Ain't No Mo', SpeakEasy Stage Company and Front Porch Arts Collective, Roberts Studio Theatre,Calderwood Pavilion,Boston Center for the Arts, through February 9. bostontheatrescene,com or 617-933-8600.

Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, through February 2. 617-585-5678 or lyricstage.com

Explorations of identity, gender, diversity and tradition enriched much of the best theater of 2024.

The Nutcracker, Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Boston, through December 22. 617-635-1403 The Lion in Winter, Theater Uncorked, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, through December 15. 617-933-8600

& Juliet, tour presented by Broadway in Boston at Citizens Opera House, Boston, through November 17. BroadwayinBoston.com

Pru Payne, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, through November 16. speakeasystage.com or 617-933-8600.

Boston Center for the Arts is proud to announce the 2024-2025 lineup of Dance Residents and celebrate its 15th year of dance residency programming.

Urinetown, The Musical, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, through October 20. 617-585-5678 or lyricstage.com

Leopoldstadt, Huntington Theatre, mainstage, Boston, through October 13. Huntington theatre.org or 617-266-0800

Romeo and Juliet, American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge, through October 6. 617-547-8300 or amrep.org.