MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Dr. John and the Lower 911 Saturday, July 23, 2011 Review by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Dr. John was smart – or lucky. When he created his sound, his persona, and his approach back about 40 years ago, he did it in such a way as to make…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Dr. John and the Lower 911 will perform on Saturday, July 23 at 8 at the Mahaiwe. A 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack, Jr., better known by the stage name Dr. John, is an American musical icon, in many ways the living incarnation of…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Legendary jazz pianist, composer, and vocalist Barbara Carroll, accompanied by her longtime musical partner, the bassist Jay Leonhart, performs at the Mahaiwe on Sunday, July 24 at 7. With a career that has spanned some 65 years, Carroll has long been regarded as one of the most fascinating purveyors of swinging…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Tony Award-winning star of the original cast of A Chorus Line, Donna McKechnie, will perform My Musical Comedy Life on Sunday, July 10, 2011, at 7 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. The one-woman show garnered McKechnie a Mac Award Nomination for Best Female Singer and the Backstage Bistro Award…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Taylor Mali, renowned slam poetry performer, returns to Upstairs Live at the Triplex for his annual summer show on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 8 at the Triplex Cinema. This year’s one-man show, Open Heart Perjury, is described as “an evening of poetry embracing disruption in the service of clarity and…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF), which the New York Times just called “consistently imaginative,” returns to the Berkshires with two opera productions at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center from Friday, June 24 through Monday, June 27. The four performances will include the fully-staged North American premiere production of Steffani’s Niobe,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) — The 2011 Berkshire Fringe kicks off its seventh season with 50 original works of theater, dance and music by emerging artists from across the United States from July 25 to August 15 in the Daniel Arts Center on the campus of Simon’s Rock. The festival hosts seven innovative theater and dance…
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…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Housatonic-based writer Gina Hyams will host the WBCR-lp Anything Goes Pie Contest to celebrate publication of her new book/kit, Pie Contest in a Box: Everything You Need to Host a Pie Contest, on Sunday, July 10 at 3 at Route 7 Grill (999 Main Street in Great Barrington, Mass.). Admission is…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Never Stand Still, a new documentary about Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Mass., is receiving a preview screening at the Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) on Saturday, June 4, at 7, at the Triplex Cinema, in advance of the film’s official West Coast premiere.
