Actor Shakespeare News Today

Jay Eddy, a recent graduate of Boston University’s MFA in Playwriting program, is a fiercely compelling performer. And “Driving in Circles” is a remarkable achievement.

Jennifer Rohn and Dennis Trainor Jr. excel in Paula Vogel’s memory play, directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue at Actors’ Shakespeare Project.

Gloucester Stage Company has announced the world premiere of TALL TALES FROM BLACKBURN TAVERN, written by John Minigan and directed by Bryn Boice. The production will open on Friday, September 1, and run through September 24 at Gloucester Stage Company's historic waterfront theater.

Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair delves into Patti Hartigan's eye-opening account of the playwright's life and work.

It could be a big year for BU at the 2023 Elliot Norton Awards, Boston’s answer to the Tonys. The ceremony is May 8.

Veteran Boston actor Bobbie Steinbach will receive the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence at the 40th annual Elliot Norton Awards, presented by the Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA) on May 8 at the Huntington Theatre.

And more arts and culture news from in and around Boston.

Plus the Doggone Halloween Parade and a production of “Let the Right One In.”

The School of Theatre celebrates Halloween with Let the Right One In, a dark Scandinavian vampire tale, in a coproduction with Actors’ Shakespeare Project, on stage at the Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre through November 6.