Jeffrey Borak

"Next to Normal" officially opens on Barrington Stage Company’s Boyd-Quinson Stage, on Saturday, Aug. 17 after a series of previews that begin Wednesday, Aug. 14. The show is scheduled to

From left to right, Hero Marguerite, Abuzar Farrukh and Meghan Maureen McDonough in Chester Theatre Company's production of "Big Big Sky."

From left, Leyla Modirzadeh, Andre G. Brown and Margo Whitcomb in a scene from "Griswold" at Bridge Street Theatre.

This work of physical theater is less about political or social messaging than it is about theater as an active exercise that celebrates the virtually unbound capacities of the human

An enhanced staged reading of "The Winter's Tale" will have a brief run — Wednesday, Aug. 21 through Sunday, Aug. 25 — at Shakespeare & Company’s Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre.

Natalie Joy Johnson, as Diana, Adante Carter as Gabe (back center) and Joseph Morales as Dr. Madden in a scene from Barrington Stage Company's "Next to Normal."

Director John Saunders’ staging and Mandy Modic’s choreography are executed with style and verve by an immensely likable, thoroughly accomplished ensemble.

It’s another world premiere in a season that has seen a regional premiere with“Flight of the Monarch” and one other world premiere — “The Islanders”.

Dressed in a white hoodie, white sweatpants, white sweat socks and white shoes, Carl Holder selects a card from a small basket that contains 50 index cards. He then performs whatever the card says as part of "Out of Order."

World premiere of "True Art" runs through Sept. 7 at Dorset Theatre Festival.