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: “The Fantasticks” at Silverthorne Theater
by Jenny Hansell Don’t gore my ox, and I won’t gore yours. If I criticize the musical The Fantasticks, you may react with as much…
REVIEW: “The Goat or Who is Sylvia?” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Jenny Hansell Love is love, and the heart wants what it wants. But are we really willing to follow those sentiments to their ultimate…
REVIEW: “Tales of the Lost Formicans” at Silverthorne Theater
by Jenny Hansell In Silverthorne Theater Company‘s Tales of the Lost Formicans, a cheery group of aliens from the future explore and describe an odd…
REVIEW: “As You Like It” at Shakespeare & Company
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…
REVIEW: “West Side Story” at Barrington Stage
by Jenny Hansell There was a moment at the beginning of the Barrington Stage Company production of West Side Story where Riff, the leader of the…
REVIEW: “The Road to Mecca” at Silverthorne Theater
by Jenny Hansell The Road to Mecca, South African playwright Athol Fugard’s 1984 play about an elderly artist in a remote desert town, is being…