Berkshire on Stage

by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 “Rouse up thy youthful blood, be valiant, and live”– William Shakespeare, “King Richard II Talk about the bug biting! In 1990 Mark Scipione was a student at Taconic High School in Pittsfield who took part in one Shakespeare & Company production and started down…

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October, 1998 Shakespeare & Company’s annual Halloween benefit – is highly entertaining and a lousy night of theatre. I have been wrestling with this dichotomy ever since I drove away from The Mount on Friday night. What is an entertainment presented by actors with sets…