REVIEW: “Sympathetic Magic” at Bridge Street Theatre

by Jessica Hoffman Bridge Street Theater takes audiences to 1990s San Francisco with its production ofSympathetic Magic: a play about very smart people making very questionable decisions. Twoastrophysicists, a university chair, a sculptor, a choirmaster, an elderly anthropologist, herassistant, and a gay priest make up the cast of enigmatic characters…

Seventh Berkshire Theatre Awards Presented

Top Honors Split Four Ways PITTSFIELD, MA (November 13, 2023) – At an SRO ceremony held at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield, the Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) presented the Berkshire Theatre Awards, colloquially known as The Berkies, on the evening of Monday, November 13, 2023. This was the seventh time the awards…

REVIEW: “Chapter Two” at Schenectady Civic Players

by Jessica Hoffman I must admit I’m a sucker for a comedy–a Neil Simon comedy all the moreso. Schenectady Civic Players’ current production, Chapter Two, is neither Neil Simon’s funniest comedy nor his most profound drama, but it is nevertheless chock full of Simon’s witty repartee and true-to-life, laugh-out-loud humor.…

REVIEW: “Moonglow” at the Majestic Theater

by Jeannie Marlin Woods MOONGLOW is an amusing comedy by Jack Neary, which opened October 26th at the Majestic Theater in West Springfield, Massachusetts. This charming love story is set in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1967 with flashbacks to the 1940s. Neary is no stranger to the Majestic, whose audiences have…

Award-Winning Creators Bring “You Don’t Know the Lonely One” to the Ancram Opera House

Preview by Gail M. Burns For the past three years or so, theatre artists David Cale and Dael Orlandersmith, along with musician Matthew Dean Marsh and director Robert Falls, have been thinking about loneliness (being alone when you don’t want to be) and aloneness (being alone by choice.) Artistic creation…

Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Announces Nominees for 2023 “Berkie” Awards

1. Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play:  Nominees: A. Bella Merlin, The Contention, Shakespeare & Co. B. Jasminn Johnson, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Barrington Stage Company C. Sally McCarthy, Invitation to a March, Ghent Playhouse D. Marinell Madden-Crippen, Our Town, Sharon Playhouse E. Geneva Turner, The Lion in Winter, Bridge…

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