Theatre
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Yazmina Reza's Art at Barrington Stage Company
July 22 to August 8
By: - Jul 07th, 2010Compared to Sweeney Todd the second production of the season at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield is as different as black and white. Well, more white on white actually. The Tony Award winning play by Yazmina Reza, Art, focuses on the divisive responses of two friends to a collector's acquisition of a minimalist painting. The evening of theater brings out the worst in everyone. To the amused delight of audiences.
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A Thousand Clowns in Pittsfield
New Stage Theatre Company July 15 to August 1
By: - Jul 06th, 2010The New Stage Company above Beacon Cinema in Pittsfield is presenting A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner from July 15 to August 1. A Thousand Clowns is the hilarious and touching Tony Award winning play that was later adapted into an Academy Award winning film starring Jason Robards. It is the story of an unemployed television writer trying to adapt his cantankerous worldview in order to find work and retain custody of his 12-year-old nephew.
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Richard III at Shakespeare & Company
Starring John Douglas Thompson
By: - Jul 06th, 2010An all-star troupe of Shakespeare & Company talent comes together this summer for an unforgettable rendering of Shakespeare’s gripping Richard III. In the whirligig of its ambitious plots, the beauty of its language, and the chilling magnetism of its haunting central figure, Richard III has proved an irresistible lure for over 400 years. This indelible interpretation, featuring OBIE and L ucille L ortel Award-winning actor John Douglas Thompson (title role in Othello 2008 & 2009), was conceived by Artistic Director Tony Simotes and directed by Jonathan Croy with assistance from Malcolm Ingram. Richard III runs July 2 through September 5,
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The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown
Relationship Drawn Out at Berkshire Theatre Festival
By: - Jun 27th, 2010The conceit of The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown is that the couple Cathy (Julie Reiber) and Jamie (Paul Anthony Stewart) follow separate time lines through their relationship and marriage that terminates in a bitter divorce. He is an author with no life experience other than his own bathos and she is an aspiring actress with meager talent. We found little to care about this train wreck of a relationship. If that's your cup of tea walk don't run to Berkshire Theatre Festival.
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Winter's Tale for Summer Fun
Opens July 15 at Shakespeare & Company
By: - Jun 27th, 2010The Winter’s Tale illuminates Founders’ Theatre this summer as Director Kevin G. Coleman unleashes Shakespeare’s theatrical mastery and verbal powers at their greatest height. The production features the return of long-time Company actor Jonathan Epstein as Leontes, King of Sicilia, and Elizabeth Aspenlieder as Hermione, his Queen, and a cast of 17 other seasoned Company actors and newcomers.
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It’s Jewdy’s Show: My Life as a Sitcom
Judy Gold Stands Up at Williamstown Theatre Festival
By: - Jun 25th, 2010So, what's a nice Jewish, six foot three inch, Lesbian, mother of two doing in the Berkshires? Standup at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Who would believe it? Trying to get enough money for an apartment with two bathrooms so her kids stop like pissing in the sink already. This Jewdy, yeah, she spells it Jewdy, is such a comic. Like the Borscht Belt, only gay. And in Williamstown where the rich goyim live. That's funny.
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Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd a Slice and Dice
Cadaver Pies Served Hot at Barrington Stage
By: - Jun 24th, 2010Sweeney Todd, the masterpiece of the now 80-year-old genius, and Williams grad, Stephen Sondheim, is given a state of the art, Broadway level production at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield. With no compromise on artistic integrity this is stunning musical theatre in an intimate setting. We enjoy signifiying, titubating performances and magnificent music up close and personal at a fraction of Broadway ticket prices. This is Berkshire theatre at its finest.
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Patrick Meyer’s K2 a Cliffhanger
At Berkshire Theatre Festival to July 3
By: - Jun 20th, 2010One in four climbers never make it off K2 the second tallest and most challenging mountain in the world. The 1983 play by Patrick Meyer K2 is given a riveting performance providing a spectacular and spell binding launch for the 82nd season of the venerable Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, Mass. The play is sure to be a smash hit sellout during its all too brief run through July 2.
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Mount Stages Wharton's Summer
Her Hot Ethan Runs August 18-29
By: - Jun 19th, 2010Tickets go on sale Monday, June 21, for Edith Wharton’s bittersweet coming-of-age story, performed by the Wharton Salon August 18-29 at The Mount. Following last summer’s sold-out run of “Xingu,†The Mount is pleased to welcome the Wharton Salon back this season for Summer, adapted by Dennis Krausnick and directed by the Salon’s founder, Catherine Taylor-Williams. The play, based on the 1917 novella Wharton fondly called her “hot Ethan,†is the story of a young woman who loses herself in the passion of a summer love affair.
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Cirque du Soleil opens
Dance, Theatre and Art Reinvented for the Circus
By: - Jun 17th, 2010OvO from Cirque du Soleil combines elements of circus, dance and music into an all-encompassing theatrical experience. Ir is a show that allows you to enter a teeming world of insects that is both gorgeous and highly artistic, and full of jaw dropping circus acts. They have begun a four week run in Hartford before moving on to Boston and DC.
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The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez
Boffo at Barrington Stage Company Through June 17
By: - Jun 10th, 2010Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield has launched its season with a sell out, smash hit production of the Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez. There are just a few seats available for the run which ends on June 17. Just when the Main Stage starts the Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd. The hit Whipping Man must give way on Stage Two for a two week run of last year's hit Freud's last Session. The play which premiered with Barrington is having a tuneup prior to opening Off Broadway this summer. Let the games begin.
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Shakespeare & Company Fall/ Winter
Diverse Schedule Planned
By: - Jun 08th, 2010The Fall/ Winter schedule for Shakespeare & Company will includeThe Real Inspector Hound , The Annual Fall Gala , As You L ike It , The Fall Festival of Shakespeare , The Santaland Diaries , The Mystery of Irma Vep , Shakespeare and the L anguage that Shaped a World , and rounding out the season , Hamlet (The Company’s New England Tour of Shakespeare) will come home for a limited run.
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Yasmina Reza's Art on June 24
The Portsmouth Museum of Art and New Hampshire Theatre Project Collaborate
By: - Jun 08th, 2010The Portsmouth Museum of Art and New Hampshire Theatre Project have forged a collaboration to present a reading of the award-winning play ‘Art’ by Yasmina Reza on Thursday, June 24th at 7:00 pm. The play, a witty comment on the human condition, has been referred to as a ‘comic gem’ by the Boston Globe.
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Mengelberg and Mahler at Shakespeare & Company
Daniel Klein Play June 11 to September 10
By: - Jun 07th, 2010Mahler is an unseen but fully-present character in Mengelberg and Mahler. He is Mengelberg’s cherished friend, his inspiration, his conscience, and ultimately his spiritual salvation. Mahler’s musicâ€"parts of his 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Symphonies, plus "Wenn dein Mütterlein" from the Kindertotenliederâ€"is a full partner in this production. These musical portions do much more than set the scene: they are essential to Mengelberg’s understanding of his own life.
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Johnny Baseball Hits Grand Slam At American Repertory Theatre
Myth, History and Love At Fenway Park
By: - Jun 02nd, 2010Johnny Baseball is the ART's world premiere musical about the Red Sox. It traces the origin of the Curse of the Bambino to a collision of three souls: Johnny O’Brien, a right-hander on the 1919 BoSox, his idol, Babe Ruth and Daisy Wyatt, a beautiful African-American blues singer. These three are the reason for the Curse and the secret to its end in 2004. Johnny Baseball hits a commentary on American social history into a clever and spirited musical homer. This is a spectacular hit, a four bagger that should not only reach Landsdowne Street but bounce on to Broadway as well.
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Prelude To A Kiss at Huntington Theatre
Magical Realism As Contemporary Couple
By: - May 25th, 2010The play starts with a whirlwind romance. Then a storybook wedding with a strange kiss for the bride that suddenly changes everything. Playwright Craig Lucas (The Light in the Piazza, Longtime Companion) explores the enduring power of love and the nature of commitment in this awkward but life-affirming comedy directed by Artistic Director Peter DuBois.
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Shakespeare & Company Restructures Debt
Tony Simotes Stabalizes Finances
By: - May 25th, 2010Some months ago we asked former artistic director, Tina Packer, if Shakespeare & Company is out of the woods? She was guarderdly sanguine. Now the new artistic director, Tony Simotes, has managed to pay down a high interest short term loan, settle a construction law suit and restructure the debt. The prospects look far better comining into a full season.
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Shakespeare & Company Opens May 21
Road Production of Julius Caesar Comes Home
By: - May 20th, 2010Shakespeare & Company kicks off its 2010-2011 season May 21 with Shakespeare’s most well known Roman play Julius Caesar , a production fresh off the road after performing to over 50 schools and theatres throughout New England , New York and New Jersey .
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Broadway Bound Lombardi for the Mahaiwe
Great Barrington Previews July 22-28
By: - May 20th, 2010Producers Tony Ponturo and Fran Kirmser announced that LOMBARDI, a new American play from Academy Award-winning playwright Eric Simonson, directed by Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail, will preview at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Mass. July 22-28, before moving to the Circle in the Square Theatre on Broadway this fall (previews begin September 23, opening night is October 21). Starring Dan Lauria and Judith Light, LOMBARDI is based on the best-selling biography When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss.
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WAM at Barrington Stage
$1000 to Women for Women International
By: - May 14th, 2010WAM Theatre recently presented its inaugural event, ‘A WAM Welcome’ at the Barrington Stage Company Second Space. The evening of three diverse theatrical selections celebrated live theatre pieces created by women. WAM Theatre was able to donate $1000 to Women for Women International, whom WAM Theatre chose as their first beneficiary.
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Huntington Theatre's 2010 Season
Features 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner
By: - May 11th, 2010The Huntington Theatre Company’s 29th Season will include two world premieres directed by Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois, an American classic, two Shakespeare plays in repertory, a three-play festival from a breakout writer, and the 2009 winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
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The Screwtape Letters on Broadway
C.S. Lewis's Advice from the Devil Enthralls
By: - May 10th, 2010C.S. Lewis is the much beloved author of “The Narnia Chronicles†and also wrote commentary on his Christian search for a spiritual life. Among academics, he is best known as a literary critic of 16th and 17th century English works. None of his heavy duty credentials get in the way of a lively and provocative rendition of his "Screwtape Letters" put together by Max McLean and Jeffrey Fiske.
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2010 Tony Awards June 13
Broadcast Sunday at 8 PM on CBS
By: - May 07th, 2010The 2010 Tony Awards will be held June 13 at 8 on CBS. While Fela tops the list of Tony Award nominations we found the musical to be problematic. Our critics covered a number of the nominated shows including Fela, Red, Sondheim on Sondheim, Lend Me a Tenor, Million Dollar Quarter, and Race. You may check out our reviews through BFA search. We have a list of all of the nominations.
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Clarke Peters Stars in The Whipping Man
Opens at Pittsfield's Barrington Stage May 26
By: - May 07th, 2010Barrington Stage Company presents the New England premiere of Matthew Lopez’s drama, The Whipping Man. The post-Civil War-set play about a Jewish Confederate soldier and his former slaves, who share his faith, will feature Clarke Peters (HBO’s Treme and The Wire), LeRoy McClain and Nick Westrate. Christopher Innvar directs the Barrington Stage production at Stage 2. Performances dates are May 26â€"June 13.
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Lend Me A Tenor on Broadway
Ken Ludwig's Play Tony Award Nominated
By: - May 05th, 2010Attention all opera impresarios. Here are the answers to all your problems. If not the answers, no problem facing you will ever seem insurmountable again. Stanley Tucci directs a razor sharp revival of Lend Me A Tenor with a mega watt cast. If you sit in the first five rows, be prepared to receive cherries and roses and so on.
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