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Theater Review: A Dated “Company”

August 16, 2017
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Director Julianne Boyd is faced with a difficult challenge — dramatizing an outdated psychological travelogue.

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Theater Review: A Pretty Ragged “Ragtime”

June 26, 2017
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Barrington Stage director Joe Calarco has come to the material with a radically different production idea.

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Theater Review: “peerless” — Unexpectedly Wonderful

July 25, 2016
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peerless will have generations of parents and current as well as former teenagers laughing in concert.

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Theater Review: Chaim Potok’s “The Chosen” — Brought Memorably to Life on Stage

July 23, 2013
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The agile hand of adaptor and director Aaron Posner has given us a production of Chaim Potok’s novel “The Chosen” that our children and grandchildren must see.

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Theater Review: Two Plays Chronicle the Lives of Pioneering Women

July 4, 2012
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Two Berkshire theaters are offering one-woman shows this summer. Both scripts feature intelligent, frank, and charismatic women. Both productions star gifted and seasoned actors.

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Coming Attractions in Theater: June 2011

June 1, 2011
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June is a transitional month for theater — the big Summer Festivals don’t hit their stride until July. But odd and interesting productions pop up, such as a view of life for women in Putin’s Russia, a musical about union activity, a glimpse of what’s billed as “the future of ensemble theatre in America,” and the world premiere of a musical version of the Bible’s Song of Songs that, who knows, might usher in a Summer of Love.

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Coming Attractions: Culture Vulture’s October Picks

September 30, 2009
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by Helen Epstein I’m looking forward to what looks to be the best fall foliage season in years in the Berkshires. American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell at the Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA through October 12. A very popular summer exhibit has been held over. It covers Rockwell’s entire 65-year career, interpreted and…

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