Bill Marx
“Job” is not so much a game of cat-and-mouse as a highly pressurized coffee klatch.
Two versions of “Hedda Gabler” — one gratifying, the other gauche.
The Berkshire Theatre Group production of “Metamorphoses” is consistently engaging and, at times, deeply powerful.
The Front Porch Arts Collective’s engaging revival of Katori Hall’s drama comes at a propitious time.
“If my work does have a recurrent theme, it is the pressure of the political/historical moment on individual choice.”
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
Overall, this is a satisfying production of a turn-of-the-century play that still underlines enduring economic inequity.
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