A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The classic Tony Award-winning musical “Bells Are Ringing,” with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Jule Styne, and original production, staging and choreography by Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse, will be staged at the Colonial Theatre from Thursday, July 9, at 7pm, through Sunday, July 26, 2015,…
(CHESTER, Mass.) – “Halcyon Days,” an award-winning comedy by acclaimed Irish playwright Deirdre Kinahan, will be given its New England premiere at Chester Theatre Company from Thursday, July 9, through Sunday, July 19, 2015. Halcyon Days opens with Patricia, a retired school teacher, storming into the nursing-home conservatory where Sean sits alone, submerged in his…
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – “Related: Artwork by Tom, Frank and Margot Curran,” a group exhibition by three sibling artists, opens at Spencertown Academy Arts Center on Saturday, July 11, 2015, with a reception from 4 to 6pm and will remain on display through August 2. The Curran family resided in Spencertown in the 1950s. From a…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Singer and multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons, a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, will perform old-time string band music with his trio at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Saturday, July 11, 2015, at 8pm. Flemons will be joined by Brian Farrow on bass and fiddle and Mike…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – “Summer Shtick,” an evening of comedy and music featuring actors Nancy Rothman and Robert Zukerman and soprano Amanda Boyd-Grout, takes place at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, on Friday, July 10, 2015, at 8pm. This show is the second in a series of three Variety Friday events at PS21 this…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Eilen Jewell, self-styled “queen of the minor key,” brings her blend of noirish rockabilly, surf-tinged country, retro-rock and jazzy folk to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, July 11, at 9pm. Idaho native Jewell, a favorite of Helsinki audiences, emerged from Boston’s thriving indie-roots music scene in the mid-oughts and has established herself…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Alejandro Escovedo brings his band, the Sensitive Boys, and his distinctive catalog of original roots-rock songs to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, July 10, at 9pm. While widespread name recognition may have evaded Alejandro Escovedo over the years, he certainly has garnered the attention of a diverse array of fellow musicians with…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Upstate New York vocal group Wilber Forest and Hudson’s own Lorkin O’Reilly share a double-bill of melodic folk-rock at Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, July 9, at 8pm. Wilber Forest is an alternative folk-rock band based in upstate New York. Founded in 2012 by Ezra Glatt, the group includes Jon B Woodin,…
KYRA SEDGWICK MAKES WTF DEBUT in ‘NEW’ WILLIAM INGE DRAMA; ERIC BOGOSIAN STARS WITH JESSICA HECHT in NEW DRAMEDY (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Kyra Sedgwick will make her Williamstown Theatre Festival debut in the world premiere of “Off the Main Road,” a newly discovered play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright William Inge,…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Kyra Sedgwick will make her Williamstown Theatre Festival debut in the world premiere of “Off the Main Road,” a newly discovered play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright William Inge, running on the Main Stage through Sunday, July 19, 2015. Eric Bogosian and Jessica Hecht create the lead roles…
