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Barrington Stage Company

Theater Review: “A Little Night Music” — Failing the Test of Time

Appreciating Stephen Sondheim’s achievement does not mean loving all of his shows. A Little Night Music may just be one of his musicals that should be politely nudged aside.

By: Henry Chandonnet Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: A Little Night Music, Barrington Stage Company, Henry Chandonnet, Stephen-Sondheim

Theater Review: “Hold These Truths” — Powerful Political Drama

The play’s disparate elements have been blended into a riveting drama, energetically directed by Lisa Rothe, and nimbly performed by Joel de la Fuente.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Barrington Stage Company, Hold These Truths, Jeanne Sakata

Theater Review: “The Glass Menagerie” — Doing Justice to an American Classic

This is a first-rate production of a true American classic.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Barrington Stage Company, Culture Vulture, Julianne Boyd, The Glass Menagerie

Theater Review: “West Side Story” — Still Brilliant After All These Years

The Barrington Stage Company’s moving and fiercely energetic production brings West Side Story back to the stage with a bang.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Barrington Stage Company, Culture Vulture, Julianne Boyd, West-side-story

Theater Review: “The Chinese Lady” — History as a Clever Two-hander

Atung and Moy have a lot to say about American history and culture — acutely informed by the playwright’s 21st century sensibility and identity politics.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Barrington Stage Company, Culture Vulture, Lloyd Suh, Ma-Yi Theater Company, The Chinese Lady

Theater Review: “A Doll’s House, Part 2” — A Not So Subtle Sequel

The action is set in an incongruous and ahistorical no-man’s land, adrift between realistic drama and farce.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: A Doll's House Part 2, Barrington Stage Company, Culture Vulture, Helen Epstein, Joe Calarco, Lucas Hnath

Theater Review: “Typhoid Mary” — Surprisingly Apt for Our Times

This tautly-directed, well-cast production is filled with contemporary medical, political, and social resonances.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Barrington Stage Company, Culture Vulture, Mark St. Germain, Typhoid Mary

Theater Review: Berkshires Stage Round-up — Minimal Cheers

Theater in the Berkshires has now entered a less than sparkling mode with a group of offerings that left me wondering why they were chosen for production.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: A Legendary Romance, Barrington Stage Company, Chester Theatre Company, Culture Vulture, Daniel Elihu Kramer, Every Brilliant Thing, Jeff McCarthy, Joel Ripka, Lora Lee Gayer, Melissa James Gibson, This, Williamstown-Theatre-Festival

Theater Review: “Kunstler” — A Radical for the Defense

Barrington Stage has kicked off its summer season with a smart, funny, and very timely show about radical defense attorney William Kunstler.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Barrington Stage Company, Culture Vulture, Kunstler, Meagen Fay, William Kunstler

Fuse News Quick Picks — Berkshire Theater Best Bets

Two fine new plays that create deeply absorbing drama from stories in the headlines.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: American Son, Barrington Stage Company, Culture Vulture, Shakespeare and Company, Ugly Lies the Bone

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