Berkshire On Stage Critics Pick Their Favorites
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Favorites of 2025: Barbara Waldinger
2025 was an exciting and innovative season—a mix of new plays and classics, chock full of exceptional performances, directors and designers. Barbara Waldinger’s Top Ten…
REVIEW: “On Golden Pond” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Barbara Waldinger Sometimes a performer leaves such an indelible impression in the interpretation of a character that it’s hard to accept another actor in…
REVIEW: “Other Desert Cities” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
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…
REVIEW: The Berkshire Opera Festival Presents “La Traviata” at the Mahaiwe
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…
REVIEW: “King James” at Barrington Stage Company
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…
REVIEW: “The Last Five Years” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Barbara Waldinger Mac-Haydn Theatre’s latest “Special Event” is a two-day run of Jason Robert Brown’s THE LAST FIVE YEARS, sandwiched in just before the…
REVIEW: “The Piano Lesson” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger On January 27, 1997, August Wilson (playwright) debated Robert Brustein (director, critic, professor) in New York’s Town Hall about race in the…