by Beverly Dane August Wilson’s “Fences” at the Majestic Theater is a joy. Some of the subject matter is difficult to comprehend because times have changed since Wilson wrote his masterpiece in the early ’80s. For example, the “N” word is used liberally, and the first time it is uttered…
West Springfield, MA (1/29/25) – West Springfield’s Majestic Theater will present Fences, the Tony Award and 1987 Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama by August Wilson onstage February 27 through April 6. Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the play focuses on Troy, a 53-year-old working class head of the household who struggles with providing for…
West Springfield, MA (1/29/25) – West Springfield’s Majestic Theater will present Fences, the Tony Award and 1987 Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama by August Wilson onstage February 27 through April 6. Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the play focuses on Troy, a 53-year-old working class head of the household who struggles with providing for his…
EMILIE: LA MARQUISE DU CHÂTELET DEFENDS HER LIFE TONIGHTby Lauren Gundersondirected by Iris SowlatThe Curtain Theater, Bromery Center for the ArtsMarch 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 & 9 at 7:30 p.m. Matinee March 9 at 2 p.m. What makes a life well-lived? Lauren Gunderson’s Emilie weighs her choices at UMass…
UMass Theater presents Many Patterns, One ClothA multi-disciplinary performance project led by Dr. Priscilla Maria Page and Professor Judyie Al-BilaliMarch 30, 31, and April 1 at 7:30 p.m.April 1 at 2 p.m.In the Curtain Theater$15 general admission, $5 students and seniors Tickets sold through the Fine Arts Center Box Office (call 1-800-999-UMAS…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods The WAM Theatre is a remarkable company in the Berkshires and in the country. With a devout mission to create “a place of groundbreaking theatrical stories, female empowerment, and transformative action,” the theater does just that. The company’s newest work, CADILLAC CREW, now playing at Shakespeare…
Presented live in the Berkshires October 13-29, 2022Presented Online October 27-29, 2022 LENOX, MA (September 15, 2022) — WAM Theatre is thrilled to present Cadillac Crew by Tori Sampson (If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka, Playwrights Horizons; This Land Was Made), directed by taneisha duggan (Jesus Hopped the…
LENOX, MA (September 15, 2021) — WAM Theatre is excited to present the US premiere of KAMLOOPA: AN INDIGENOUS MATRIARCH STORY by Kim Senklip Harvey, winner of Canada’s prestigious Governor General’s Award for English Language Drama, directed by Estefanía Fadul (WAM’s Native Gardens, The Oregon Trail). COVID safe live performances…
