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Through puppetry, a vivid tale of migrant hardships

Paradox Teatro's "Migraciones / Migrations" is being presented Friday through Sunday at Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline.

Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s fusion of physicality and beauty is a feast for the eyes

At Jacob's Pillow, the company presents a program that illustrates, powerfully, Alonzo King's decades-long investigation into the flow between the physical and the metaphysical.

In ‘A Walk in the Woods,’ the fate of the world is on the table

Lee Blessing's play at Shakespeare & Company stars two actors — Jonathan Epstein and Allyn Burrows — at the top of their game as two envoys engaged in talks to curtail the threat of nuclear war.

In Gloucester Stage’s ‘Grand Horizons,’ a bombshell at the dinner table, fallout for a family

As a play, Bess Wohl’s “Grand Horizons” is no better than so-so. But as a vehicle for the invaluable duo of Paula Plum and Richard Snee? Well, that’s a different matter.

DANCE REVIEW
Ballet star Taylor Stanley explores new territory at Jacob’s Pillow
The principal dancer at New York City Ballet dances three compelling solos as part of “Dichotomous Being: An Evening of Taylor Stanley."

Dance
The new Boston Tap Party brings four days of fancy footwork to town
Deborah Mason Dudley picks up where the long-running Beantown Tap Fest left off.

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STAGES

Julianne Boyd is departing Barrington Stage to the strains of ‘A Little Night Music’

Boyd is retiring from the Pittsfield theater she co-founded — but first she has one last show to direct.

STAGE REVIEW

In ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ on Boston Common, wiles of a summer night

A festive spirit animates Megan Sandberg-Zakian’s staging of Shakespeare’s play.

Celia Keenan-Bolger’s summer: Nantucket, mixed with a little murder

The Tony Award-winning actress, who describes the island as "like no place I have ever been," is starring in "Dial 'M' for Murder" at tiny White Heron Theatre.

STAGE REVIEW

In Company One’s ‘can i touch it?,’ a battle over a neighborhood’s — and a family’s — identity

Trenchantly observed and sharply written, with strong performances across the board, Francisca Da Silveira’s play is grounded in the kind of human consequences that lie beneath, but are often obscured by, the powerful forces of development and finance.

Dance Review

Limón Dance finds a beautiful balance at Jacob’s Pillow

The program pairs timeless pieces by company cofounders José Limón and Doris Humphrey with a new work by Olivier Taparga.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

The Sondheim bandwagon is getting very, very crowded

Can there be such a thing as too much Sondheim? Multiple revivals of musicals from the late composer-lyricist raise that surprising question.

Theatrely’s stage reviews, news, and TikToks speak Gen Z’s language

A new media start-up run by two friends who went to school in Boston is making its mark on Broadway and beyond.

The compassionate, cockeyed comedy of Maria Bamford

Bamford’s struggles with mental health make up much of her act, which has gained her a loyal following among comedy fans and fellow comedians.