A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Guitarist Dweezil Zappa, son of the late musical visionary Frank Zappa, brings his group Zappa Plays Zappa to the Mahaiwe on Sunday, July 6, 2014, at 7 pm. Zappa will also teach a guitar master class on Sunday at 3pm. Dweezil Zappa began the Zappa Plays Zappa project in 2006 to…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — Justin Vivian Bond kicks off the 2014 Bard SummerScape festival’s Spiegeltent program on Thursday, July 3, 2014, in a season that features such internationally acclaimed cabaret artists as Amanda Palmer, Molly Ringwald, Meow Meow, and Joey Arias. Other acts this summer include Weimar New York, the ever-popular Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, and folksinger…
(BECKET, Mass) – Popular contemporary company Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will present a program featuring global influences at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in the Ted Shawn Theatre in an extended seven-show engagement from Wednesday, July 2, through Sunday, July 6, 2014. Dances include the dramatic Mediterranean-inspired Gnawa, by Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato and featuring North…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) kicks off its summer season with a production of the Ring Lardner and George S. Kaufman 1929 classic comic romance “June Moon,” running Wednesday, July 2, 2014, through Sunday, July 13, on the Mainstage. Based on the Lardner short story “Some Like Them Cold,” about a love affair…
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…
(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. Making its Helsinki debut, Swamp Baby…
(BECKET, Mass) – Trey McIntyre Project will make its final appearance as a fulltime dance ensemble Wednesday, June 25 through Sunday, June 29, 2014, 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…
(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 2014 Berkshire Theatre Group season at the Colonial Theatre, running from…
(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 2014 pre-season at Tanglewood in Ozawa Hall on Friday, June 27, 2014, at 8pm, followed by the annual live broadcast of American…
(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, 2014, at the Chester Town Hall. The production stars Debra Jo Rupp and Kim Stauffer. Madagascar tells the story of three Americans who find themselves alone, in the same hotel…
