Bill Marx

Theater Review: “Metamorphoses” — Everybody in the Pool

October 9, 2025
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The Berkshire Theatre Group production of “Metamorphoses” is consistently engaging and, at times, deeply powerful.

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Theater Review: “The Mountaintop” — A Room With a View of the Promised Land

September 24, 2025
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The Front Porch Arts Collective’s engaging revival of Katori Hall’s drama comes at a propitious time.

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Theater Interview: Kai Maristed on “Paul and Émile” — The Vicissitudes of Friendship

September 22, 2025
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“If my work does have a recurrent theme, it is the pressure of the political/historical moment on individual choice.”

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Theater Interview: “Investigating the New” — Actor/Director Vincent Murphy Reflects on Life and Theater

September 18, 2025
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What has made for a successful life in the theater? Living by the values Vincent Murphy imbibed as a member of Boston Children’s Theatre in the ’60s: “cooperation, creativity, listening, and play.”

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Theater Review: “As You Like It” — The Comic Comforts of a Green World

August 3, 2025
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The high spirits and tolerance in this enjoyable production reinforce the director’s claim that this comedy is about expats striving for “a more balanced, egalitarian society.”

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Theater Review: “Our Class” — A Powerful Visual History Lesson

June 18, 2025
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The strongest element in this Arlekin production is the indelible stage images of loss and love, death and despair, memory and resilience, dreamed up by director Igor Golyak and his talented production team.

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Theater Reviews: Berkshires Roundup — In Touch With Reality

June 13, 2025
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A trio of companies — Barrington Stage Company, Great Barrington Public Theater, and, to a lesser extent, Berkshire Theater Festival — draw on the stage’s power to address our current political emergencies.

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Theater Review: “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” — Still Potent

June 5, 2025
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Overall, this is a satisfying production of a turn-of-the-century play that still underlines enduring economic inequity.

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Arts Commentary: From the Editor’s Desk — By Popular Demand, 2025

April 24, 2025
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Back in February of 2024 I began to write a weekly column for AF newsletter on Substack. A few readers have asked that I post these opinion pieces in the magazine. Here is a selection of my favorites of 2025

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Arts Commentary: From the Editor’s Desk — By Popular Demand, 2024

April 23, 2025
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Back in February of 2024 I began to write a weekly column for the newsletter on Substack. A few readers have asked that I post these opinion pieces in the magazine.  Here is a selection of my favorites.

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