A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming stars in the world premiere of Joe DiPietro’s “Living on Love,” based on the play “Peccadillo” by Garson Kanin, at Williamstown Theatre Festival, running on the Main Stage from Wednesday, July 16, 2014, through Saturday, July 26. Fleming takes the stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Comic, romantic, and magical short stories about love and obstacles and getting what you wish for, written by Louise Erdrich, Robert Coover, and Maile Meloy, will be read by stage and screen stars Kate Burton, Jane Curtin, and Campbell Scott in a live taping of the hit public radio series Symphony…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – “Breaking the Code,” Hugh Whitemore’s biographical drama of Alan Turing, the famed mathematician and computer science pioneer who solved the German Enigma code during World War II, opens at Barrington Stage Company (BSC) on Thursday, July 17, 2014, and runs through Saturday, August 2. Many believe the Turing Machine, the computer Turing…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Henry Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas” will get a semi-staged concert performance at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Saturday, July 19, 2014, at 8pm and Sunday, July 20 at 2pm, in a collaboration between PS21 and Concerts in the Village (CITV) of Kinderhook, N.Y. The production features a live…
(CHESTER, Mass.) – “High Dive,” a one-woman comedy by Leslie Ayvazian that relies on audience participation, will get a special three-night run from July 22 through July 24 at Chester Theatre Company as part of its 25th anniversary celebration. The production stars Jennifer Rohn in her sixth CTC appearance. In “High Dive,” comic misadventures pile…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Baseball Project, a rock ‘n’ roll supergroup featuring members of R.E.M., Dream Syndicate, Hindu Love Gods and Young Fresh Fellows, bring their growing body of songs about America’s national pastime to Club Helsinki Hudson on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at 8pm. Formed in 2007 by Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, The…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Zimbabwean singer-songwriter Netsayi performs her unique brand of “Chimurenga soul” music at MASS MoCA on Saturday, July 19, 2014, at 8pm. Netsayi’s music boasts a jazzy, rhythmic pulse that connects Afropop to folk-rock, connecting the dots between Joan Armatrading and Angélique Kidjo. Using handcrafted wooden instruments native to Africa, Netsayi’s enchanting…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Roots-rockers Lukas Nelson, Tommy Stinson, and Ruby Stinson will perform in “FarmOn! Hoedown,” an all-star benefit concert for the FarmOn! Foundation at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, July 18, 2014, at 7pm (note early start time). Liana Gabel will also perform. Nelson, who will be joined by his group, Promise of the…
MOSES-INSPIRED DANCE by REGGIE WILSON at JACOB’S PILLOW (BECKET, Mass.) – Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group brings its program, Moses(es), to the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival for six perfomrances from Wednesday, July 9, through Sunday, July 13. The choreography – fusion of modern and African dance – is married…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Dancer/choreographer Faye Driscoll kicks off the Mass Live Arts festival at Simon’s Rock College with her newest dance piece, Thank You for Coming: Attendance, running Thursday-Saturday, July 10-12, 2014. Mass Live Arts is a summer festival of contemporary and experimental performing arts running now through July 26. This year’s festival presents…
