(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Two of the greatest innovators in contemporary American music – jazz pianist Brad Mehldau and bluegrass mandolinist and vocalist Chris Thile – have joined forces to create an inexplicable fusion of composed and improvised music. The two bring their duo tour, promising an evening of classical transcriptions, pop covers, and original…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – It’s the end of an era – and the beginning of a new one – as Lola Jaffe, who founded the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center ten years ago and has served as board chair ever since, has stepped down from her position. Jaffe, who has been a tireless champion of the…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The group currently performing under the name “The Temptations,” featuring 71-year-old Otis Williams, a co-founder and the only surviving member of the original legendary Motown vocal ensemble, known for such hits as “Get Ready,” “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg,” “Just My Imagination,” “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” and “My Girl,” will…
MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Toots and the Maytals Sunday, November 4, 2012 Review by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Some fifty years into his career, one can’t begrudge Toots Hibbert the desire to kick back and be casual onstage. Which is just what the reggae pioneer is doing on his current acoustic tour, which…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Modern blues artist Keb’ Mo’ will appear with his band at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Thursday, October 18, 2012, at 7:30pm. A singer, guitarist and songwriter, Keb’ Mo’ is a three-time Grammy Award winner for Best Contemporary Blues Album and a key figure in the acclaimed 2003 PBS series…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) — Russian piano virtuosos Natalia Lavrova and Vassily Primakov open the Close Encounters With Music season on Saturday, October 20, 2012, with “‘Dually Noted: Music for Four Hands,” a program of works for duo piano. The 6 p.m. concert, featuring works by Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, Darius Milhaud and John Corigliano, takes place…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Tony Award-winning Broadway virtuosos and lifelong friends Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin reunite on stage for the first production together since Evita on Sunday, October 14, 2012, at 7pm, in a gala evening to benefit the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center and to honor founding board member John Hoyt Stookey. LuPone and…
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, based on the novel of the same title by Mark Haddon and adapted by Simon Stephens, will be telecast live in HD from London’s National Theatre on film screens around the region, including The Clark in Williamstown, Mass.; the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Broadway musical stars Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin headline a gala benefit concert at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Sunday, October 14, 2012, at 7 p.m. The gala fills out a previously announced fall performance lineup that includes reggae legends Toots and the Maytals (November 4) and bluesman Keb’ Mo’…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Modern bluesman Keb’ Mo’, reggae legends Toots and the Maytals, and Motown stars the Temptations are among newly announced acts that will be appearing at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center this fall. Three-time Grammy Award-winner Keb’ Mo’, the stage name of Kevin Moore, will be performing his brand of modern blues…
