Shows in Boston

Boston Symphony Hall is considered the finest concert hall in the Western Hemisphere — a 1900 auditorium presenting the Boston Symphony Orchestra (one of the world's greatest orchestras) in an acoustic environment so perfect that it remains the gold standard for concert hall design 125 years after its construction. The BSO's extraordinary musical history (Koussevitzky's championship of new American music, Tanglewood's creation of the world's most celebrated summer music festival), Serge Ozawa's 29-year tenure, and the current era under Andris Nelsons create a concert hall whose musical legacy is unrivaled in the Western Hemisphere.

Emerson Colonial Theatre is Boston's most historically significant performing arts venue — the oldest continuously operating theater in Boston (1900) and the city where more Broadway musicals have had their world premieres than any other theater in the United States. Funny Girl, Anything Goes, and Porgy and Bess (reworked before its Broadway premiere) are among the extraordinary works that premiered at the Colonial, making it the most important pre-Broadway try-out theater in American history.

Shubert Theatre is one of Boston's most beloved historic theaters — the 1910 "Little Palace" of the Boston Theater District where The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, and West Side Story all had their pre-Broadway world premieres. Its extraordinary historic significance as the most important pre-Broadway try-out theater of the Golden Age of American musical theater and its continued role presenting Broadway touring productions make it one of the most historically resonant theatrical venues in the United States.

Wang Theatre is the most magnificent performance venue in Boston — a 3,500-seat 1925 theater whose extraordinary French Baroque interior (with a lobby modeled on the Palace of Versailles) creates the most visually spectacular theatrical experience in New England. Its role as the primary Broadway touring venue in Boston, its extraordinary architectural grandeur, and its position in the heart of Boston's Theater District create a theatrical experience befitting one of America's most culturally sophisticated cities.