(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House plays on the Nikos Stage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival now through July 31, 2011. The production of the 19th-century critique of marriage features actors Lili Taylor (High Fidelity, Six Feet Under) and Lily Rabe (Crimes of the Heart at WTF; Law and Order and Saving Grace…
(THE BERKSHIRES, Mass.) – Merriam-Webster introduced the word “staycation” into its dictionary just as the recession officially ended in 2009 and more vacationers were opting to stay at or closer to home. With gas prices still high and the aftereffects of the recession still being felt by many, staycation is a buzzword that is here…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Tony Award-nominee Jayne Atkinson, perhaps best known for her role as Karen Hayes on 24 and in the CBS drama, Criminal Minds, plays Edith Wilson, wife of President Woodrow Wilson, in a staged reading of Kelly Masterson’s Edith, on Wednesday, July 27 at 7:30, part of the Berkshire Playwrights Lab series…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) — The Center for Peace through Culture and Hancock Shaker Village will co-present Pathways to Peaceful Living: Tools and Explorations, a one-day peace conference and concurrent festival on Saturday, September 17, 2011, from 9 to 5:30 at Hancock Shaker Village, with a concert by Grammy-winning composer Paul Winter titled “A Celebration of the…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Oliver Goldsmith’s 18th-century bawdy comedy She Stoops to Conquer is being revived on the Main Stage of the Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) in a production helmed by former WTF artistic director Nicholas Martin that runs from July 27 through August 7, 2011. The play stars Brooks Ashmanskas (Knickerbocker at WTF; Promises, Promises)…
(The Berkshires, July 20, 2011) – ArtBerkshires, an organization working to bring together professionals in the arts living and working in the Berkshires, presents the first of two curated weekends taking place in the summer of 2011. The weekend will feature studio and home visits with visual artists, dance and theater performances, and discussions with…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Blues legend Eric Bibb performs at Club Helsinki in Hudson, N.Y., on Friday, July 22, at 9. The Grammy- and W.C. Handy-nominated gentleman of song has brought his thoughtful music, soulful voice and blues-laced guitar picking to listeners around the world over the past four decades. Bibb has deep roots in American…
(LENOX, Mass.) – The outdoor Rose Footprint Theatre at Shakespeare & Company marks its 10th anniversary season with The Venetian Twins, a commedia dell’arte-flavored show featuring swordfights, whimsical costumes, ridiculous antics, hilarious music, and more. An outlandish comedy reminiscent of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, The Venetian Twins features a bevy of original catchy songs,…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Choreographer Zoe Scofield and visual artist Juniper Shuey, co-directors of the Seattle-based company zoe | juniper, return to Jacob’s Pillow to perform the world premiere of A Crack in Everything on July 20-24. Created in part during a Creative Development Residency at Jacob’s Pillow, A Crack in Everything – whose title is…
(LENOX, Mass.) — Broadway in the Berkshires, a musical revue featuring an array of Broadway’s greatest hits performed by an all-star cast of Broadway talent, takes place at Shakespeare & Company’s Founders’ Theatre on Monday, August 15 at 6. Proceeds will go to Shakespeare & Company’s internationally acclaimed Education and Training Programs. Producer and company…
