REVIEW: “A Doll’s House, Part 2”
by Barbara Waldinger Henrik Ibsen is a tough act to follow. At the end of his 1879 masterpiece, A Doll’s House, audiences gasped as Nora…
REVIEW: “Artney Jackson” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
by Macey Levin Playwright James Anthony Tyler’s work has been performed in several off-Broadway and regional theatres including the Berkshire Playwrights Lab in Great Barrington,…
REVIEW: “The Whipping Man” at Oldcastle
by Roseann Cane In the days following the end of the Civil War, a young Confederate soldier named Caleb (Justin Pietropaolo) painfully makes his way…
REVIEW: “Ring of Fire” at Capital Repertory Theatre
by Roseann Cane There are rare occasions when audience hooting, hollering, and foot-stomping add to the enjoyment of a night of theater, and Ring of Fire:…
REVIEW: “Macbeth” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger Imagine a production of Macbeth without the witches. No “When shall we three meet again?” No “Double, double toil and trouble: Fire,…
REVIEW: “Disgraced” at the Chester Theatre Company
by Macey Levin When you go to see Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar at the (which you should,) brace yourself for a compelling story, intense When you…
REVIEW: “Hair” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Roseann Cane I was just shy of 15 when Hair opened off-Broadway and began to cause a stir in 1967, a pivotal time in…
REVIEW: “The Mousetrap” at The Theater Barn
by Gail M. Burns The original London production of The Mousetrap, which opened in 1952, is STILL running; and there are endless amateur stagings every…