Scene from ‘I’m going to toss my arms—if you catch them they’re yours,’ Trisha Brown Dance (photo Stephanie Berger)
TRISHA BROWN DANCE BRINGS FAREWELL TOUR to BARD
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Trisha Brown Dance Company kicks off the annual Bard SummerScape Festival with three performances of Proscenium Works: 1979–2011 this Friday, June 27, at 7:30pm, through Saturday, June 28 at 2pm and 7:30pm, in the Fisher Center. The program features the final creation of MacArthur Fellow Trisha Brown, alongside revivals of two of her most beloved large-scale stage works, made in collaboration with Laurie Anderson and Robert Rauschenberg.
Trey McIntyre Project in ‘Leatherwing Bat’ (photo Christopher Duggan/courtesy of Jacob’s Pillow)
TREY MCINTYRE PROJECT TAKES FINAL BOW at JACOB’S PILLOW
(BECKET, Mass) – Trey McIntyre Project will make its final appearance as a fulltime dance ensemble Wednesday, June 25 through Sunday, June 29, in the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. The program features The Vinegar Works: Four Dances of Moral Instruction, a new work inspired by the surreal art and writings of Edward Gorey, and the East Coast premiere of Mercury Half-Life, set entirely to the music of legendary rock band Queen.
David Anderson of Walking the Dog
WALKING THE DOG THEATER DOES LONG FORM IMPROV at PS21
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Walking the dog Theater will perform its trademark long-form improvisational shows for three evenings, Thursday-Saturday, June 26-28, at 8pm at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century.
Kim Stauffer
CHESTER THEATRE COMPANY OPENS 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON with HAUNTING MYSTERY ‘MADAGASCAR’
(CHESTER, Mass.) – J.T. Rogers’ haunting mystery “Madagascar” opens the 25th anniversary season at Chester Theatre Company, running Wednesday, June 25, through Sunday, July 6, at the Chester Town Hall. The production stars Debra Jo Rupp and Kim Stauffer.
Kenny Barron
TANGLEWOOD OPENS GATES to JAZZ, GARRISON KEILLOR
(LENOX, Mass.) – The Kenny Barron Trio, led by the Grammy Award-nominated pianist Kenny Barron, who has been active for nearly 50 years and has been featured on hundreds of recordings, opens the pre-season at Tanglewood in Ozawa Hall on Friday, June 27, at 8pm, followed by the annual live broadcast of American Public Media’s “A Prairie Home Companion” radio variety show featuring Garrison Keillor on Saturday, June 28, at 5:45 pm.
Kate Baldwin
SONDHEIM’S ‘LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC’ OPENS BTG SEASON at COLONIAL
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning 1973 musical, “A Little Night Music” – inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film “Smiles of a Summer Night” and taking its name from Mozart’s Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” – opens the Berkshire Theatre Group season at the Colonial Theatre, running from Monday, June 30, through Saturday, July 19. The musical, whose best-known song is “Send in the Clowns,” stars four-time Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Gregg Edelman, Emmy Award winner and two-time Tony Award nominee Penny Fuller, Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee Kate Baldwin, internationally-acclaimed vocalist and actress Maureen O’Flynn, and Broadway and television actor Graham Rowat.
Dust Bowl Faeries
SWAMP BABY and DUST BOWL FAERIES HEADLINE FOLKTRONICA FEST at HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Two of the Capitol Region’s top folktronica outfits, Swamp Baby and Dust Bowl Faeries, headline a night of avant chamber-pop at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, June 28, at 8pm. Special guests Two Cats in Suits, featuring members of the Last Conspirators, will warm up the crowd.
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