REVIEW: “Barefoot in the Park” at the Sharon Playhouse
by Macey Levin Neil Simon, now 91 years old, is one of the premier comic playwrights of the American theatre. The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite,…
REVIEW: “Pump Boys and Dinettes” at the Theater Barn
by Gail M. Burns Back in the early 1980’s a couple of musician friends dressed up in mechanics overalls, billed themselves as the Pump Boys,…
REVIEW: “Seared” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
by Barbara Waldinger Wilted spinach salad with warm bacon dressing; seared wild salmon with a Bengali onion chutney; seared asparagus with olive oil, salt and…
REVIEW: “Lempicka” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
by Macey Levin There was woman, born to a Jewish father and Catholic mother in Warsaw, Poland, in 1898. In Petrograd Russia, she married a…
REVIEW: The Hunchback of Notre Dame” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
It’s late July and the theatre scene is hopping! None of our regular Berkshire On Stage critics was able to fit a trip to the…
REVIEW: “The Chinese Lady” at Barrington Stage
by Macey Levin The first Chinese woman to arrive in America was Afong Moy in 1834; she was 14 years old. Her father sent her…
REVIEW” “Creditors” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger In a recent interview with the Times Union, Nicole Ricciardi, director of Shakespeare & Company’s current production of Creditors, describes the play…
REVIEW: “Skeleton Crew” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
by Roseann Cane The only way to truly understand the impact of a crisis is to put a face on it, to humanize it, to…