A universal tale of courage in the face of authoritarianism and police brutality ADAMS, MA—The Adams Theater is bringing a staged reading of the new play “The Refuseniks” to audiences at 7:30 p.m. on Friday August 9 and Saturday August 10, and at noon on Sunday, August 11. Tickets can be…
by Barbara Waldinger Imagine a production of Macbeth without the witches. No “When shall we three meet again?” No “Double, double toil and trouble: Fire, burn; and, cauldron, bubble.” No cauldron for that matter; no murderers to kill Banquo or Macduff’s family—only blood magically spurting from their chests. These are…
(Lenox, MA) – Shakespeare & Company announces its 2018 season casting. Under the direction of Artistic Director Allyn Burrows the Company’s Summer Season includes a roster of audience beloved artists, critically acclaimed actors, and a host of newcomers joining the Company. The season opens Memorial Day Weekend with Carey Crim’s New England Premiere of Morning After…
(Lenox, MA) – Shakespeare & Company announces its 2018 summer season. Exploring themes of Delight, Deceit, and Desire, the season includes three Shakespeare plays: Macbeth, As You Like It, and Love’s Labor’s Lost; plus the New England Premiere of Morning After Grace by Carey Crim; Creditors by August Strindberg adapted by David Greig; Heisenberg by Laurence Olivier Award winner Simon Stephens; Mothers and Sons by Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally; and HIR by Pulitzer…
“In a performance as big as all outdoors,” Gail Burns writes, the melancholy Dane and his cohorts take the stage of The Dell at The Mount to “tell Hamlet’s tale in record time.”
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…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2008 As I watched the current production of Othello at Shakespeare & Company, I was struck by what a clean play it is. I don’t mean that it isn’t bawdy, because it is very much so, and it certainly racks up a pile of dead bodies…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2008 Last year, when Shakespeare & Company opened with a production of Tom Stoppard’s Rough Crossing, many of my colleagues proclaimed it a “laugh riot.” I didn’t, because it wasn’t. It was certainly good fun, but it was not hilarious. But this year’s season opener, The…
