Barrington Stage Company
What fun!! I’m so glad to have seen “On the Town,” a hard-to-get-right musical in this lovely, lusty and lithe production.
Read More about Fuse Theater Review: An Exhilarating “On the Town” in the BerkshiresPittsfield’s Barrington Stage Company is now giving “Bashir Lazhar,” ably translated by playwright Morwyn Brebner, its American premiere and I admire the theater’s choice.
Read More about Theater Review: A Political Refugee’s Tale — “Bashir Lazhar”Early birds will be served what looks like a promising treat when Bashir Lazhar receives its American premiere courtesy of the Barrington Stage Company.
Read More about Fuse News: May Theater Tip in the BerkshiresTheatergoers will find Khadim a new character in the American theater: an entitled, cosmopolitan Middle Eastern teenager, born in Damascus to Iranian parents, who speaks Farsi, Arabic, French, and Italian in addition to English.
Read More about Fuse Theater Review: Dive into the “North Pool”Theater Review: “All My Sons” — An American Antique
If this sounds like a melodrama, that is because Arthur Miller wrote one. “All My Sons” was very much a product of the dramatist’s times and politics.
Read More about Theater Review: “All My Sons” — An American AntiqueWe are hitting the season of high summer now, with productions coming fast and furious. As is my wont, I will single out shows that are off-the-beaten path. This is not to say that the production of “Guys and Dolls” at the Barrington Stage Company isn’t as terrific as I have heard it is. Only that I want to venture beyond brand name material.
Read More about Coming Attractions in Theater: July 2011The summer season winds down with (too) many of the usual crowd-pleasers, enlivened by a couple of world premieres, a re-vamping of an Oscar Wilde warhorse, and an encounter with non-being, courtesy of Edward Albee. By Bill Marx The Taster by Joan Ackermann. Directed by Tina Packer. Staged by Shakespeare & Company at the Founders’…
Read More about Coming Attractions in Theater: August 2010Underneath the discouraging array of customary exhibitions there are some reassuring productions of the new this month, with a smattering of New England and world premieres. Culture Vulture thinks that Richard III will be a highlight at Shakespeare & Co; I am also intrigued by Company One drawing on local playwrights to revamp the tales…
Read More about Coming Attactions in Theater: July 2010By Helen Epstein For Stephen Sondheim fans there’s the Barrington Stage Company production of Sweeney Todd that runs till July 17. I’m waiting for Yasmina Reza’s Art , which is directed by Henry Wishcamper and runs from July 22 through August 7.
Read More about Culture Vulture: July Highlights in the BerkshiresCulture Vulture: Back to Laramie: Moises Kaufman’s Epilogue and Judy Shepard’s Memoir
By Helen Epstein I saw “The Laramie Project Epilogue” at the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, one of a reported 150 venues around the world where staged readings took place this week, the eleventh anniversary of what has become perhaps the most famous hate crime in the world. In October of 1998, twenty-one year…
Read More about Culture Vulture: Back to Laramie: Moises Kaufman’s Epilogue and Judy Shepard’s Memoir
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