DIY Macbeth Presents “King Lear” in Northampton

DIY Macbeth returns to Anchor House of Artists (518 Pleasant Street in Northampton MA) for its second year and second production, this time of William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear, running April 11-20.  Lear is a play about an elderly king who wants to keep the title, but to give all…

REVIEW: “The McAdo” at Valley Light Opera

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…

REVIEW: The Knights Present “Candide” at Tanglewood

by Macey Levin As the world probably knows, 2018 would have been Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday,  also that of Jerome Robbins.  Bernstein was a musical genius as a conductor, music educator on television and a composer of classical music, ballets, and broadway musicals.  In our part of the world Barrington…