by Mark G. Auerbach Special to Berkshire on Stage For those who haven’t been to TheaterWorks‘ innovative and super hilarious new holiday tradition (and why haven’t you?), Christmas on the Rocks, now in its 12th annual rendition, is wickedly funny adult humor, created and directed by Rob Ruggiero. He brought together…
by Jess Hoffman Eugene O’Neill is a love-him-or-hate-him sort of playwright. I have spoken to many local thespians who hate Eugene O’Neill, with his propensity toward long, verbose, depressing, and overly philosophical plays about the everyday lives of the downtrodden. I personally love Eugene O’Neill for his mastery of the…
by Macey Levin Written by Scott Carter, the full name of this play is The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord. These three titans find themselves locked in a room somewhere in the Hereafter. The room is furnished with three chairs, a table that…
by Lisa Covi Special to Berkshire on Stage There are few things in modern life as clear and entertaining as the story in a Disney musical. It shows stark differences between villains and heroes; children and adults can laugh at the same jokes, and there is always a happy ending.…
by Jess Hoffman I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a sucker for theater about theater. When one has immersedoneself in stagecraft for as long as I have, it’s hard not to appreciate the way that theater cancomment on, and occasionally poke fun at, the purpose and process of…
by Gail M. Burns You will not enjoy this production if you are… 1. a Gilbertian purist 2. a Scotsperson who is rabid and humorless about their ethnic heritage 3. a Gilbert & Sullivan hater Everyone else will have a wonderful time and should buy a ticket forthwith! I know…
by Mark G. Auerbach Special to Berkshire on Stage Eugene O’Neill is one of the 20th century’s most important American playwrights, but his intense, brooding dramas aren’t performed as often as they should be. Hartford Stage produced his only comedy, Ah, Wilderness a couple of seasons ago, but O’Neill isn’t often seen…
by Shera Cohen, Special to Berkshire on Stage An ideal play to commence Hartford Stage’s 2024/25 season coinciding with Halloween is “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic. It is doubtful that no one in the audience was ignorant of the tale of a…
