REVIEW: “Faith Healer” at Barrington Stage
by Barbara Waldinger Of the twenty-four plays written by the great Irish dramatist Brian Friel (1929-2015), (probably best known in America for his multi-award winning…
REVIEW: “Just Another Day” at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Barbara Waldinger Actors are hired for piecemeal work–one production at a time—unless they are fortunate enough to be part of a continuing series, as…
REVIEW: “Fences” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger August Wilson’s towering play Fences, a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama, is a challenging work for any theatre to produce. Expectations…
REVIEW: “Off Peak” at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Barbara Waldinger If the script of a play is a blueprint, then its journey from page to stage depends not only on the playwright,…
REVIEW: “Million Dollar Quartet” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Barbara Waldinger Pondering why Million Dollar Quartet is so popular, Berkshire Theatre Group Director/Choreographer Greg Santos attributes its success to the “nostalgia factor”—the hit…
REVIEW: “The Contention (Henry VI, Part II)” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger The Contention (Henry VI, Part II) is probably Shakespeare’s first play, according to the program note of the Director, Tina Packer. As…
REVIEW: “Photograph 51” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Barbara Waldinger Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51 is not only significant because of its account of Dr. Rosalind Franklin, a Jewish female scientist whose essential…
OPINION: “Silent Sky at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, FL
Berkshire on Stage critic Barbara Waldinger writes from Sarasota, FL: “I wanted to let BoS readers know about a gorgeous production now playing at the…