by Macey Levin Ann Richards has become an almost legendary character in a relatively short amount of time. She was the second female governor of Texas, serving from 1991-1995, as a Democrat in a highly conservative state. Her colorful life has been brought to the stage by playwright Holland Taylor…
by Roseann Cane In 1927 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg posited what is often referred to as the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: it is not possible to measure simultaneously the position and the velocity of an object, even in theory. Playwright Simon Stephens has said that this quantum theory seems to…
by Macey Levin When you go to see Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar at the (which you should,) brace yourself for a compelling story, intense When you go to see Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar at the Chester Theatre Company (which you should,) brace yourself for a compelling story, intense disagreements, profound emotions, terrific acting…
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, March 2009 Arthur Miller’s 1947 tragedy All My Sons was his first commercial success. The next play of his staged was Death of a Salesman. Then he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The “un-American” ideas that Miller presented in these two plays, and many others,…
