by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight, Inc. This season’s Majestic Theater offerings commonly bookend its schedule with musicals, and 2025/26 continues that tradition. Sweet, homespun, and slice of life topics take place in slots #2 and #4. Smack in the middle, at #3, is the comedy – not just any…
by Simon Brighenti, Special to Berkshire on Stage In this reviewer’s previous life as a lawyer, my colleagues and I would often encounter various Latin words and phrases, the understanding of which was one of the few benefits of my passing familiarity with that not-dead-yet language. One of those phrases…
by Suzanne Wells, Special to Berkshire on Stage Celebrating the 50th Anniversary since its debut in 1975, Goodspeed Musicals presents “A Chorus Line,” conceived by Michael Bennett, written by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, and directed by Rob Ruggiero. For those unfamiliar, “A Chorus Line,” based on interviews with real…
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 R. E. Smith, Special to Berkshire on Stage How can something so high-tech be so charming? How can something one Bushnell audience member at intermission called “so meta” still feel so sincere? Probably because, like the plot which bounces 30 years back and forth in time, it embraces the…
