New play fest at The LAVA Center concludes with “As We Were: Nine Days in October” by Jan Maher

GREENFIELD, MA — The LAVA Center’s festival of new play readings by local playwrights, “On the Boards,” concludes this weekend with performances of As We Were: Nine Days in October by Jan Maher. For the past few months, LAVA hosted a theater incubation series, in which six local playwrights workshopped…

Ancram Opera House Offers Two Free Artist-Led Writing Workshops

Summer Play Lab Residents Emily Rubin and Seth McNeill will conduct  writing workshops for area residents Ancram Opera House will offer two writing workshops led by Summer Play Lab artists Emily Rubin (Cancer Cabaret) and Seth McNeill (Bullet). The workshops are free, but space is limited, and registration is required.…

UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center Announces 2023-2024 Line-up

June 20, 2023; Amherst, Massachusetts – The UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center is proud to announce the lineup for its 2023-2024 performing arts season. Continuing a near half-century tradition of excellence, Fine Arts Center programming draws its strength from a roster of diverse and high-quality performers to present a calendar of…

Tickets Now on Sale for “Mrs. Doubtfire” at Proctors

(June 20) – The producers of MRS. DOUBTFIRE announced today that single tickets for the upcoming engagement in Schenectady will go on sale June 22. Mrs. Doubtfire is a part of the 23-24 KeyBank Broadway Series. Tickets are available through the Box Office at Proctors in-person, via phone at (518) 346-6204 Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6…

Week Four at Jacob’s Pillow Features Dorrance Dance, Seán Curran Company & Darrah Carr Dance, and Mythili Prakash

June 21, 2023 (BECKET, Mass.)—In the fourth week of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2023, crowd-favorite Dorrance Dance returns July 19-23. The week will also feature several performances on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage, including Seán Curran Company & Darrah Carr Dance on July 19-20, a world premiere by Mythili…

TheaterWorks Hartford Presents “Clyde’s” by Lynn Nottage

TheaterWorks Hartford, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero, is proud to present Clyde’s by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat, Ruined). “Feisty comedy is on the menu” (Washington Post) in Nottage’s latest Tony-nominated, Broadway triumph. Directed by Mikael Burke, Clyde’s runs July 7–30, 2023 at TheaterWorks Hartford’s…

Chester Theatre Company Presents “The Making of a Great Moment”

Chester Theatre Company (CTC) is proud to present The Making of a Great Moment by Peter Sinn Nachtreib, at Chester Town Hall Theatre, 15 Middlefield Road, Chester, MA. The Making of a Great Moment runs June 22 to July 2, with performances Wednesday at 2pm, Thursday at 2pm and 7:30pm, Friday at 7:30pm,…

REVIEW: “Photograph 51” at the Berkshire Theatre Group

by Barbara Waldinger Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51 is not only significant because of its account of Dr. Rosalind Franklin, a Jewish female scientist whose essential contributions to her field continue to be overlooked sixty-five years after her death, but also as a psychological study revealing how Franklin’s all-consuming approach to…