(LENOX, Mass.) – Edith Wharton’s century-old story, “Autres Temps…,” about divorce American-style, is being given a new staging in a different time – the Mad Men year of 1962 – by the Wharton Salon theater company at Wharton’s old estate, The Mount. This Autre Temps includes real-life mother and daughter Diane Prusha and Rory Hammond…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Berkshire Playwrights Lab will present a staged reading of Matt Hoverman’s The Glint, directed by Matthew Penn, on Wednesday, August 10 at 7:30 pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. The reading will feature actors Leslie Lyles, Kate MacCluggage, James Murtaugh, and Richard Poe. Admission is free, but reservations are suggested.…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Berkshire Actors Theatre, a new theater company founded by local actors and directors, bows with Four Dogs and a Bone, John Patrick Shanley’s show business comedy. The play follows a screenwriter, a producer, and two manipulative actresses as they simultaneously strive to take control of a floundering Hollywood film. Inflated egos, brazen…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House plays on the Nikos Stage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival now through July 31, 2011. The production of the 19th-century critique of marriage features actors Lili Taylor (High Fidelity, Six Feet Under) and Lily Rabe (Crimes of the Heart at WTF; Law and Order and Saving Grace…
Corinna May as Mary in ‘Memory of Water’ SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre Runs through Sept 4, 2011 Review by Seth Rogovoy Photos by Kevin Sprague/Courtesy Shakespeare & Company (LENOX, Mass., July 21, 2011) – Never in memory has such a collective of serio-comic…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Tony Award-nominee Jayne Atkinson, perhaps best known for her role as Karen Hayes on 24 and in the CBS drama, Criminal Minds, plays Edith Wilson, wife of President Woodrow Wilson, in a staged reading of Kelly Masterson’s Edith, on Wednesday, July 27 at 7:30, part of the Berkshire Playwrights Lab series…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Oliver Goldsmith’s 18th-century bawdy comedy She Stoops to Conquer is being revived on the Main Stage of the Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) in a production helmed by former WTF artistic director Nicholas Martin that runs from July 27 through August 7, 2011. The play stars Brooks Ashmanskas (Knickerbocker at WTF; Promises, Promises)…
(The Berkshires, July 20, 2011) – ArtBerkshires, an organization working to bring together professionals in the arts living and working in the Berkshires, presents the first of two curated weekends taking place in the summer of 2011. The weekend will feature studio and home visits with visual artists, dance and theater performances, and discussions with…
(LENOX, Mass.) – The outdoor Rose Footprint Theatre at Shakespeare & Company marks its 10th anniversary season with The Venetian Twins, a commedia dell’arte-flavored show featuring swordfights, whimsical costumes, ridiculous antics, hilarious music, and more. An outlandish comedy reminiscent of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, The Venetian Twins features a bevy of original catchy songs,…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Romeo and Juliet, one of the greatest and most influential love stories of all time, and perhaps William Shakespeare’s most popular play, is being given an updated, innovative treatment in a new production directed by Daniela Varon at Shakespeare & Company’s Founders’ Theatre now through September 3. Generations never tire of the…
