REVIEW: “The Legend of Georgia McBride” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Barbara Waldinger From the moment David Adkins appears at a microphone wearing a baseball cap (as Eddie, the nearly bankrupt owner of Cleo’s bar…
REVIEW: “Shake It Up: The Remix” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger Allyn Burrows, Artistic Director of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, has been seeking ways to expand the company’s repertoire by collaborating with…
REVIEW: “iBoss” at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Barbara Waldinger If we question whether plays really are blueprints for an eventual production that will bring them to life through the collaboration of…
REVIEW: “Estate Sale” at Barrington Stage Company
by Barbara Waldinger You know this is going to be an unusual production when, instead of entering the auditorium of the St. Germain Stage to…
REVIEW: “Fragments” at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Barbara Waldinger Reflecting on the first of three productions by the Great Barrington Public Theater this question arises: how do we categorize FRAGMENTS? Playwright/Performer…
REVIEW: “The American Five” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Barbara Waldinger Playwright Chess Jakobs, proud of his black, Jewish and queer background, loves history. Accordingly, his debut play, The American Five, now being…
REVIEW: “John & Jen” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Barbara Waldinger Imagine a full-length musical with twenty-five vocal numbers, accompanied by keyboard, cello and percussion, staged on a simple, practical but stunning set,…
OLLI Players Present Staged Reading of “It Can’t Happen Here”
Barbara Waldinger, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Theatre, Director, and Theatre Critic, is helming the OLLI Players’ staged reading of Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here…