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Given the President’s assault on the arts and higher education the one act, two hander “N/A a New Play” by Mario Correa may be taken as a bold act of defiance by Barrington Stage Company. It is likely to move the Berkshires based company up a few notches on the White House enemies list.

We met as undergraduates at Brandeis and remained connected all these years. He was my go to analyst for science and politics. Part of that was attending weekly demonstrations. He and Ann lived frugally on food that they grew. There was ongoing war with "the critters." That melancholy was heard in his singular blues.

Widely regarded as one of Broadway’s most celebrated songwriting duos, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty are the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award-winning creators of Ragtime, as well as the Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated team behind the animated feature Anastasia.

For its debut production, Latine Theater Lab in Ft. Lauderdale is leaning into the horror of Maria Irene Fornes's captivating drama, "Mud." In Mud, the groundbreaking Fornes deals with grim themes that seem especially urgent today.

Don't let the pristine set fool you in Island City Stage's piercing production of "The Dying Gaul" by Craig Lucas. People may be most familiar with Lucas from his Romantic fantasy "Prelude to a Kiss."

The brief (80-minute) play opens with George, the wonderful Reed Birney, sitting in a darkened field, sobbing. As the lights come up, we hear sounds, and soon his wife, Em, appears carrying a lawn chair and a basket of provisions – blankets, hot chocolate and more..  She has come to join him, something she hasn’t done in a long time. George loves astronomy.

I first encountered “Fourth Uncle on the Mountain” during a deeply formative period of my life – while living as a Daoist monk at a small temple nestled on a mountaintop in Hubei Province, China. My temple sister, Cheng Feng, and I loved this book and spent much time discussing it. She is Vietnamese and French, and felt a strong connection to Dr. Van Nguyen’s story.

In opera's most beloved work, Rodolfo and Mimi encounter love and tragedy, while Rodolfo and his three comrades share the Bohemian life of starving artists. Replete with memorable music, gentle comedy, and the inevitable death of the lead soprano, La Boheme, continues to deservedly fill opera houses almost in a class of its own.

During a gallery visit in the 1970s Greg scratches a cardboard piece by Rauschenberg. That evokes a discussion of the Dada, nihilist heritage of contemporary art.

The first-class carriage in the westbound train from Istanbul is filled with diverse travelers. One of them is drugged and stabbed to death. Hercule Poirot is on the scene and systematically solves the mystery.

Leon Botstein, the ever-adventuresome conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra, brought Richard Strauss's first opera, Guntram, to Carnegie Hall. This early work by Strauss showcases a prolifically productive composer whose treasured operas and symphonic works would eventually become cornerstones of concert halls worldwide.

Fly By Night Dance presented its annual New York Aerial Dance Festival at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center. Founded by Julie Lutwick, the group is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of modern dance. This program demonstrated how storytelling can be enhanced through trapeze work, live music, and the recitation of poignant historic poems.

Harvey Milk became the first elected openly gay city official in the United States. Along with the notoriety, he became an icon and a victim of assassination. His story is told in a gripping revision of Stewart Wallace and Michael Korie's 1995 opera.

Leroy’s silent advice was always there, don’t get too comfy, son, life’s tough and it’s not going to get easier. Unlike Manhattan where I had previously lived, Paris, was not menacing. Never did I sense that there were places or quartiers where I shouldn’t venture.

A panel of historians, in the New York Time Magazine, have positioned Dwight D. Eisenhower at 22. That’s one behind Andrew Johnson and staring up at Chester A. Arthur. It's 1962 and he's writing his memoir. A projection at the end of the compelling one man play by Richard Hellensen, starring Tony winner, John Rubenstein, has him rising in periodic polls to #5 in 2023.

A strength of this production is the outstanding performances of the leading characters, Michael Wordly as Coalhouse Walker, Mami Parris as Mother, and David R Gordon as Tateh; each truly embodies the role and has the vocal chops to handle the music.

Will Van Dyke, Jeff Talbott, and Derik Lee release “Squirrel in the Wind” on Joy Machine Records. The track is the first single of a two song EP fuzzy (Barrington Stage Company Sessions), featuring music and lyrics by Van Dyke & Talbott and performed by Cass Morgan and John Cariani.

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is excited to announce the opening of In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney at The Drawing Center in SoHo. Curated by Executive Director Laura Hoptman and Assistant Curator Rebecca DiGiovanna, the exhibition features approximately ninety works on paper from each period of Delaney’s career, offering a rare survey of his stylistic evolution

In the 1970s the artists Gregory Light and Rafael Mahdavi were undocumented living under the radar in Paris. They were paid in cash with tips by a friendly bistro. It was just enough to scrape by. This chapter of Dishwasher Dialogues recounts efforts to get “real jobs," secure mail boxes and bank accounts.

Impresario Andrew Ousley has opened up the world of classical music to a new generation—one often untutored and underexposed—by presenting it in some of the most unexpected venues: churches and cemeteries.

"Dangerous Instruments," a play about a mother trying to get her son help, is receiving its world premiere in a fine production by Palm Beach Dramaworks. The play, by Gina Montet, runs through June 1 in West Palm Beach. Palm Beach Dramaworks featured the piece in one of its recent new play festivals.

Rather than focusing on inherent “evil,” Daoism often addresses what we might perceive as evil in terms of disharmony, imbalance, or deviation from the natural Way (Dao). Actions or situations perceived as evil often arise when individuals or systems operate out of alignment with the natural flow, driven by excessive desire, forced action, or unnatural striving (Wei).

BSO collaborator Yo-Yo Ma, encompasses four talks and four musical performances with an array of compelling scholars and performers (Aug. 2–12). The annual Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI) Spotlight Series this year features: Ma and historian Heather Cox Richardson (Aug. 2), art critic Sebastian Smee and musicians Sam Amidon and Shahzad Ismaily (Aug. 9), and violinist Vijay Gupta, journalist Steve Lopez, and Juilliard’s Lesley Rosenthal (Aug. 23).

Gallery NAGA is pleased to announce its season closing exhibition, "Possible Necessities," featuring new studio furniture by renowned artist John Dunnigan. This marks Dunnigan's first solo exhibition at Gallery NAGA. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog with an essay by Glenn Adamson, Curator at Large, Vitra Design Museum.

The leaders of ten arts and culture institutions from across Berkshire County have convened the Berkshire Arts and Culture Alliance (BACA) to advocate for the economic, tourism, and infrastructure needs of arts and culture organizations in the county.