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Shining a Light on History: Liberty Talks at WHAT

September 20, 2024

She’s one of the most recognizable monuments anywhere, instantly identifiable, connected to vague words like freedom, liberty, independence. As American, one might say, as apple pie. Except that she’s not. The story behind the Statue of Liberty is...

Midcentury Modern: “Summer, 1976” at WHAT

August 14, 2024

Anything Daisy Walker directs is bound to be interesting, insightful, and often surprising; and Summer, 1976, now at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, absolutely doesn’t disappoint. We can all look back on our lives and see various relationships that...

Bite Me: “Westminster” Makes its Regional Début at the Harbor Stage Company

August 12, 2024

Some of the most interesting plays I’ve seen feature a character who never is present physically onstage but is intimated, felt, almost-perceived. That character often silently lends an air of foreboding to an otherwise ordinary situation. That’s...

Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Rosé: The Pirates of Penzance Kill it at Cape Rep Theater

August 1, 2024

Take a musical written to satirize society in 1880 Cornwall and transport it to 2024 Cape Cod—which is still in for its own share of satire—and you have Cape Rep Theater’s new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. And it is...

P-town, Inc. Theme Park and CEO Jay Critchley present “A River to the Sky: The Life of Water”

July 31, 2024

P-town, Inc. Theme Park and CEO Jay Critchley Present: “A River to the Sky: The Life of Water” An Experimental Narrative Performance by Innerworkings Theater’s Arvid Tomayko and Wyona Gene Tourmaline On tour from New Orleans/Pittsburgh, this...

Let’s Do The Time Warp Again! Rocky Horror Wows at the Provincetown Theater

July 21, 2024

Fifty years is a long time to stay edgy, but there’s nothing stodgy about Provincetown Theater’s new production of The Rocky Horror Show; in fact, it feels as fresh and absurdly funny—and possibly even more fun—as the first time any of us saw it. For...

Screen Name, Please: “Grindr Helpdesk: The Musical” at the Post Office Cabaret

July 16, 2024

Let’s start with the basics for those who don’t know: Grindr is an app used by gay men to connect. It’s not a dating app per se; it’s not about sharing your love of sunsets, or your appreciation of Proust, or your desire to someday visit Australia....

Bon Appétit! My Dinner with André: Harbor Stage Again Delivers Magic

July 15, 2024

The setting is French bistro: dark red wallpaper, ornate mirrors, not-too-bright sconces, and an intimate table for two. It could feel claustrophobic, using just this one small part of the stage; but it doesn’t—the ideas exchanged in the Harbor Stage...

It’s One Toke Over the Line at WHAT with Reefer Madness: The Musical

July 8, 2024

Before it became an iconic cult hit, Reefer Madness was a well-intentioned (and unintentionally hilarious) cautionary tale entitled Tell Your Children that had its début as a film in 1936. Or… sort-of well-intentioned. Re-examining it in 2024 with the...

Finding Your Way Home: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

July 6, 2024

It’s the lights you notice, first. Finding your seat in Fishermen Hall in Provincetown for Peregrine Theatre’s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, you immediately feel part of the set: bright stage lights are rotating, à la police-cruiser strobes,...