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Screen shot of Seth Rudetsky in "The Seth Concert Series."

Theater without theater

Seth Rudetsky’s concert-and-conversation series, YouTube videos of “Kinky Boots’' and “Hairspray,’' other online performances help to fill the void.

Huntington Theatre announces a full 2021-22 season of indoor productions

The Huntington will resume indoor performances in late August, months earlier than other high-profile presenters like Broadway in Boston and the Boch Center.

ART’s Diane Borger is stepping down

Diane Borger, the co-leader of Cambridge’s American Repertory Theater for more than a decade, will step down at the end of June. Borger will return to England, where she’d spent much of her career.

‘Hype Man’ returns, this time online, and it’s even more compelling

In Idris Goodwin’s searing drama, fissures open up in a hip-hop trio after a police shooting of an unarmed Black youth.

Erica Rhodes recorded her special, "La Vie en Rhodes," at a drive-in show in the parking lot of the Rose Bowl.
Erica Rhodes gets her laughs at the drive-in
A pandemic forced a change of plans for the Newton native's first comedy special.

Neil Diamond leads the crowd in "Sweet Caroline" at Fenway Park in 2013. The singer recalled that day and his ties to Boston in a statement about "A Beautiful Noise," a musical about his life that will premiere at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in 2022.
Neil Diamond musical will have a pre-Broadway premiere at the Colonial in 2022
“A Beautiful Noise” will chronicle his life and career, with a score built on his own songs.

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The renowned Shakespeare & Company theater group in Massachusetts plans to resume live, in-person performances this summer with a production of “King Lear,” starring Christopher Lloyd (pictured). The organization said in a statement this week that “King Lear” will run July 2 through Aug. 29.

Shakespeare & Company to resume live, in-person performances this summer

The renowned Shakespeare & Company theater group in Lenox plans to resume live, in-person performances this summer with a production of “King Lear” starring Christopher Lloyd.

To develop the script for “Young Nerds of Color,” playwright Melinda Lopez culled material from more than 60 interviews with scientists and science students of color.

From the lived experiences of scientists, Melinda Lopez crafts ‘Young Nerds of Color’

The playwright's work-in-progress will highlight Central Square Theater's monthlong Brit d’Arbeloff Women & Science Theater Festival.

Bevin O'Gara and son Henry Michael Dunn.

Bevin O’Gara is named interim artistic director at New Rep

Her appointment adds to the growing ranks of women theater leaders.

COMFORT ZONE
Jason Adam Katzenstein, cartoonist for The New Yorker and author of “Everything Is An Emergency,” is part of the lineup for The Jar's April Fools’ Day virtual event, which will also include stand-up comics Tehran, Kellye Jue, Dewayne Perkins, and Francesca Fiorentini.

On April Fools’ Day, The Jar will keep it light

With a focus on conversation and community building that revolves around culture, the group will be taking a moment to celebrate foolishness.

A scene from the Broadway production of "Hadestown," the 2019 Tony Award winner for best musical.

Broadway In Boston plans a November return to the Opera House; season opens with ‘Hadestown’

The announcement of its 2021-22 season amounts to a bet that a full return to live, indoor performances will be possible in Boston by late fall.

Faith Soloway

With ‘Banned in Boston,’ Urban Improv keeps the Faith with Stephen Colbert

Faith Soloway is writing the script and score for this year's revue, which will benefit an organization close to her heart.

TELEVISION
The new PBS documentary "American Masters: Twyla Moves" looks at the long career of choreographer Twyla Tharp as she approaches her 80th birthday.

New PBS documentary illuminates choreographer Twyla Tharp’s expansive, trailblazing career

As Tharp approaches her 80th birthday, "American Masters: Twyla Moves" traces the development of her distinctive style.

DANCE REVIEW
Boston Ballet's Soo Bin Lee as Odette.

With delightful studio performances, Boston Ballet celebrates the classical art form

The program includes 16 selections spanning a century of ballet, followed by excerpts from Mikko Nissinen's 'Swan Lake'