REVIEW: “Our Town” at Sharon Playhouse

by Macey Levin When Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town opened in 1938 it was considered experimental: a character (the Stage Manager) speaks directly to the audience, there are no sets, no props, just the actors pantomiming everything from drinking coffee to throwing newspapers, and the words, marvelous words!  It is one…

Cast Announced for Goodspeed’s New Musical “Private Jones” 

Cast Includes Deaf, Hearing and Hard-of-Hearing Actors; ASL and Open Caption Offered on Select Performances EAST HADDAM, Conn. (Sept. 15, 2023) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly announces the cast for Private Jones, an exciting and innovative new musical inspired by the true story of a deaf Welsh sniper in World War I. Private Jones will appear…

Robert Dubac Back at Proctors in Two Weeks

Have you ever prayed that Jesus would come back as a stand-up comedian? Well, your prayers have been answered. The second coming is no longer coming. It’s here at Proctors and it’s called STAND-UP JESUS! Heaven help us? Hell, yeah! Come bear witness to a truth that hurts and a truth…

The Sherman Players Present Kate Hamil’s “Pride and Prejudice”

SHERMAN, CONN. – The Sherman Players continue their 2023 season with the area premiere of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, written by Kate Hamill from the novel by Jane Austen and directed by Michael J Frohnhoefer. The play will open on Friday, September 15th and run four weekends through October 7th at the Sherman Playhouse.…

World Premiere of Donald Margulies’ “Lunar Eclipse” Starring Karen Allen and Reed Birney

LENOX, Mass. – Lunar Eclipse, a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies (Dinner With Friends, Time Stands Still, Collected Stories) makes its World Premiere at Shakespeare & Company this fall, featuring Karen Allen (Animal House, Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Tony Award-winner Reed Birney (recent: The Menu, Succession)…

Open Auditions at Happier Valley Comedy

Open Auditions at Happier Valley ComedySeptember 23 at 11:00 AMHappier Valley Comedy, 1 Mille Valley Rd, Hadley MA Do you have experience making it all up on the spot? Come play on our stage! We strive to make our auditions full of joy and not tied to results. You’ll step…

Holyoke Community College Seeks Videographer and Costume Designer

Holyoke Community College seeks a Videographer and a Costume Designer for its fall production of A Bright New Boise Costume Designer will be responsible for procuring all costume pieces and conducting fittings prior to the start of tech. Designer will be responsible for cleaning sorting and returning any rental items…