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New England Rock Band Barefoot Truth Headlines at the Colonial

Barefoot Truth

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Organic indie-rock group Barefoot Truth brings its distinctive blend of rock, folk, jazz, and reggae to the Colonial Theatre on Friday, November 25, 2011, at 8. Homegrown blues band Catfish Blue reunites for a special one-off opening set for this Thanksgiving weekend homecoming. Barefoot Truth’s Will Evans (guitar, drums, vocals) and Jay…

Ani DiFranco Returns to the Colonial Theatre

Ani DiFranco

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Folk-rock singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco performs at the Colonial Theatre on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at 7:30 pm. Singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick will warm up the crowd for DiFranco, who gave a triumphant concert at the restored theater in April 2009. (Read Seth Rogovoy’s review of that concert here.) Ani DiFranco has written hundreds…

Humorist David Sedaris to Speak at the Colonial Theatre

David Sedaris

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – David Sedaris, NPR humorist and bestselling author of Naked, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, will speak at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield tonight, Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at 7:30pm. With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s preeminent humorists. The…

Columnist/Critic Frank Rich to Speak at The Colonial Theatre

Frank Rich

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Former New York Times columnist and theater critic Frank Rich will speak at the Colonial Theatre on Sunday, October 9 at 2 pm. WAMC Northeast Public Radio’s morning host Joe Donahue will moderate the conversation with Rich, who now writes a monthly column for New York magazine. As the former chief theater…

(Performance Review) Word X Word III

Buddy Wakefield

(PITTSFIELD, Mass., August 20, 2011) – The third annual Word X Word Festival came to a conclusion on Saturday night with a well-attended concert at the Colonial Theatre featuring musical performers Mia Dyson and the band Kingsley Flood and the phenomenal spoken-word stylings of Buddy Wakefield. Part stand-up comic, part wild man, and all heart,…

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes to Perform at The Colonial Theatre

"Southside" Johnny Lyons performing earlier this summer at the Montreal Jazz Festival (photo by Seth Rogovoy)

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) –Legendary New Jersey party band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes performs at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday, August 25 at 7:30 pm. Led by “Southside” Johnny Lyons, a longtime friend and musical confederate of Bruce Springsteen and “Miami” Steve Van Zandt (later “Little Steven”), who was a co-founder, producer, and songwriter for…

Gov. Deval Patrick to Perform at Word X Word Festival

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Deval Patrick, the governor of Massachusetts, will share “Lessons from an Improbable Life,” the subtitle of his memoir, A Reason to Believe, at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday, August 18, at 7, as part of the city’s third annual Word X Word Festival, which kicks off on Saturday, August 13, and takes…

Berkshire Cultural Preview June 15-20

This coming week and weekend features a host of season openings, including Jacob’s Pillow, Berkshire Playwrights Lab, and PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, as well as a Latin cabaret performance by household name Lucie Arnaz at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Mass., and a CD release concert by top regional artist Bobby Sweet…

Colonial and Berkshire Theatre Festival Formalize Merger

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Nearly seven months after two of the Berkshire’s top producing and performing theaters said that they intended to join forces, artistic director and chief executive officer Kate Maguire announced that both have merged into one organization: Colonial Theatre/Berkshire Theatre Festival Merger Corporation. “The new name, of course, is an interim ‘mouthful,’” said…

Bobby Sweet Celebrates New Recording with Pittsfield Concert

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) –  Singer-songwriter Bobby Sweet will celebrate the release of his latest recording, Cowboys and Poets, with a concert on Saturday, June 18, at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Mass. Sweet’s new folk/Americana style has drawn comparisons to John Prine, Jackson Browne, Guy Clark, and “a countrified Bruce Springsteen.” An engaging storyteller and dynamic…