James Taylor (photo Lane Turner/ Boston Globe) (LENOX, Mass.) – James Taylor returns to Tanglewood with his All-Star Band for…
Rex Harrison by Seth Rogovoy Robert Downey Jr. presumably had a better time making the new movie “Dolittle,” based on…
Ian Chang Hong Kong native Ian Chang, who now calls New York City home, has been on the cutting edge…
Katie Hannigan Observational comedian Katie Hannigan brings her pop-culture-laced standup to the Comedy Garage at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield,…
(LENOX, Mass.) – James Taylor returns to Tanglewood with his All-Star Band for a performance on Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 8 p.m. in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. The July 4 concert will be followed by a fireworks display over the Stockbridge Bowl in celebration of the Independence Day holiday. Proceeds from this concert will…
by Seth Rogovoy Robert Downey Jr. presumably had a better time making the new movie “Dolittle,” based on Hugh Lofting’s “Doctor Dolittle” stories and opening in theaters on Friday, January 17, 2020, than did his fellow Jew, Anthony Newley, who had a miserable experience on the set of the original 1967 “Doctor Dolittle” film version,…
Hong Kong native Ian Chang, who now calls New York City home, has been on the cutting edge of experimental electronic music for the past decade. A member of Son Lux and Landlady, Chang has also performed with Joan As Policewoman, Dave Douglas, and Rubblebucket. The composer-drummer collaborates with visual duo Endless Endless to create…
Observational comedian Katie Hannigan brings her pop-culture-laced standup to the Comedy Garage at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Mass., on Thursday, Jan 9, at 7:30pm. Based in New York City, Hannigan – who is also an actor and writer — has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central, the Travel Channel, Oxygen…
The Hudson Valley’s own Felice Brothers, our leading Americana outfit in the style of the pioneering group The Band, ring out the old and ring in the new on New Year’s Eve at Club Helsinki Hudson, helped along by that fair city’s favorite son, the one and only Tommy Stinson, formerly of the Replacements, Soul…
A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire and Hudson Valley region. The Suitcase Junket and the brilliant, witty and provocative indie singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton perform a double bill at Club Helsinki Hudson, on Saturday, December 28, at 9pm. The Hudson Valley’s own Felice Brothers, our leading…
by Seth Rogovoy I failed in my book-reading goals for 2019. Not necessarily by not reading a total of 50 books, which I had set out to accomplish, but in not keeping better track of what I read nor taking better notes about what I read. Suffice to say that I hope to begin…
by Seth Rogovoy The Democratic candidates for president need to stop running against each other and unite in one single task: to defeat Donald Trump. This should be the sine qua non of their campaigns. When they run against each other, they make themselves look small and ineffectual, like Lilliputians turned against each other rather…
(NEW YORK, N.Y.) – Contemporary choreographers Anna Peretz Rogovoy and Garnet Henderson will present their second shared evening of dances at the Flea Theater, in the Tribeca section of Manhattan, on December 13 and 14 at 7pm, and December 15 at 3pm. Rogovoy and Henderson will each debut new works in this hourlong evening of…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Singer-songwriter and visual artist Natalia Zukerman and singer-songwriter and storyteller Anne Heaton will bring songs, stories, and pictures to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, December 5, at 8pm. Zukerman will perform excerpts from her one-woman show, “The Women Who Rode Away,” which had its work-in-progress debut at Club Helsinki Hudson two years…
by Seth Rogovoy (NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., October 24, 2019) – Seeing the revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal currently on Broadway (at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, directed by Jamie Lloyd, running through December 8), reminds a theatergoer of the pleasures to be found in pure drama. By that I mean drama that isn’t about…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) — Local filmmaker and Williams College alumna Stacy Cochran will be at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, November 2, at 2pm for a screening of her terrific new film, Write When You Get Work. After the screening, Cochran will be joined by Emmy-nominated writer/producer and fellow Williams College alumnus Michael Sardo for…
by Seth Rogovoy Had it not been for Erik Weisz, the Hungarian-born, Wisconsin-raised son of a rabbi, one of the most influential film artists of all time may have been just an ordinary Joe rather than the extraordinary Buster Keaton, the renowned comic actor, director, and stunt performer widely regarded as one of the greatest…
(BECKET, Mass.) – For the month of August, Hilltown Hot Pies, a pizza pop-up restaurant, has landed at Dream Away Lodge, serving up handmade, Neapolitan-inspired sourdough pizza. Rafi Bildner, a trained pizzaiolo who has honed his pizza-making skills under some of the best pizza chefs in the world, has returned home to the Berkshires for…
THE DAY Wendy Whelan + Maya Beiser + Lucinda Childs + David Lang Doris Duke Studio Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Becket, Mass. Friday, August 2, 2019 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – THE DAY is often discussed in context with the events of 9/11 (September 11, 2001). While there may be certain…
Pretenders MASS MoCA North Adams, Mass. Friday, July 26, 2019 Review by Seth Rogovoy NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Forty-one years ago, after several false starts, Akron, Ohio-native Chrissie Hynde — having long since moved to London — finally succeeded in forming a band that could realize onstage and in the recording studio the sounds she…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Bob Dylan author Seth Rogovoy will host an exclusive screening of Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese at the Triplex Cinema on Tuesday, June 11, at 7pm. The Triplex screening will be one of only a few dozen in the world before the film moves to the…
(AMHERST, Mass.) – The YIDSTOCK 2019 festival — taking place at the Yiddish Book Center from Thursday, July 11, through Sunday, July 14, 2019 — will once again feature a global cast of the greatest talents of Yiddish and klezmer music, with performances by Berlin’s Yiddish folk-rockers Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird, Israeli vocalist…
