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