REVIEW: “Twelfth Night” at Shakespeare & Company
by Jenny Hansell Cross-dressing, mistaken identity, unrequited love, bawdy humor, and a few heart-stopping moments of darkness and deep emotion: Shakespeare & Company’s hugely…
REVIEW: “Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story” at Berkshire Theatre Group
by Barbara Waldinger Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Berkshire Theatre Group’s production of Rock and Roll Man: The Alan…
REVIEW: “Show Boat” at The Glimmerglass Festival
by Roseann Cane Show Boat, first produced by Florenz Ziegfeld in 1927, marked a turning point in theater history.. Appearing during a time when…
REVIEW: “Witness for the Prosecution” at The Theater Barn
by Gail M. Burns It breaks my heart to have to inform you that The Theater Barn has mounted a ponderous and shabby production of…
REVIEW: “Now Circa Then” at the Chester Theatre Company
by Macey Levin The audience at Chester Theatre Company is greeted by Julian and Josephine Glockner as they introduce a re-enactment at a tenement…
REVIEW: “Grease” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Lisa Jarisch Since its arrival on Broadway in 1972, Grease has been the Word in more than 3300 Broadway performances, had 27 productions worldwide,…
REVIEW: “A Raisin in the Sun” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
by Barbara Waldinger What is the purpose of producing a classic play that has already been revived many times onstage and on film? Some people…
REVIEW: “A Human Being, of a Sort” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
by Macey Levin In 1906 a Congolese Pigmy native, Ota Benga, was brought to New York City, placed in a cage along with monkeys,…