REVIEW: “ABCD” at Barrington Stage
by Barbara Waldinger Barrington Stage Company’s ABCD is a slick World Premiere filled with a great deal of action but not much substance. The…
REVIEW: “Ain’t Misbehavin'” at Barrington Stage
by Barbara Waldinger After two years of planning, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, The Fats Waller Musical Show has finally arrived in Pittsfield and it was well worth…
REVIEW: “My Witch” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Barbara Waldinger Bookending their fall, 2021 season of American plays, Bridge Street Theatre featured two solo productions, each showcasing a character created by Margaret…
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…