REVIEW: “On Cedar Street” at the Berkshire Theatre Group

by Barbara Waldinger On Cedar Street is a musical based on Kent Haruf’s final novel, Our Souls at Night,a simple, bittersweet story about two lonely, damaged, widowed neighbors, Addie Moore and Louis Waters, who have discovered through each other a second chance at connection, companionship, and even love.  In the…

Berkshire Theatre Group Announces Casting for the World Premiere Musical “On Cedar Street”

A joyful and inspiring story of second chances when two people come together to wrestle with the events of their lives. At The Unicorn TheatreOn Cedar StreetA World Premiere Musicalbook by Emily Mannmusic by Lucy Simon & Carmel Deanlyrics by Susan Birkenheadadapted from the novel Our Souls at Night by Kent…

REVIEW: “tiny father” at Barrington Stage Company

by Roseann Cane We first see Daniel (Andy Lucien), a 30-something event planner for a major bookstore chain, as he bursts into the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) of a leading hospital. In the center of the stage is an isolette (a plastic-encased crib equipped to maintain temperature control and…

Chautauqua Theater Company & Barrington Stage Announce Casting for World Premiere of “tiny father”

(June 9, 2023) – Chautauqua Theater Company and Barrington Stage Company are pleased to announce full casting for their co-world premiere production of tiny father, a new play by Mike Lew (Teenage Dick) and directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Hand to God). The production will play from June 25 through July 22 at BSC’s St. Germain Stage at the…

REVIEW: “What We May Be” at the Berkshire Theatre Group

by Macey Levin   The Berkshire Theatre Group’s world premiere production of Kathleen Clark’s What We May Be has a few problems, the major one being the script itself.  Clark, the author of the highly regarded Southern Comforts and Secrets of a Soccer Mom, has thrown together a script that…

REVIEW: “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You” & “The Actor’s Nightmare”

by Macey Levin Note: SHOW ADDED ON FRIDAY 8/31 AT 2PM! Christopher Durang burst onto the New York theatre scene in the late 1970’s writing plays of scathing satire and social commentary.  His work includes Beyond Therapy, Baby with the Bathwater, Why Torture is Wrong, and the People who Love it, and…