by Barbara Waldinger A particular advantage of living in the Berkshires is the opportunity to witness gifted artists of all types creating the magic of live performance. On September seventeenth, Donald Margulies, considered to be one of America’s foremost living playwrights, was in attendance at the sold-out opening of his…
LENOX, Mass. – Lunar Eclipse, a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies (Dinner With Friends, Time Stands Still, Collected Stories) makes its World Premiere at Shakespeare & Company this fall, featuring Karen Allen (Animal House, Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Tony Award-winner Reed Birney (recent: The Menu, Succession)…
LENOX, Mass. – New dates have been announced for Shakespeare & Company’s World Premiere of Lunar Eclipse by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies, starring Karen Allen and Reed Birney, and directed by James Warwick. Staged September 15 through October 22 at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, five, new Thursday evening performances have been…
by Barbara Waldinger If the script of a play is a blueprint, then its journey from page to stage depends not only on the playwright, but also on the vision of the director, the actors, and the production team. In the case of Brenda Withers’ play, Off Peak, at the…
Great Barrington Public Theater presents Off Peak playing July 6-23rd, in the McConnell Theater, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, is a tried-and-true comedy reminiscent of Noel Coward or Nora Ephron, with the spark of Dorothy Parker, by award-winning playwright Brenda Withers. It premiered in 2022 at the venerable Hudson Stage Company,…
LENOX, Mass. – With marquee actors including Christopher Lloyd, Karen Allen, Tony Todd, Ella Joyce, Reed Birney, Annette Miller, Jacob Ming-Trent, and Finn Wittrock added to the boards among many others, casts have been announced for Shakespeare & Company’s 46th Season Thieves of Love, opening Friday, May 26 and running through October 22, 2023. Artistic Director Allyn Burrows said the season…
Ryan Winkles will star in American premiere of The Stones; Jodi Long pairs up with Dan Lauria in Just Another Day. Company benefit June 9th will preview season. Great Barrington Public Theater presents three new plays this season, featuring some of the top-tier actors and directors living in and around the Berkshires. Performances…
Great Barrington Public Theater to present three outstanding new plays on two stages, in performance June to August. Lineup includes The Stones, a mind-twisting gothic mystery; Off Peak a sparkling comedy; Just Another Day, a comic and poetic reaffirmation of endless love. This summer, June to August, Great Barrington Public Theater will produce a trio…
