February 2, 2026 - T: An MBTA Musical, Peggy Fogelman on 10 years at the ISGM, and A Midsummer Night's Dream at THT REP
About The Episode
What do MBTA service alerts sound like as show tunes? “T: An MBTA Musical” turns the daily frustrations of riding Boston’s transit system — delays, shuttle buses, and all — into a two-act musical that’s equal parts satire and love letter to riders. Composer and lyricist Mel Carubia and Cassandra West , Executive Producer of Infinite Rotary Productions join us to talk about the show’s return, now onstage at the Boston Center for the Arts and The Rockwell.
After ten years leading the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Peggy Fogelman reflects on a decade of continuity and change at one of Boston’s most distinctive institutions. She joins us to talk about expanding contemporary exhibitions and performance, steering the museum through the pandemic, and what it means to lead a place so shaped by history, memory, and public expectation. To learn about all of the museum’s programming go here.
A new production of William Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the BrickBox Theater in Worcester is set in a 1980s nightclub called The Wood, awash in leather, glitter, and neon. Livy Scanlon, artistic director of The Hanover Theatre and Alan Seiffert, the new president and CEO of The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts join us for an overview. To learn more, go here.
