by Simon Brighenti, Special to Berkshire on Stage The two-decade plus run of successful theatre experiences at the Majestic Theater continues unabated with the 2025-2026 season opener “Once”. A vibrant mélange of guitars, piano, violins, and fiddles; a mandolin and a cello; with an accordion and a couple of Cajon…
by Sierra Pasquale Having seen the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls I was not sure what to expect from a stage production (other than being generally familiar with it). I arrived at SLOC Musical Theater with a sense of both excitement and trepidation knowing that the score is unrelenting and…
by Jess Hoffman Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a Pulitzer and Tony award-winning new and noteworthy powerhouse of a playwright for whom I have much admiration. His 2014 drama Appropriate and 2015 tragicomedy Gloria are both spectacular works that I have previously seen on stage, and his newest play Purpose recently won…
by Macey Levin A.R. Gurney was a prolific playwright whose major works focused on the American upper class. Love Letters (a Pulitzer Prize nominee,) The Dining Room, and The Cocktail Hour are among his most memorable. One of his most popular plays, Sylvia, a comic romp, is the current offering…
by Barbara Waldinger What could be better, when producing a play about conflicts within a family, than casting three superb actors (in a cast of five) who are a family? That is the case with the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont, currently running OTHER DESERT CITIES by Jon Robin Baitz.…
by Barbara Waldinger To celebrate their tenth anniversary, the Berkshire Opera Festival has selected one of the most beloved, most frequently produced operas in the Verdi canon: LA TRAVIATA. According to Maestro Brian Garman, Conductor, Artistic Director and Co-founder of the company, Berkshire audiences have often requested this masterpiece, and now the BOF has delivered…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Escape to Margaritaville, featuring the music of the late Jimmy Buffett, had a brief run on Broadway in 2018. Bringing this musical to the Mac-Haydn stage is Director/Choreographer, Clint Hromsco. Given the brevity of Margaritaville’s experience on Broadway and my lack of familiarity with Buffett’s music, myexpectations…
by Barbara Waldinger From the moment we notice the set (designed by Luke Cantarella) of Rajiv Joseph’s KING JAMES at Barrington Stage Company’s St. Germain Stage, it is clear that we are in the presence of a well-oiled production that has had the time to mature and grow. And this…
