Fiddler on the Roof Barrington Stage Company Pittsfield, Mass. Running through 7.14.12 Review by Seth Rogovoy (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – If the measure of a good production of Fiddler on the Roof is loyalty to the original, then Barrington Stage Company’s current production of this beloved, iconic, nearly perfect musical, running in Pittsfield through July 14,…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – What is the future for romantic comedy in a dystopian era? What happens to a young couple embarking on their future, planning a family, when the very existence of the planet they live on is in jeopardy? And how can you entertain and provoke an audience by staging a drama about these…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theater in downtown Pittsfield, garnered five award nominations from the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) for last summer’s production of the musical The Game. The nominations include Best Musical; Julianne Boyd, Best Director of a Musical; Darren Cohen, Best Musical Director; Jen Moeller, Best Costume…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Sometimes being one with the prevailing zeitgeist can have its drawbacks. Barrington Stage Company’s artistic director Julianne Boyd had planned to direct Arthur Miller’s The Price on the Pittsfield theater company’s Mainstage this coming summer. As it turns out, some Broadway producers had the same idea, and so the local company has…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass., January 26, 2012) – Veteran actress Debra Jo Rupp, star of TV’s That ‘70s Show and a part-time Berkshirite, will star as Dr. Ruth Westheimer in a new one-woman play about the famed sexologist by Mark St. Germain at Barrington Stage Company (BSC) this summer. Dr. Ruth, All the Way will premiere on…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Barrington Stage Company is bringing back one of the summer’s popular hits, The Best of Enemies by Mark St. Germain, for a two-week run during fall foliage season, October 5-16, 2011. Inspired by the best-selling book by Osha Gray Davidson, The Best of Enemies is a true story about the relationship between…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Grammy Award-winning cabaret artist and songwriter Amanda McBroom makes an encore engagement with Michael Brourman at Barrington Stage Company for two performances Friday, September 23 and Saturday, September 24, 2011, at 8pm at BSC Stage 2 (36 Linden Street, Downtown Pittsfield). McBroom first came to the attention of the music public when…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Barrington Stage Company (BSC) is closing in on a record-setting single ticket sale total of $1 million for the first time in the theater’s 17-year history for the 2011 season. The landmark is expected to be passed this weekend with cabaret singer Amanda McBroom’s two performances on Friday and Saturday, September 23…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – My Name Is Asher Lev, a play based on the acclaimed novel by Chaim Potok, opens this week at Barrington Stage Company. Adapted for the stage and directed by Aaron Posner, My Name Is Asher Lev, which follows the journey of a young Jewish painter torn between his Hasidic upbringing and his…
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…
