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Boston Ballet packs a lot into ‘Fall Experience’

There was much to appreciate Thursday in a program that ran just under 2½ hours at the Boston Opera House.

Again taking wing over Cambridge
Tony Kushner’s ‘Angels in America, Part 2′ gets a powerful production at Central Square Theater.

‘Fat Ham,’ at the Huntington, updates ‘Hamlet’
James Ijames’s Pulitzer-winning play turns Shakespeare’s tragedy upside down and gives it a vigorous shake.

Spiro Veloudos, larger-than-life force in Boston theater, dies at 71

The longtime producing artistic director of Lyric Stage Company played a central role in the rise of midsize theaters as a vital force in Boston.

STAGE REVIEW
‘The Full Monty’ takes a while to show what it’s got
The North Shore Music Theatre production about a group of unemployed men who put on a strip show to pay the bills doesn't click into place until the second act.

On Broadway, a season of first impressions and second chances
Stephen Sondheim's “Merrily We Roll Along” is among the most high-profile productions in what shapes up as a pretty varied Broadway season — one that will be shaped by revivals, reunions, and reimaginings, as well as new work.

THEATER
A father reckons with his grief by getting onstage and holding back nothing
"In the very beginning, I resisted my identity as the father of dead kids," says Colin Campbell, who'll be presenting his one-man show in Natick Oct. 3. "But then I embraced it."

Jad Abumrad talks teaming up with Ira Glass, the future of podcasting, and the dearth of ‘deep-dive journalism’
The "Radiolab” creator spoke ahead of his live appearance with Glass, host of "This American Life," at Emerson Colonial Theatre on Saturday.

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At Raising Voices fest, Taylor Mac will dig into ‘24-Decade History of Popular Music’

The documentary film about Mac's marathon performance will be screened at the Old South Meeting House Saturday night, followed by a talkback with the artist.

A murder, a marriage, a ghost, and some barbecue. ‘Fat Ham’ adds new flavors to ‘Hamlet.’

Playwright James Ijames's reimagining of Shakespeare began with this notion: “What if the characters sounded and looked like people that I grew up with?"

STAGE REVIEW

In ‘POTUS,’ seven stressed women and one clown for a president

Paula Plum, in her SpeakEasy directing debut, leans into the play’s inherent anarchy, letting it rip.

Story Pirates gets its ideas from kids, and then the fun begins

From its origins as an improv troupe that built performances around prompts from children in the audience, Story Pirates has branched into a PBS show, an an award-winning podcast, and now a national tour that arrives in Medford on Friday.

STAGE REVIEW

At Lyric Stage, Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ meets the moment

It’s not that director Courtney O’Connor gestures overtly in the direction of Jan. 6. She doesn’t. She wisely lets “Assassins” speak for itself.

Tennessee Williams’s explorations into fantasy and science fiction will lift off in Provincetown

Even though the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival has long distinguished itself for its deep dives into the playwright’s lesser-known works, this year's lineup is particularly out of this world.

STAGE REVIEW

In the Huntington’s ‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ antisemitism hits home, again

Joshua Harmon's multigenerational drama, wonderfully acted by an 11-member cast under the pitch-perfect direction of Loretta Greco, opens the fall season at the Huntington.

STAGE REVIEW

In ART’s ‘Half-God of Rainfall,’ a storm is brewing

Inua Ellams's play tells the tale of Demi, a half-Nigerian mortal, half-Greek god who achieves basketball superstardom. But the true subject of “The Half-God of Rainfall” is the history — and the present-day reality — of sexual violence against women.