North of Boston

Barry Goudreau’s ENGINE ROOM Benefiting the Beverly Rotary Club
2025-03-29 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | North Shore Music Theatre, Dunham Road 54, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Former “Boston” guitarist and his group the “Engine Room” will be providing music from the group “Boston,” popular rock covers and some of the group’s new music. Once you hear them you will connect and feel the music! They have a following of fans all over New England.

JAKE RYAN FLYNN: BEING ALIVE Benefiting Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District Theater: Ferrini Dramatic Arts Center
2025-04-01 18:30 - 20:30 | North Shore Music Theatre, Dunham Road 54, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Hamilton Wenham’s Broadway veteran performer JAKE RYAN FLYNN takes center stage in Being Alive, his debut one-man show brimming with humor, heart, and the raw honesty of growing up in the spotlight. With riveting, vulnerable, and soul-stirring music, Being Alive is a heartfelt farewell before he takes flight into the world—one final encore for the places, spaces, and community that shaped him. Don’t miss this unforgettable night of music, laughter, and reflection.

DARK DESERT EAGLES The Ultimate Eagles Tribute Band
2025-04-04 20:00 - 22:00 | North Shore Music Theatre, Dunham Road 54, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
With 5 number #2 singles, 5 Grammy Awards, 5 American Music Awards and 6 #1 albums, The Eagles are one of the best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 150 million records. DARK DESERT EAGLES stunningly re-creates the amazing musicianship, soaring vocal harmonies and timeless repertoire of The Eagles.

THE FOOLS & FORTUNE
2025-04-05 20:00 - 22:00 | North Shore Music Theatre, Dunham Road 54, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
THE FOOLS – Their 2025 APRIL FOOLS SHOW!
Great music, performed by talented musicians, with a hefty helping of comedy comes together in a unique charm that has been lighting up smiles for years. With extensive touring, radio and video success and millions of records sold, The Fools maintain their legendary status.
FORTUNE – Vinyl-Era Classic Rock Tribute
With a reputation for smooth three- and four-part vocal harmonies, dynamic and melodic textures of multiple guitars and keyboards, and a tight rhythm section, FORTUNE is the embodiment of the music and artists that define Classic Rock.

Jacob Jolliff
2025-04-11 20:00 - 21:30 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
After wowing audiences as part of Béla Fleck’s band in 2022 and then with his band in 2023, mandolinist Jacob Jolliff returns to Rockport. A former member of two massively popular progressive bluegrass bands, Joy Kills Sorrow and the Yonder Mountain String Band, Jolliff remains one of the country’s premier contemporary mandolinists.
“Mandolin wizard” –Portland Press

HOW I BECAME A PIRATE YOUNGER@PART & SEUSSICAL KIDS
2025-04-12 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-13 11:00 - 12:00 | North Shore Music Theatre, Dunham Road 54, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
1 TICKET – TWO 30-MINUTE KIDS SHOWS!
In HOW I BECAME A PIRATE YOUNGER@PART, audiences will sail off on a fantastic musical excursion as a band of comical pirates lands at North Beach looking for an expert digger to join their crew. Braid Beard and his mates enlist young Jeremy Jacob as they look for the perfect spot to bury their treasure! Then Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters will spring to life onstage in SEUSSICAL KIDS, a fantastical musical extravaganza.

BEETLEJUICE JR.
2025-04-12 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-13 15:00 - 17:00 | North Shore Music Theatre, Dunham Road 54, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in BEETLEJUICE JR the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life.

New Works Festival – Full Length
2025-04-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Celebrate the New Works Festival 2025 with an evening showing of the Honegger Prize winning full length, An Institution by Daniel Takacs. When a graduate student reports sexual misconduct to her professor, the faculty closes ranks to stamp out the rumor.
Daniel A. Takacs is a playwright and director from Oberlin, Ohio. His original plays have been developed or produced by The Black Experimental Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, and Boston Playwright’s Theatre, and he has taught and directed theatre in Cleveland, Chicago, Denver, and in Boston, where he received his MFA in Theatre Education from Boston University, with a focus on playwriting and directing. Favorite productions he has directed include “The Millennials” (CPT), “The 39 Steps” (Chagrin Valley Little Theatre), and “The Adventurous Adventuress” (Dobama). Dan lives with his wife, Linda, his peanut Greta, and the twins, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

New Works Festival – One Acts
2025-04-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
“Extreme Gridlock” by James Ferguson. A couple struggles to understand why they’re stuck.
James’ plays have been produced throughout the United States and in London and he is the co-writer / director and co-producer of the well-reviewed independent motion picture Happy Holidays.
Candace Perry’s “Meridian Summer” is based on actual events of Freedom Summer, 1964 when James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andy Goodman were killed for working to register African-Americans to vote.

Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents One Act Wonders
2025-04-17 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-19 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-23 19:30 - 21:30 and 9 more dates | Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents “One-Act Wonders”, a program of four modern one-act plays exploring boundaries, loyalties, and the absurdities of life. The program will run for four performances only, at Gloucester Stage Theater, April 17th (7:30pm) 18th (7:30pm), and 19th (3pm + 7:30pm). Tickets are $28.

The Shark is Broken
2025-05-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-05-03 14:00 - 16:00 | North Shore Music Theatre, Dunham Road 54, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
A captivating 95 minute play that delves into the behind-the-scenes tensions during the filming of the iconic 1975 blockbuster movie “Jaws.” Set aboard the cramped Orca boat, the story focuses on the interactions between Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, & Richard Dreyfuss as they grapple with the challenges of film-making, the looming presence of the malfunctioning mechanical shark, and their own personal troubles.
