Best of Boston
Best Theater, Fringe
2011 Best Theater
American Repertory Theatre
Cambridge
The A.R.T. has added major buzz to its stages, from Amanda Palmer's work in Cabaret to a punk musical about Prometheus. Artistic director Diane Paulus [...] read more»
2011 Best Theater, Production
Petrushka at ArtsEmerson
Boston
Master puppeteer Basil Twist's adaptation of Stravinsky's ballet about a tragic love triangle among a clown, a ballerina, and a Moor managed to convey humanity [...] read more»
2007 Best Theater, Alternative
Jimmy Tingle’s Off-Broadway
Somerville
A mediocre alternative theater is content to stage Brecht rip-offs and plumb the depths of existential mime. A great alternative theater like Jimmy Tingle's Off-Broadway [...] read more»
2007 Best Theater, Traditional
Boston Opera House
Boston
Attending a show here is not unlike sitting inside a gigantic inverted wedding cake. Three years after a painstaking $30 million restoration, the Opera House [...] read more»
2006 Best Theater, Berkshires
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown
Long lauded as one of the country's best summer stages, the Williamstown Theatre Festival attracts rapt audiences and first-class talent; past performers include Gwyneth Paltrow [...] read more»
2005 Best Theater, Mainstream
The Opera House
Boston
Since it reopened with The Lion King last year, the restored Opera House hasn't drawn the most inspiring of productions. But it does look great. [...] read more»
2005 Best Theater, Alternative, Berkshires
Barrington Stage Company
Sheffield
Once in a blue moon, a regional theater becomes a Broadway darling. That time is now for the Barrington Stage Company, whose 25th Annual Putnam [...] read more»
2005 Best Theater, Mainstream, Berkshires
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown
The quaint hamlet of Williamstown is where celebrities go to play; Oscar winners Gwyneth Paltrow and Marisa Tomei have graced the summer theater's stage, for [...] read more»
2005 Best Theater, Alternative
Zero Arrow Theatre
Cambridge
This Harvard Square spot was designed for experimentation, and that's exactly what the American Repertory Theatre is doing with its flexible, intimate new venue. The [...] read more»
2004 Best Theater, Cape Cod
Provincetown Theater
Provincetown
Considered influential by everyone from Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill to Richard Gere, and known as nothing less than the birthplace of American drama, Provincetown [...] read more»