by Michael Moran, Special to Berkshire on Stage [EDITOR’S NOTE: The Williamstown Theatre Festival did not include Berkshire on Stage on their press email list, and we were informed by a “Dear Friends” letter that they were not able to seat our critics because of limited seating at their new…
Williamstown, MA — New York’s Heartbeat Opera—the indie company whose daring, stripped down takes of classic operas have been called “a radical endeavor” by The New Yorker and “revelatory” by The Los Angeles Times—presents a new adaptation of Samuel Barber’s rarely mounted opera VANESSA at the Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF), directed by the visionary R.B. Schlather. This marks the first-ever…
Today we are announcing five of the eight full-scale productions that will take place across four different stages this summer, beginning July 17. Casting details, Pop-up Events, Installations, Third Places (opportunities to gather, eat, and reflect), and the remaining Core Programming, will be announced later this spring.
We are delighted to inform you that, beginning in July, we will be able to expand our seating capacity based on the most recent New York State and Centers for Disease Control regulations. To assure that this capacity adjustment will offer our PS21 audiences the same, high level of confidence that…
The Extinctionist MAY 29–30, 2021PERFORMANCE SPACES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY / CHATHAM / STAGE Synergy! Teamwork! Drums and trumpets! Heartbeat Opera, a shoestring outfit that charts its own course in repertoire old and new, credits the music of The Extinctionist to Daniel Schlosberg and the libretto to Amanda Quaid, but we read that it’s Louisa Proske…
Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is adding Heartbeat Opera’s Breathing Free visual album to its virtual programming schedule, on Saturday, May 15, at 7pm. The production will be followed by a live virtual talkback with the creators, Ethan Heard and Ras Dia. Attendance is free, but registration is required to…
May through September 2021: A Full Season of Inspiring Performances, Classes, Workshops, and Encounters, all Socially Distanced. PS21:Performance Spaces for the 21st Century in Chatham, NY, announces that their 2021 Season of music, opera, contemporary circus and processional arts will again benefit from PS21’s unique open-air Pavilion Theater and breathtaking 100-acre…
