by Macey Levin MaConnia Chesser is delivering a riveting performance in Shakespeare and Company’s one-woman play An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare. It was previously performed by Chesser at the Ancram Opera House where the director of this production, Jeffrey Mousseau, originally staged it and is that company’s…
by Christopher Tucci Audiences heading to The New Spruce Theater, where 40 foot spruce trees are the natural backdrop to the three-quarter round stage, to see Shakespeare and Company’s King Lear should be prepared for an evening outdoors. Frequent patrons of Tanglewood are familiar with the routine: bug spray, a…
Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World Written by Kevin G. ColemanFilmed by Patrick TooleCostumes by Govane LohbauerTechnical Team Devon Drohan and Erika Johnson April 23, 2021Virtual Performance This viewing is free to all. Donations encouraged. “There was a star danced, and under that I was born.” —Much Ado About Nothing Celebrate…
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 talented and appealing company works hard to make every word of Twelfth Night breathe as if freshly written. Sticking with the play pretty much…
by Jenny Hansell A wooded glade lined with white pine trees in the Berkshires is a perfect stand-in for the Forest of Arden, the setting for As You Like It, the tale of palace intrigue, battling brothers, pastoral comedy and young love now at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox. Duke…
The four critics who review for BerkshireOnStage.com – Gail M. Burns, Roseann Cane, Macey Levin, and Barbara Waldinger – have each listed their favorite regional theatre productions of the past calendar year. Because for the most part we all see and review different shows, there was no sense trying to…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 And now for something completely different: Sex at Ventfort Hall! I know that those venerable walls have seen plenty of hanky-panky over the past century or so, but somehow those massive great “cottages” seem as sterile and uptight as the prim and proper,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2009 “Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.” – Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene iii Romeo does not listen to Friar Laurence when he gives that advice. Young people never listen when we old folks tell them to slow down, be patient, time…
