by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – I had hoped to write a review of the Kirtan concert by Deva Premal and Miten that took place at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Sunday night, October 9, 2011. The duo, accompanied by Nepalese flutist Manose, are well known in the world of Sanksrit chant, and…
BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP Birthday Boy by Chris Newbound Directed by Wes Grantom Through Oct 16, 2011 Word Premiere Review by Seth Rogovoy (STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Birthday Boy, Williamstown playwright Chris Newbound’s fabulous new comic drama, is enjoying a stellar world premiere production in the Unicorn Theatre at Berkshire Theatre Festival Thursdays through Sundays through October…
THE GUARD Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh Starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle Review by Seth Rogovoy Sure, you’ve seen this story before: two unlikely buddies — here played by Irishman Brendan Gleeson as a somewhat eccentric small-town Irish police chief and African-American Don Cheadle as the big-shot FBI man sent to Gleeson’s…
MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER They Might Be Giants Friday, Sept 9, 2011 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – They Might Be Giants are just too fun for words, and if the creative core of the group, the duo of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, aren’t still having fun after working together…
JACOB’S PILLOW Mark Morris Dance Group Ted Shawn Theatre August 24-28, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – Mark Morris celebrates his 30th year as Artistic Director of Mark Morris Dance Group this year, an incredible achievement in the world of modern dance. The prolific Morris is the recipient of numerous awards and has…
TANGLEWOOD Ozawa Hall Brad Mehldau Thursday, August 25, 2011 Review by Seth Rogovoy (LENOX, Mass.) – Roll over, Cole Porter, tell Richard Rodgers the news. The last page has finally been turned on the so-called Great American Songbook. And good riddance to it once and for all. I base this observation on Brad Mehldau’s solo…
(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,…
WORD X WORD FESTIVAL Pittsfield, Mass. Sunday, August 14, 2011 by Seth Rogovoy (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The first indoor event of this year’s Word X Word Festival took place on Sunday night in a raw space on the top floor of the Compuworks building, and featured two spoken-word performers – Taylor Mali and Iyeoka Ivie…
TANGLEWOOD Train Monday, August 8, 2011 Review by Seth Rogovoy (LENOX, Mass.) — OK, so the tween girls and their moms and even some of their dads and older brothers and aunts and uncles all had a good time at the Train concert at Tanglewood last night. So there ends my reportorial duties. But as…
TANGLEWOOD Festival of Contemporary Music Fromm Concert Ozawa Hall Thursday, August 4, 2011 Review by Seth Rogovoy (LENOX, Mass.) – A mostly brilliant evening of new and recent compositions was capped by the debut of John Zorn’s dazzling À Rebours, a fun-house ride and reverie featuring solo cellist Fred Sherry and nine players, including…
