Tragedy and Comedy in New England

New England theatergoers used to have the reputation of “sitting on their hands” or being reserved in their expression of appreciation for a...

Upcoming plays for February-March 2010: At the Majestic Theater in West Springfield, Mass. the historical drama about the confrontation b...

The Nelson Theatre of Springfield, built in 1909, the heyday of vaudeville, was a thriving house in a city with a thriving entertainment ind...

We recently received a question from Herb about the Tremont Theatre in Boston. Above is a photo Herb sent which he reckoned at being from a...

Ada Dyas, comedienne, must have taken the train from Norwalk, Connecticut to reach her stage work in New York. This ad in the Byrnes’ Dramat...

“Death of Salesman” by Arthur Miller was a Broadway hit of 1949. Two years later in November 1950 its Broadway run ended. A few months lat...

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