(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.) – Vocalist-songwriter Natalie Merchant, the former frontwoman of 1980s folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs, performs at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Mass., on Saturday, January 14, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.. The concert is a benefit for WAMC Northeast Public Radio based in Albany, N.Y. Merchant has spent five years researching, writing, and recording a…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Berkshire Museum will present the major new exhibition, Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds, from Saturday, January 21 through June 17, 2012, showcasing the masterful wildlife art of John James Audubon and exploring the fascinating realm of birds, from the tiniest hummingbird to the flightless ostrich. The exhibition, curated by…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – James Taylor makes his Berkshire stage debut as an actor this week, playing Bob Cratchit in Berkshire Theatre Group’s annual community production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, presented for the first time at the Colonial Theatre. Eric Hill and E. Gray Simons III will co-direct again and return to the stage…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass,) – Renowned fiddler and Celtic musician Natalie MacMaster performs Christmas in Cape Breton at the Colonial Theatre on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at 7:30 pm. MacMaster’s Cape Breton-style fiddling has resonated with world audiences through 10 albums, multiple gold sales figures and a 27 year career. Her impressive musical lineage includes her uncle,…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – In keeping with the Shakers’ history of selling their wares downtown, Hancock Shaker Village will present its first ever holiday pop-up shop in downtown Pittsfield in the private dining room at Spice Dragon (297 North Street) on Saturday, December 3, and Sunday, December 4, 2011, noon to 7 pm, as well as…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Folk-rock singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco performs at the Colonial Theatre on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at 7:30 pm. Singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick will warm up the crowd for DiFranco, who gave a triumphant concert at the restored theater in April 2009. (Read Seth Rogovoy’s review of that concert here.) Ani DiFranco has written hundreds…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – David Sedaris, NPR humorist and bestselling author of Naked, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, will speak at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield tonight, Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at 7:30pm. With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s preeminent humorists. The…
(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.) – By pre-booking reservations for WAM Theatre’s November production of The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls, a Canadian comedy about three sisters making its Berkshire premiere November 3-20 at Barrington Stage Company Stage 2 in Pittsfield, by October 15, 2011, ticket-buyers will have the opportunity to be entered into a drawing…
