REVIEW:”The Chairs” at Shakespeare & Company
by Macey Levin An isolated lighthouse sets the scene for Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs at Shakespeare & Company’s Tina Packer Playhouse in Lenox, Massachusetts. James…
REVIEW: “hang” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger debbie tucker green has been described as “one of the most stylistically innovative and politically engaged playwrights at work in Britain today.”*…
REVIEWS: “Boca” at Barrington Stage Company
by Macey Levin The city of Boca Raton, Florida, conjures up an image of high-end country clubs and safe gated communities. A new play, Boca…
REVIEW: “Fall Springs” at Barrington Stage
by Barbara Waldinger A musical about fracking? Is it doomed to share the fate suffered by entertainments on such unlikely subjects as Anne Frank…
REVIEW: Topdog/Underdog” at Shakespeare & Company
by Roseann Cane I lived in Manhattan for many years, and, particularly downtown and in other neighborhoods heavily populated with tourists, fast-talking young men…
REVIEW: “Gertrude and Claudius” at Barrington Stage Company
by Barbara Waldinger Gertrude and Claudius, Barrington Stage Company’s newest offering by Mark St. Germain, based on John Updike’s 2000 novel by the same name,…
REVIEW: “Twelfth Night” at Shakespeare & Company
by Jenny Hansell Cross-dressing, mistaken identity, unrequited love, bawdy humor, and a few heart-stopping moments of darkness and deep emotion: Shakespeare & Company’s hugely…
REVIEW: “America 2.1:Â The Sad Demise & Eventual Extinction of the American Negro” at Barrington Stage
by Barbara Waldinger The Berkshires as a summer destination attracts visitors who want to escape the heat, seek cultural enrichment, and bask in outdoor activities…