Theatre Communications Group to Publish “Women+ on the Edge of Democracy”
A Collective Portrait of a Nation in Doubt and Transformation Featuring More Than 30 Timely New Plays By Acclaimed Women+ Playwrights From Around the World…
REVIEW: “13: The Musical” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Memories of being 13 are often painful. Trying to fit in, struggling with physical changes of adolescence, and hoping to be popular…
Playhouse Stage Company Announces 39th Season
Les Misérables, Dear Evan Hansen and Stephen King’s Carrie headline six productions at the historic Cohoes Music Hall, as the company’s most ambitious season yet…
REVIEW: “Lobby Hero” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
by Patrick White Dorset Theatre Festival is closing out its summer 2026 season with Kenneth Lonergan’s terrific, twisty, moral thriller Lobby Hero from 2001. For everyone who…
REVIEW: “Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Berkshire Opera Festival
by Barbara Waldinger What could be more satisfying for a theatre critic with a penchant for opera than to attend a bel canto performance of…
REVIEW: “Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 – 2020” at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The stress of the Covid -19 pandemic was bound to make its way into the theater canon. New mothers, during this time,…
REVIEW: “Merry Wives” at Shakespeare in the Woods
by Patrick White Sometimes a trip to the theatre due to its transitory nature and “you had to be there” uniqueness is just a little…
Majestic Theater Opens 29th Season with “Nunsense”
Tickets Also Available for Additional Shows Including Home For the Holidays, Torch Song Tuesday and More West Springfield, MA (8/20/26) – West Springfield’s Majestic Theater open…
REVIEW: “Hamlet” at Shakespeare & Company
by Sierra Pasquale There are few theatrical challenges more daunting than staging Hamlet. Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy has been performed, adapted, dissected, and reinterpreted so…
REVIEW: “Dead Girl’s Quinceañera” at Barrington Stage Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Who doesn’t love a mystery? Honestly, me. But I could not help but be drawn into Dead Girl’s Quinceañera by Phanesia Pharel…
REVIEW: “Lovesong” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Barbara Waldinger Picture a time and space where memories are not just emotional but are also physical embodiments of the past. And then add…
Avoid Being Scammed this Summer!
(Thanks to the Sharon Playhouse for requesting Berkshire on Stage address this issue. Their leadership, along with leaders from the Mac-Haydn Theatre, Dorset Theatre Festival,…
Harbinger Theatre Opens Season with “The Counter” at The Albany Barn
ALBANY, NY — Harbinger Theatre’s fifth season continues with The Counter by Meghan Kennedy, directed by Patrick White. As Harbinger’s 22nd production and 21st Capital…
The Valley Players Present “At the Wedding”
AMHERST – Tickets are now available for Valley Players’ production of Bryna Turner’s riotous, moving comedy At the Wedding. The show goes up October 1–4 as…
“Hairspray” Opens at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
CHATHAM, NY (August 27, 2026)—Get ready to dance, dream, and “You Can’t Stop the Beat” as Hairspray opens Thursday, August 27 at the Mac-Haydn Theatre. The big-hearted,…
Playhouse Stage Company Announces Auditions for “Dear Evan Hansen” and “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”
Fall auditions are here — and Playhouse Stage Company is casting two very different shows! September 9–11, 2026Wednesday & Thursday: open sign-in, 6:30–7:30pmFriday: open sign-in,…
Universal Preservation Hall Welcomes Ana Gasteyer in December
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (Aug. 26) — Universal Preservation Hall is excited to welcome celebrated musician, comedian, and actor Ana Gasteyer 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11.…
The OLLI Players Announce Auditions for Readers’ Theatre Group
Tuesday, September 8, 20264:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Berkshire Community College The OLLI Players is a project of the Performing Arts Initiative of OLLI at…