On the Boards New Play Fest Concludes at The LAVA Center

WHAT: On the Boards ’25: “Jane Austen Ruptured My Spleen” + “Glaucman’s Syndrome” & On the Boards ’25: Table Read Sunday WHEN: Friday and Saturday, June 27 and 28, 7p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.); table reads Sunday, July 29, 3 p.m. WHERE: The LAVA Center, 324 Main St., Greenfield MORE…

Shake It Up: A Shakespeare Cabaret Returns to the Berkshires

LENOX, Mass. – July begins at Shakespeare & Company with Shake It Up: A Shakespeare Cabaret, a mash-up of modern music and Shakespeare verse co-created by Artistic Director Allyn Burrows and Jacob Ming-Trent. Directed by Burrows, Shake It Up premiered in 2024 and returns July 1 through 6 at the Tina Packer Playhouse. It…

REVIEW: “Million Dollar Quartet” at The Sharon Playhouse

by Macey Levin There’s a ton of energy pouring off the stage at Sharon Playhouse’s production of Million Dollar Quartet. This electrifying show written by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux opened on Broadway in 2010.  It is based on an actual incident when four rock ‘n’ roll icons – Elvis…

Auditions for “The Girl on the Train” at Schenectady Civic Players

Schenectady Civic Players Auditions For:The Girl on the TrainBy Paula HawkinsAdapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan AbelDirected by Jennifer Van Iderstyne Audition Dates:Tuesday, June 24th & Thursday, June 26th Sign-ups start at 7:00 pmAuditions begin at 7:30pm Performance Dates:Friday 10/17- Sunday 10/19Wednesday 10/22 – Sunday 10/26 Audition InfoAuditions will consist…

REVIEW: “The Victim” at Shakespeare & Company

by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Victimhood, the Holocaust, racism, classism, abuse, revenge, dementia, fear, helplessness and family. All these moving themes and more are addressed in Lawrence Goodman’s world premiere play, The Victim, at Shakespeare & Company. Introduced to three women on a relatively spare stage, save a bed, a table, and…