: November 20, 2024 (If Necessary)

"Plaza Suite" - by Neil Simon - Gateway Players (Southbridge, MA.) - AUDITIONS

Audition Dates: December 1, 2024 at 7:00pm December 3, 2024 at 7:00pm

"Into the Woods" - by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim - Theatre at the Mount (Gardner, MA.) - AUDITIONS

AUDITION DATES: December 2, 2024 at 7:00pm December 3, 2024 at 7:00pm All auditions are by appointment only. Callbacks to be scheduled as needed.

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

Balefire Productions
Gallery Z 167 Market Street Lowell, MA 01852
http://www.balefireproductions.org
Barre Players
Barre, MA.
http://www.barreplayerstheater.com/
Bradley Playhouse, aka Theatre of Northeastern Connecticut (TNECT)
Putnam, CT.
https://www.thebradleyplayhouse.org/
Braid Productions
Whitinsville, MA.
https://www.braidproductions.com/
Calliope Productions
Boylston, MA.
https://www.calliopeproductions.org/
The Cannon Theatre
28 Andrews Parkway Devens, MA 978-448-2108 scannon@thecannontheatre.org
https://www.thecannontheatre.org/
City on a Hill Arts
HELPING TO BRING THE ARTS TO NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
http://www.cityonahillarts.org/
A Common Thread Theatre Company
Framingham, MA.
https://www.acommonthreadtheatre.org/
Exit 7 Players
Ludlow, MA.
http://www.exit7players.org/
Forge Theater Lab
Fitchburg, MA.
https://www.theforgetheaterlab.org/
4th Wall Stage Company
4th Wall Stage Company PO Box 20034, Worcester MA 01602 E-Mail: Barbara@4thwallstagecompany.org
https://www.4thwallstagecompany.org/
Gateway Players
Southbridge, MA.
http://www.gatewayplayers.org/
Gilbert Players
Hardwick, MA.
http://www.thecenterateaglehill.org/gilbert-players
Greater Worcester Opera
GWO produces mainstage opera, concerts, touring opera for students, and a variety of other musical events utilizing the talents of the area's finest professionally trained singers and musicians.
https://www.greaterworcesteropera.org/
The Hovey Players
9 Spring Street Waltham, Ma 02454 reservations@hoveyplayers.com
https://www.hoveyplayers.com/
Music Worcester
319 Main Street | Mechanics Hall Worcester, MA 01608-1511
https://www.musicworcester.org/
New Players Theatre Guild
Fitchburg, MA.
http://www.nptg.org
Pasture Prime Players
Charlton, MA.
http://www.pastureprime.org/
Pilgrim Soul Productions
Whitinsville/Shrewsbury, MA.
https://pilgrimsoulproductions.com/
Reagle Music Theatre
Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, Inc. 617 Lexington Street Waltham, MA 02452
https://www.reaglemusictheatre.org/
Square One Players
Shrewsbury, MA.
http://www.squareoneplayers.com
StageWorks Arts
Fitchburg, MA.
http://www.stageworksarts.org
Sterling Community Theatre
Sterling, MA.
https://www.sterlingtheatre.com/
Stratton Players
Fitchburg, MA.
https://www.strattonplayers.com/
Studio Theatre Worcester
Worcester, MA.
https://www.studiotheatreworcester.org/
www.sullivanrep.com
Sullivan Rep
http://www.sullivanrep.com
Theatre at the Mount
MWCC, Gardner, MA.
https://mwcc.edu/campus-life/tam/
Theatre III Acton
Acton, MA.
http://www.theatreiii.org/october-california-suite.html
Valley Light Opera
Amherst, MA.
https://www.vlo.org/
Vanilla Box Productions
Worcester, MA.
https://www.vanillaboxproductions.com/
Walpole Footlighters
Playhouse: 2 Scout Road, East Walpole, MA. 02032 Mail: P.O. Box # 189, Walpole, MA. 02081 Box Office # 508-668-8446 boxoffice@footlighters.com
https://www.footlighters.com/
Weston Friendly Society
Weston, MA.
https://www.westonfriendly.org/
Worcester County Light Opera Company WCLOC
Worcester, MA.
https://www.wcloc.org/
Yorick Ensemble
Independent theatre company with a focus on building community through intimate productions.
https://www.yorickensemble.com/
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