REVIEW: “Scarecrow” at the Dorset Theatre Festival

by Emily Edelman Heidi Armbruster’s semi-autobiographical one-woman show “Scarecrow” opens with two well-meaning friends offering awkward advice to the main character on how to make funeral arrangements for her father, who is in the hospital dying of cancer. Based on the author’s own experience of living with her father for…

Great Barrington Public Theater Presents “Things I Know to be True”

“It’s the most beautiful thing in the garden. It’s the only thing that doesn’t grow in a straight line and hasn’t been pruned to within an inch of its life.” The Great Barrington Public Theater 2022 mainstage season continues Aug.4 – Aug 14 with an evocative, penetrating drama about the…

Chita Rivera Brings “Chita: The Rhythm of My Life” to The Colonial

Colonial Concert Series: Featuring Broadway Luminaries At The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield Chita: The Rhythm of My Life at The Colonial Theatre Sunday, July 31 at 2pm Tickets: $75; Premium Seats $125 Come celebrate the one and only Chita Rivera in a unique concert event! The incomparable two-time Tony Award…

Berkshire Theatre Group Presents “Songs for a New World”

Pittsfield, MA – This July, Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director, CEO) are delighted to present Songs For a New World, the first musical by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, MA. Songs For a New World written and composed by…

Mahaiwe Announces Pink Martini, Spanish-language movies, and more fall programs

Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center has added new live shows, Spanish-language film screenings, and other events this September and October to its year-round performing arts schedule.  “The Mahaiwe never stops rolling and these additions to our fall calendar speak to the widely varied program typical of this theater,”…

No Theater Presents “let go” at A.P.E. Gallery

No Theater presents“let go” with Roy Faudree and Jane Karakula a short adult comedy about love, death and piles of paper…. PerformancesJuly 28 – August 6 at 8:00 PM  at the A.P.E. (Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd) Arts Gallery, 126 Main StreetNorthampton, MA Thursday, July 28 – sold outFriday, July 29 – sold outSaturday, July…

Science, Avengers, Magic and Old-School Radio – Something for Everyone at Proctors

SCHENECTADY (July 21) – Proctors announces five new shows coming to Schenectady that are on sale now! Tickets are available through the Box Office at Proctors, in person or via phone at 518-346-6204 Monday-Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. or online at proctors.org. Groups of 10 or more can get their tickets by calling…