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Directed and choreographed by Kevin P. Hill, Grease at North Shore Music Theatre serves up the nostalgic high school romance we all know (and can probably quote in our sleep). Boy meets girl over summer vacation, they fall for each other, and then discover they’re at the same school: cue leather jackets, poodle skirts, and
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Nilaja Sun’s No Child…, directed at Gloucester Stage by Pascale Florestal, drops us into Malcolm X High School in the Bronx, where a visiting teaching artist tries to wrangle a class of disinterested students into performing a play. Over the course of 75 minutes, we meet a janitor with a sharp sense of humor, teachers
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Directed by Steven Maler, CSC’s As You Like It transforms Boston Common into a forest buzzing with music, romance, and quick-footed comedy. The production is a lively mix of physical humor, sharp timing, and moments of tenderness, all while leaning into the joy and chaos of Shakespeare’s pastoral world. This staging keeps the energy high—sometimes