Colonial Theatre Hosts Inaugural Festival of New Jewish Plays

Produced by Berkshire Theatre Group, The Jewish Plays Project and plays2gather An immersive three-day experience celebrating the depth and diversity  of Jewish theatre from near and far featuring works by Deborah Zoe Laufer and Ari’el Stachel and performances by Josh Malina, Ella Stiller, Mimi Lieber and Thom Niemann Pittsfield, MA – Join us…

Berkshire Opera Festival Presents Gounod’s “Faust” at the Mahaiwe

Berkshire Opera Festival has restored world-class, fully-staged opera to the Berkshires with savvy productions and superlative casts.  This summer’s mainstage opera is a reimagined French classic:  FAUST August 24 at 1PMAugust 27 at 7:30PMAugust 30 at 7:30 PM This new production of Gounod’s timeless masterpiece about a man who sells his soul to the…

Adams Theater to Present Voloz Collective’s Award-Winning Play “The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much”

ADAMS, MA—The Adams Theater, with award-winning international physical theater company Voloz Collective, will present “The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much” at the theater on Saturday, August 17 at 7:30 P.M. and Sunday, August 18, at 2 P.M.  A smash hit at Edinburgh Fringe (two sold-out runs!), Voloz Collective brings…

Shakespeare & Company Offers its First Dog-Friendly Performance

LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company will host its first-ever dog-friendly performance on Sunday, August 11, at a 7 p.m., outdoor performance of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, staged in the Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre.  The initiative was launched by General Manager Steve Ball, who co-leads Shakespeare & Company’s Merry Wanderers’ Tours…

Vermont Public Theater Presents Shakespeare in the Woods: “Twelfth Night”

BENNINGTON, VT:  Vermont Public Theater presents Shakespeare in the Woods: Twelfth Night: A Fundraiser for Bennington County Coalition for the Homeless Vermont Public Theater continues its mission of building healthier communities through the arts with an outdoor free presentation of Shakespeare in the Woods production of Twelfth Night on Sunday August 25th at 2pm, at Merchants…

REVIEW: “Flight of the Monarch” at Shakespeare & Company

by Barbara Waldinger Since the Covid pandemic, theatres have been struggling financially to make up for the huge losses they suffered when they were forced to shut down.  Many Berkshire theatres have chosen to produce one or two-person plays to cut expenses.  The challenge for new playwrights is to find…