REVIEW: “An Iliad” at the Ancram Opera House
by Barbara Waldinger Ancram Opera House presents a battle between two superheroes! Featured in an eighth-century B.C. epic poem (Homer’s The Iliad), Achilles, a demi-god,…
REVIEW: “The Chairs” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger Shakespeare & Company’s production of The Chairs has shaved off Ionesco’s sharp edges, anything unpleasant or uncomfortable, focusing instead on the relationship…
REVIEW: “A Crossing” at Barrington Stage
by Barbara Waldinger Barrington Stage Company concludes its summer season with a creatively brilliant but flawed spectacle: A Crossing. In response to the immigration crises…
REVIEW: “hang” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger debbie tucker green has been described as “one of the most stylistically innovative and politically engaged playwrights at work in Britain today.”*…
REVIEW: “Miss Gulch Returns” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Barbara Waldinger Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, New York, has discovered a lovely way to re-emerge from the hiatus imposed upon the arts by…
REVIEW: “Falstaff” at the Berkshire Opera Festival
by Barbara Waldinger Who would have believed that here in the Berkshires we would have our own opera festival showcasing talent from all over the…
REVIEW: The Plein Air Plays at the Ancram Opera House
by Barbara Waldinger Imagine a team of two producers, co-directors of a tiny gem of an opera house located in the small town of Ancram,…
Final Weekend for ROW at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Although it is not open for review, Berkshire on Stage’s Barbara Waldinger was warmly welcomed to a performance of ROW at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.…