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School Principal Aloysius suspects Father Flynn of having intoxicated and abused a student. Despite the absence of meaningful evidence, she pursues her quarry relentlessly.

The scholar had spent three years tracing the lineage of a single, rare manuscript on the Heavenly Horse Water Form. When he finally tracked the old teacher to a drafty shack in the northern hills, he carried the text in a silk-lined case like a holy relic. He wanted to debate the translation of the third stanza. He wanted definitions.

Debra Jo Rupp is regarded as a cherished treasure of Berkshire Theatre. She is truly magnificent in the Barrington Stage Company production directed with precise authority by Julianne Boyd. There is a superb supporting cast of Ray Anthony Thomas as her chauffeur Hoke and Matthew W. Koreinko as her businessman son, Boolie Wertham. In the intimate St. Germain Stage we are close enough to observe every twist and turn of richly nuanced performances,

Rosina's guardian, Doctor Bartolo, intends to marry her forthwith, but Count Almaviva also longs to wed her. With the assistance of jack-of-all-trades Figaro, Almaviva uses disguises and subterfuge to undermine Bartolo. Comedy and memorable music prevail throughout.

The budget provides $20 million in programming support, less than half of the $51 million recommended by the Florida Council on Arts and Culture to fully fund grants for 563 non-profit organizations.

Matter-of-factly, Jessie announces to her mother Thelma that she will take her own life at the end of the evening. Thelma tries to erect whatever barriers she can, but Jessie's calm determination is hard to counter. Global issues such as religion, legality, and social matters arise.

As a youngster in the 1970s, he’s now 75, Stephen Hannock boldly experimented with glow in the dark phosphorescent paint. Last night, during a private viewing at Porches, he told me that, back in the day, he had shown the work at night on Boston’s Esplanade, as well as at Williams College Art Museum.

On June 7, American Players Theatre administrators will accept the 2026 Tony Award’s Regional Theater Tony, which comes with an official, gleaming statuette and a $25,000 prize. According to APT’s communications director, the company is “over the moon” about this recognition.

In a rare miscue, the dabbawallah system delivers the wrong lunches to two lonely people. The two begin to pass notes along with the containers that are also returned to the sender. A warm but anonymous relationship arises along with ensuing complications.

Find the perfect spot to picnic amidst the Garden’s beauty while enjoying performances from some of our region’s most talented performers. Bring a blanket, sip something cool and let the sweet sounds of some of the region’s most talented musical performers set the tone for a perfect summer evening.

Having hidden a political prisoner, Cavaradossi is hounded by police chief Scarpia, who lusts after Tosca and agrees to free Cavaradossi if he can have his way with Tosca.

On that day, back in 1962, Joey was given two gifts that stood out from the "stacks" of others he'd received. (He liked to tell his friends that he got "stacks of presents".)

The La Jolla Playhouse presentation of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award?winning play Purpose delivers a searing portrait of a prominent Black family in Chicago. 

After a hiatus of 25 years, the curtain is rising once again on an ambitious and exhilarating new chapter of summer theatre at Mount Holyoke College.

When her younger sister is abducted and assumed murdered, Merril uses artificial intelligence to create a video replicant of Angie in order to keep her spirit alive. The quick learning AI Angie thinks that the police investigation was inadequate and suggests reopening the case. The process also brings Merril in touch with her estranged mother and her ex.

Set in the intimate Unicorn Theatre John & Jen a Musical is remarkable and compelling. As all of the dialogue is sung it may be argued this is more a mini opera than a conventional musical. The arc spans three decades with the tragedy of Vietnam as its fulcrum.

This exhibit at Images Cinema in Williamstown, features figurative paintings completed by Alvin Ouellet in weekly model sessions at Figure of the River at The Muse in Housatonic MA over the past year.

Bernarda Alba's husband has died. The traditionalist widow holds to conservative practices and vows that her five adult daughters will mourn with her for eight years. The play is a powerful metaphor for fascism and paternalism, both of which the playwright rejects.

On June 30, the Cape Ann Museum (CAM) in Gloucester, Massachusetts, launches Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea featuring 82 works of art from 26 lending institutions, including 16 museums across the country. On view at the Cape Ann Museum through September 27, 2026, the exhibition is guest curated by Eliza Rathbone, Chief Curator Emerita at The Phillips Collection. Following its Gloucester debut, the exhibition will travel to The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.

Those of an age will remember the television show “Dragnet” with Sergeant Joe Friday. It began with the over-voice saying: “Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear/see is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.” In this case, though, there is no name to change. There is only the writer and the machine, recounting ten days in May when something startling occurred right here in North Adams. The story you are about to read is true, embellished only with a little bit of atmosphere in its telling.

Is Adam Nagourney 's interview of Peter Gelb nepotism at work? At least the topic of financing the arts came up.

Playing Billie Holiday is the type of meaty role any actor would die for. Billie Holiday is revered as one of, if not the premiere, jazz singers of the 20th century. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill by Lanie Robertson, is receiving an excellent production at Ivoryton Playhouse.

Experiments in Opera’s new opera, Constance: A Confession, is the sixth opera created in a unique collaborative Writers' Room. It is modeled on workshops like the one in the movie Mank. Writers and composers gather together and hash out wonderful tales. They are often serials, like soap operas. Yet these are serious soap operas with many laugh-out-loud moments. Attending an Experiments in Opera evening is unqualified fun.

In the latest step toward the realization of its future home, the Sarasota Orchestra announces a gift of $11.7 million from an anonymous donor toward its new music center project on Fruitville Road west of I-75. The donation brings the publicly announced total of fundraising for the center, which is estimated to cost from $375 to $425 million in total, to nearly $87 million.

Clark Gallery presents Robert S. Neuman: Selected Works from 1950-1979. This retrospective chronicles Neuman’s most formative decades as an artist, as unabashedly bold color and the human experience became the cornerstones of his artistic practice.