Berkshire on Stage

2025 was an exciting and innovative season—a mix of new plays and classics, chock full of exceptional performances, directors and designers. Barbara Waldinger’s Top Ten…

Great Barrington, MA — BERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL (BOF) announces its 2026 summer season under the vision of Co-founders Brian Garman (William E. Briggs Artistic Director) and Jonathon Loy (Director of Production), and new President…

PITTSFIELD, MA (October 14, 2025) – The Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) has presented the 2025 Berkshire Theatre Critics Awards, colloquially known…

PITTSFIELD, MA (October 14, 2025) – The Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) has announced the nominees for the 2025 Berkshire Theatre Awards,…

by Barbara Waldinger To celebrate their tenth anniversary, the Berkshire Opera Festival has selected one of the most beloved, most frequently produced operas in the Verdi canon:  LA…

The Performing Arts season opens with Olli‘s Berkshire Previews on April 4 where ten artistic directors will present their season by Zoom over six weeks, each Friday…

Great Barrington, MA — The “innovative, clever and thoroughly professional” (Bachtrack) BERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL (BOF) is proud to announce the appointment of Natalie Johnsonius Neubert as its new President and CEO. Johnsonius Neubert comes…

BERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL (BOF), the ambitious company, which has restored world-class, fully-staged opera to the Berkshires with savvy productions and superlative casts,  mounts a new mainstage production of Verdi’s masterpieceLA TRAVIATA…