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  • Camelot in Coral Gables, Fla.

    Actor's Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre

    By: Aaron Krause - Oct 22nd, 2020

    South Florida's Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre is presenting a scaled-down, virtual production of Camelot. The award-winning, professional regional theater company had planned to present Lerner & Loewe's musical live before the pandemic. Actors and technical staff shine.

  • Trevor Paglen at Williams College

    To Deliver Annual Plonsker Family Lecture in Contemporary Art

    By: WCMA - Oct 22nd, 2020

    Artist, geographer and author Trevor Paglen will present a talk titled “Machine Visions” as this year’s Plonsker Family Lecture Series in Contemporary Art at the Williams College Museum of Art. The free talk will be held at 6 p.m. ET Friday, Nov. 6, online via Zoom.

  • Dancer Marge Champion at 101

    Longtime Berkshire Resident

    By: Charles Giuliano - Oct 23rd, 2020

    Marjorie Celeste Belcher was born in Los Angeles in 1919. She was known as Marge Champion when she married her dance and life partner, Gower Champion, in 1947. They had two sons and divorced in 1973. A resident of Stockbridge she was a familar presence at Berkshire arts events. She died this week at 101. Remarkably, she continued to dance into her 90s which became the subject of a short film

  • New Federal Theatre Presents Octoberfest

    Five Plays to Insp0ire

    By: Rachel de Aragon - Oct 25th, 2020

    Woody King Jr.'s Federal Theater presents Octoberfest: Five plays that reawaken, inspire, and remind us of the struggle for freedom and dignity of African-Americans. Each piece, with its own history of previous production success, has been re-imagined. Billed as readings, seasoned actors and directors take us to a new form of theatrical communication in the “zoom style” medium.

  • Closer Than Ever In South Florida

    MNM Theatre Company To Stream Musical

    By: Aaron Krause - Oct 27th, 2020

    West Palm Beach-based MNM Theatre Company to mount virtual production of the musical revue Closer Than Ever. The stream will be available starting on Nov. 27 and remain online through Dec. 31. Due to the pandemic, MNM Theatre Company has cancelled or postponed all live shows.

  • Moliere in the Park Takes Flight

    The School for Wives as Fresh as Now

    By: Susan Hall - Oct 26th, 2020

    We have been introduced to streaming technology across the boards in this time of Covid. It is a global experiment, which, whether or not it is smooth and realizes the intentions of the creators, is welcome. It provides connection. Safe connection as we are socially distanced. An opportunity also for grand experiments. The School for Wives produced by Moliere in the Park leads the way.

  • Berkshire Theatre Group Gift

    $1 Million in Memory of Mary Anne Gross

    By: BTG - Oct 29th, 2020

    Berkshire Theatre Group announcees a gift of just over $1 million dollars from the family of the late Mary Anne Gross in honor of her lifetime love of both theatre and the Berkshires

  • Chantal Zakari at Kingston Gallery

    A Work in Progress

    By: Kingston - Nov 01st, 2020

    For the past two years, Chantal Zakari has been exploring the connected histories of the Watertown Federal Arsenal, and of the buildings and the people who worked within them.

  • Irish Repertory Theatre's Touch of the Poet

    Ciarán O’Reilly Directs

    By: Susan Hall - Nov 01st, 2020

    The Irish Repertory Theatre was preparing to present Eugene O’Neill’s Touch of the Poet when Covid struck and theatres closed. Sets were ready. Costumes had been fitted. Most importantly, rehearsals were underway. Ever inventive, the troupe has re-grouped to put the production on streaming. The advantage of a set richly reflecting the progress of the drama is immediately evident. Our eyes rest on the stage.

  • HBO’s Coastal Elites

    New York City’s Public Theater.

    By: Edward Rubin - Nov 05th, 2020

    Another pre-and post-COVID-19 slanted offering, muchly peppered with condemnation of Trump and the current administration, was presented one time only this past September. HBO’s Coastal Elites was originally written by playwright and novelist Paul Rudnick, intended to be performed at New York City’s Public Theater.

  • Young Musicians Tune Out Covid

    At The Monmouth Conservatory of Music

    By: Jessica Robinson - Nov 10th, 2020

    Where once technology was thought to be the death knell of human social interaction, it is now bringing us together. During this pandemic, arts institutions worldwide have been regrouping and finding ways to keep going virtually. The Monmouth Conservatory of Music is no exception. Living in this altered reality, unable to gather in-person as they normally would, the school has gone all-out to ensure the beat goes on for its young musicians (some as young as 5!)

  • Margaret Swan: Lift

    Boston Sculptors Gallery

    By: BSG - Nov 14th, 2020

    Margaret Swan’s Lift, on view at Bostin Sculptors Gallery, December 9th to January 24th, features a new body of work exploring forces of nature in relation to structures that harness their power. The works are inspired by the rigging of sailing vessels,

  • Gardner Museum

    Expands Weekend Hours

    By: Gardner - Nov 17th, 2020

    Gardner Museum expands weekend hours. Vistors must reserve tickets in advance.

  • Fire at Jacob's Pillow

    Doris Duke Theatre Lost

    By: Pillow - Nov 17th, 2020

    Today, November 17, there was a fire on the campus of Jacob's Pillow in Becket. The Doris Duke Theatre is lost. " We are grateful for the outpouring of support from around the world we have already received. We will rebuild,” says Pamela Tatge, Jacob’s Pillow Artistic & Executive Director.

  • Home for the Holidays

    A Series of Plays Presented by Palm Beach Dramaworks

    By: Aaron Krause - Nov 18th, 2020

    Palm Beach Dramaworks in South Florida will present a virtual holiday season of plays. The South Florida theater company will offer Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo, and Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The plays will premiere on Mondays later this month.

  • The Orchestra Now at Bard

    Chamber Ensembles Intrigue

    By: Susan Hall - Nov 19th, 2020

    Bard’s The Orchestra Now (TON) gives live performances in the time of Covid. Recently they performed a challenging and revealing program in Annandale, NY. Selections were made with attention to the number of instrumentalists required and ability to social distance on stage.

  • Barrington Stage Company Reading

    By Pittsfield-based Author Ty Allan Jackson.

    By: BSC - Nov 20th, 2020

    Barrington Stage Company will present a free virtual reading of The Supadupa Kid 2: Move, the action/superhero book by Pittsfield-based author Ty Allan Jackson. The reading will feature a cast of local youth and parents from the Berkshires and NY State Capital Region. Julianne Boyd will direct the reading, which will begin streaming free on December 3. 

  • The Last Vermeer

    Art of Forgery

    By: Jack Lyons - Nov 21st, 2020

    “The Last Vermeer”, a TriStar Pictures film based on the book “The Man Who Made Vermeers” by Jonathan Lopez, opened in over 800 ‘live’ theatres on November 20, 2020; centers around one such court case and trial reparation event in the Netherlands in 1945. 

  • Edward Smadone's Once and Again

    A Recording for Our Time

    By: Susan Hall - Nov 23rd, 2020

    Edward Smaldone is a contemporary composer of classical music. His distinctive textures include unusual combinations of instruments, odd beats, counterpoint and rich harmonics. These elements blend but do not merge. Rough edges combined with smooth melodic lines are ear catching. Lines often stretch wide and giant leaps leave gaping spaces between notes.  

  • James Darrah At Boston Lyric Opera

    Creating Streamed Opera

    By: Susan Hall - Nov 25th, 2020

    Boston Lyric Opera, ever on the lookout for startling innovations that work, has hired Darrah to produce a stop motion feature-length animated version of Philip Glass’s The Fall of the House of Usher.

  • Greetings from MASS MoCA

    Thanksgiving Message

    By: MoCA - Nov 26th, 2020

    In a year like no other, we're as grateful as ever for you, our art-loving community near and far. Thank you for your continued support, words of encouragement, and mask-covered smiles — we wouldn't be here without you. 

  • Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies

    Say It Ain't So Joe

    By: Edward Rubin - Nov 30th, 2020

    Not until actress Jessica Sherr penned her one woman show, Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies, has anybody dared to give us a wildly exciting, action-packed recounting of Bette Davis’ life as a young aspiring actress hellbent on becoming a star. 

  • James T. Demetrion at 90

    Former Director of Hirshorn Museum

    By: Hirshorn - Dec 02nd, 2020

    James T. Demetrion, the second and longest-serving director of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1984–2001) and director of the Des Moines Art Center (1969–1984) and Pasadena Art Museum (1964–1966), died Nov. 29. Demetrion had celebrated his 90th birthday in July.

  • Closer Than Ever

    Maltby & Shire Musical Revue in South Florida

    By: Aaron Krause - Dec 01st, 2020

    South Florida's MNM Theatre Company is streaming the musical revue 'Closer Than Ever' through Dec. 31. Director Jonathan Van Dyke has found a creative way to make the actors look like they're close to each other on screen. 'Closer Than Ever' is a riveting, sung-thru song cycle.

  • Italian & American Playwrights Project

    Live on US Non-Profit Digital Theatre Platform

    By: IAPP - Dec 07th, 2020

    New York theatre curators Valeria Orani and Frank Hentschker will host the Third Edition of the Italian & American Playwrights Project (IAPP) on Monday, December 14, 2020, 4:30 pm live on US Non-Profit Digital Theatre Platform www.HowlRound.com. 

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