REVIEW: “George Gershwin Alone” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Barbara Waldinger During the question and answer session that concludes his solo production, George Gershwin Alone, Hershey Felder was asked by an audience member…
REVIEW: “Oklahoma!” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Roseann Cane The first musical written by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Oklahoma! opened on Broadway on March 31,1943. An…
REVIEW: “Don Pasquale” at the Berkshire Opera Festival
by Fred Baumgarten Comedy, arguably one of the two greatest human gifts – the other being music – is a timeless art. Picture an arrow…
REVIEW: “Shylock” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Barbara Waldinger Does anyone remember Tubal? Aside from Shylock, he’s the only Jewish character in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice; in fact, they are…
REVIEW: “Fall Springs” at Barrington Stage
by Barbara Waldinger A musical about fracking? Is it doomed to share the fate suffered by entertainments on such unlikely subjects as Anne Frank…
REVIEW: Topdog/Underdog” at Shakespeare & Company
by Roseann Cane I lived in Manhattan for many years, and, particularly downtown and in other neighborhoods heavily populated with tourists, fast-talking young men…
REVIEW: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at the Sharon Playhouse
by Macey Levin Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the first successful show written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice; it was…
REVIEW: “Hamilton” at Proctors
by Roseann Cane Information about the HAM4HAM Lottery Yes: it’s every bit as good as you’ve heard. There are many reasons why Hamilton…