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Shakespeare and Company

Theater Review: “4000 Miles” — A Perceptive Look at the Generation Gap

4000 Miles is charming, insightful, and moving, an enjoyable anthropological study of contemporary American life across the generations.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: 4000 Miles, Amy Herzog, Annette Miller, Culture Vulture, Gregory Boover, Shakespeare and Company

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

Theater Preview: “The How and the Why” — Fiercely Intelligent Women in Conflict

“I was/am struck by the women in The How and the Why. I hadn’t seen them onstage before. Nor had I quite heard from them before.”

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Preview, Theater Tagged: Bridget Saracino, Culture Vulture, evolution, Nicole Ricciardi, Sarah Treem, Shakespeare and Company, The How and The Why, Tod Randolph, Women

Theater Review: Shakespeare & Co’s “The Servant of Two Masters” — An Old Farce, Refreshed

Director Jenna Ware’s adaptation (a world premiere) of Carlo Goldoni’s inspired zaniness puts a delightfully distinctive spin on a classic of clowning.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater, Uncategorized Tagged: Carlo Goldoni, Jenna Ware, Shakespeare and Company, The Servant of Two Masters

Theater Review: Shakespeare & Co Mounts a Powerful Staging of “Mother Courage”

Olympia Dukakis makes good on her desire to evoke the weakness the indomitable Mother Courage fights so hard to cover up: the actress conveys the highs and lows of this gargantuan character with enormous power.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Bertolt Brecht, Eric-Bentley, John Douglas Thompson, Mother Courage, Olympia Dukakis, Shakespeare and Company

Theater Review: Two Plays Chronicle the Lives of Pioneering Women

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.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Al the Way, Barrington Stage, Cassandra speaks, Culture Vulture, Debra Jo Rupp, Dorothy Tompson, Dr Ruth, Mark St. Germain, Norman Plotkin, Ruth Westheimer, Shakespeare and Company, Tod Randolph

Theater Review: The Venetian Twins — Commedia dell’arte Done Hilariously Right

While by no means the headiest permutation of commedia dell’arte, Shakespeare & Company’s production of THE VENETIAN TWINS is skillful as anything a commedia enthusiast might hope to see.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Theater Tagged: Carlo Goldoni, David Joseph, Jenna Ware, Shakespeare and Company, The Venetian Twins

Fuse Theater Review: Shakespeare in Paris

The production is set in France of the 1920s and artfully combines evocations of both Paris and the Forest of Arden: The city of lights is represented by miniature versions of famous landmarks: the Arc de Triomphe; Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower — that twinkle at night and serve as props as well as set.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: As You Like it, comedy, Culture Vulture, drama, Shakespeare and Company, the Berkshires, Willam Shakespeare

Theater Review: Very Fond Memories of Water

This is a highly satisfying evening of light theater that provokes its audience to bursts of recognition, laughter and sorrow in quick succession.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Culture Vulture, Kevin G. Coleman, Shakespeare and Company, Shelagh Stephenson, The Memory of Water

Coming Attractions in Theater: May 2011

May is usually a so-so respite before the summer season revs up, but there’s some interesting productions popping up, including Propeller Theatre Company’s all-male versions of Shakespeare’s Richard III and The Comedy of Errors, Amy Brenneman’s autobiographical show Mouth Wide Open, and an opportunity to see J. M. Barrie take it on in the chin […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Theater Tagged: Amy Brenneman, Berklee College of Music, Central Square Theater, David Leddy, Emerging America Festival, Happy Medium Theatre, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Mouth Wide Open, New Rep, Passing Strange, Peter Pansy, Propeller Theatre Company, Richard III, Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans, Shakespeare and Company, Silver Spoon, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Susurrus, The Comedy of Errors, The Country Club, The Drowsy Chaperone, The-Nora-Theatre-Company, Tina Packer, Why I Sing the Blues -- An Original Musical, Women of Will

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