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Shakespeare and Company

Theatre Review: “An Iliad” — A Masterclass in Acting from MaConnia Chesser

What elevates An Iliad beyond the routine is MaConnia Chesser’s dazzling performance as The Poet.

By: Henry Chandonnet Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: An Iliad, Denis O’Hare, Jeffrey Mousseau, Lisa Peterson, MaConnia Chesser, 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

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