WHAT'S NEW AT A GLANCE . . .

The summer season continues at Reagle Music Theatre with Meredith Wilson's "The Music Man." Scott Wahle (left) stars as Professor Harold Hill. R. J. Donovan says the evening will put a smile on your face. Read his full review here.

The fall season at Lyric Stage Company of Boston will include the latest from Theresa Rebeck, a Marx Brothers romp, a comical spelling bee, an epic from Charles Dickens and more. Check out the full season here.

Revels has scheduled their 7th Annual RiverSing for Sunday, September 19. The community sing will involve local Boston choruses, solo artists, jazz legend Stan Strickland and several thousand singers -- including you. For information about the schedule of events, click here.

New Exhibition Room opens its second season with the world premiere of "Candyland," a comedic journey of a woman searching for work and identity in an economic holocaust. The comedy by Dawn M. Simmons is at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre from July 29 - August 14. Read more here.

Broadway Across America - Boston has announced that the electrifying Latin and ballroom dance spectacular "Burn The Floor" has been added to their 2011 schedule. Performances at The Colonial Theatre will run March 8 – 13. Five stars from TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance” will be featured. See if your favorite made the list here.

Master sleuth Sherlock Holmes and trusty sidekick Dr. Watson will unlock the mystery of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" through August 22 at Central Square Theater. The over-the-top spoof of the classic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel features Remo Airaldi, Bill Mootos and Trent Mills. For more details, click here.

Gabriel Kuttner (at left) stars in "Fully Committed" as an out-of-work actor who pays the bills with a nightmare job -- taking reservations for a trendy Manhattan restaurant. Performances at the amphitheater at Christian Herter Park run through August 15. Click here for more.

A "proboscisly" challenged poet uses his mastery of words to win a fair lady when Apollinaire Theatre Company presents Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" through July 31 on the Chelsea Waterfront. Apollinaire is celebrating its eighth season offering New England's only bilingual free summer theater in the park. Click here for details.

Camp Broadway, Broadway’s Original Summer Camp, is offering three five-day musical theater camps for youngsters at North Shore Music Theatre in July and August.   Participants will learn songs, scenes and choreography from Broadway shows, culminating in a musical revue for family and friends. Find out how to sign up here.

Tickets for this December's return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical "Jersey Boys" are now on sale. Based on the careers of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, the show includes such hits as "Rag Doll," "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Walk Like A Man," and more. Get all the details here.

The Fall season at the Huntington Theatre will include two world premieres, the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize, a revival of a beloved Willy Russell comedy, a William Inge classic, England's renowned Propeller Theatre Company presenting Shakespeare in repertory, plus more. See the full season schedule here.

The inaugural season of international theater from ArtsEmerson: The World on Stage will include everything from F. Murray Abraham in "The Merchant of Venice" to the World Premiere of "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later," the Boston premiere of "Fraulein Maria," the return to town of Elevator Repair Service, visits from The Abbey Theatre, the French-Canadian contemporary circus company Les 7 doigts de la Main, Italy's Compagnia TPO, the Druid Theatre, and a new play from the perspective of Rose Kennedy. Read all about it here.

Boston audiences will be in for a tasty treat this summer when Boston Midsummer Opera serves up a two-course evening featuring Leonard Bernstein’s bittersweet classic "Trouble in Tahiti" along with Lee Hoiby’s "Bon Appétit!" starring Tony Award winner Judy Kaye (at left) as Julia Child. Click here for details.

The 2010-2011 season at Merrimack Rep is set to include one world premiere, two East Coast premieres and three regional premieres. Take a look at the full seven show line-up here.

The always creative Cirque du Soleil returns to Boston to present its latest spectacular -- "OVO." With a cast of more than 54 artists from 16 countries, the colorful celebration of bugs and insects runs through August 22 on Fan Pier at Boston's New Waterfront. Click here for all the details.

Brooke Adams, Cherry Jones, Tony Shalhoub and Karen MacDonald (at left) were all in the house as the 2010 Elliot Norton Awards were presented at Boston's newly restored Paramount Theatre. In addition to the honors that went to Shalhoub, Adams and MacDonald, big winners of the night were the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of "Adding Machine: A Musical" and the Elevator Repair Service production of "Gatz." Read all about the ceremonies and the winners here.

A cast and crew of nearly 100 will make teddy bears dance, wooden soldiers march and reindeer fly as Santa and his elves prepare for the biggest night of the year in "The Radio City Christmas Spectacular," starring the Radio City Rockettes. The popular holiday production returns to The Wang Theatre after an absence of four years. Performances are set for December 3 - 29, and tickets are on sale now. Tap here for details.

For its 2010-2011 season, Central Square Theater will feature a new musical, a Haitian folk tale, a trilogy about the Israel-Palestine conflict, and a classic by Eugene O’Neill. Click here to find out more.

"Boston Marriage," "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune," "The Last Five Years," and "Passing Strange" are all part of the fall season at New Repertory Theatre in Watertown. For all the details, click here.

The 2010-2011 Season from Broadway Across America-Boston will include "Rock of Ages," "Mary Poppins," "Hair, "West Side Story" and the return of "Jersey Boys" and "Wicked." Click here for all the details.

PAST REVIEWS . . .

North Shore Music Theatre kicked off it's new season with the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents musical "Gypsy," chronicling the career of burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee. Vicki Lewis (at left) starred as Madame Rose, theultimate stage mother. Read R. J. Donovan's review here.

Mary Callanan (at left) starred in the one-woman musical, "Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas" at New Repertory Theatre. With a bawdy sense of humor, the gutsy Tucker had a career that spanned from vaudeville to television. R. J. Donovan said the show could have benefited from more of a biographical focus. Read his review, click here.

Reagle Players -- now with a new name -- Reagle Music Theatre -- kicked off their trio of summer shows with the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine fairy tale musical "Into The Woods." R. J. Donovan said it was a heartfelt production, delivered by a bright and talented cast. Read his review here.

SpeakEasy Stage finished off its season with a silly and sassy production of "The Great American Trailer Park Musical." R. J. Donovan said it was polished and joyfully irreverent. Read his review here.

A dotty medium conjured up a ghost with an agenda and then couldn't shake her in Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" at Lyric Stage. The comedy featured such Boston favorites as Richard Snee, Paula Plum and Kathy St. George. R. J. Donovan said the production was entertaining vs. dazzling. Read his review here.

"August: Osage County" completed its national tour with an engagement at The Colonial Theatre, and Boston audiences were richer for having witnessedan exceptional night of theater. The brutal story of a dysfunctional family in crisis starred Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons (left). Read R. J. Donovan's review here.

The lights in the castle were burning ominously when Mel Brook's "Young Frankenstein" brought its musical mayhem to The Opera House. R. J. Donovan said the show offered silly fun with a winning performance from Broadway's Roger Bart. Read his review here.

"Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" starred Jacqui Parker (at left) as the unforgettable Billie Holiday in a recreation of one of the jazz legend's final club dates. Read R. J. Donovan's review of the Lyric Stage production here.

R. J. Donovan said Brendan McNab (at left) was outstanding as Mr. Zero in "Adding Machine: The Musical." The unusual musical adaptation of the classic Elmer Rice play was presented by SpeakEasy Stage. Read the full review here.

A dysfunctional family get-together held more sparks than anyone expected in "Stick Fly," from the Huntington Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion. Read R. J. Donovan's review of the taut comedy here.

"[title of show]" at SpeakEasy Stage Company was all about two guys writing a Broadway musical about two guys writing a Broadway musical. R. J. Donovan called the autobiographical effort from Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell sharp and witty. Click here to read his full review.

Among the highlights of the Huntington Theatre's production of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" were the exceptional performances by Will Lyman and Karen MacDonald (at left). Read R. J. Donovan's review of the classic tale of lies and consequences here.

R. J. Donovan said "In The Heights," winner of the 2008 Tony Award as Best Musical, was a jubilant celebration of home, brimming with heart. Read his full review here.

"A Civil War Christmas" offered a Christmas Eve inhabited by everyone from Abraham Lincoln to Clara Barton. R. J. Donovan said the ambitious production at the Huntington was a rich tapestry that could have used some editing. Read his review here.

Grammy Award-winning Maureen McGovern tracked her life and her country over the past six decades through the music of Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Paul Simon, The Beatles, Bob Dylan and others in "A Long and Winding Road." R. J. Donovan said McGovern connected with her audience at The Calderwood Pavilion, but that the evening could have benefited from a dose of less-is-more. Read his review here.

Nancy E. Carroll and Paula Plum (at left) starred as two Catholic sisters enduring a crisis of faith in the SpeakEasy Stage production of "The Savannah Disputation." R. J. Donovan said the comedy was thoroughly engaging. Read his full review here.

Plus There's Lots More . . .

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