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Arts for the MASSes: Greater Worcester Opera Takes On 1776 Greater Worcester Opera, now in its 23rd year, staged the Sherman Edwards–Peter Stone musical 1776 this past June — five performances across a June 4–7 run, including two matinees. For the actor playing John Adams, it was familiar ground. "This is the third time I've played John Adams," he said, calling 1776 possibly his favorite musical and singling out Peter Stone's libretto as one of the strongest books in the Amer

September 7–13: eight shows on Massachusetts stages.** From a Cambridge stage where the townspeople keep turning into rhinoceroses, to a snowbound manor on Nantucket, to five nuns in West Springfield trying to bury the other fifty-two. 🦏 **Rhinoceros** — American Repertory Theater, Cambridge (through Sept 20) ⛪ **Nunsense** — Majestic Theater, West Springfield (through Oct 11) 🕸️ **I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire** — Yorick Ensemble, Waltham (closes Sept 12) ❄️ **The Nor