by Emily Edelman Lena Kaminsky’s play “Salvage” at Dorset Theatre Festival is set at a small-town transfer station, and uses the actions of sorting through trash and unwanted personal items as a metaphor for reclaiming and repairing the pieces of broken lives. Each of the play’s three main characters has…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods For over 500 years the story of King Arthur and his Round Table has held us under its spell. The legend of the Celtic king who envisioned a social order of justice, compassion, and righteousness for Britain compels us to look at our own times and…
by Barbara Waldinger WHERE WE STAND, the 2025 summer production of WAM Theatre, was written by Donnetta Lavinia Grays in order to create community. One performer, using storytelling and music, is tasked with removing the barriers between audience and actor, and in their stead, facilitating a communal response. Grays…
by Macey Levin Mark St. Germain. a prolific local playwright, is known for “Freud’s Last Session,” which was filmed starring Anthony Hopkins, and “Becoming Dr. Ruth” among other wonderful productions seen in the Berkshire area. His most recent play, “Magdalene,” is a mesmerizing exploration of memory and interpretation under the…
by Macey Levin There’s a ton of energy pouring off the stage at Sharon Playhouse’s production of Million Dollar Quartet. This electrifying show written by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux opened on Broadway in 2010. It is based on an actual incident when four rock ‘n’ roll icons – Elvis…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Victimhood, the Holocaust, racism, classism, abuse, revenge, dementia, fear, helplessness and family. All these moving themes and more are addressed in Lawrence Goodman’s world premiere play, The Victim, at Shakespeare & Company. Introduced to three women on a relatively spare stage, save a bed, a table, and…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The classic, yet dated musical, Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon, is entertaining crowds at the Mac-Haydn Theatre. Brought back to the early 1950s when women were Dolls who wanted to snag men,…
by Jess Hoffman I have said previously in writing for Berkshire On Stage that A Midsummer Night’s Dream is my all-time favorite play. Whenever I see it produced I go into the show with high hopes and high expectations. I’ll admit I had some trepidation going into The Rooted Voyageurs‘…
