by Macey Levin When the audience meanders in to see Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues by Charles Smith at Shakespeare and Company’s Bernstein Theatre they are entertained by recordings of old comedy sketches including “Who’s on First.” The stage is surrounded by a red gauze curtain offering a glimpse of a…
LENOX, Mass. – With a script that’s been revisited and deepened by the playwright 30 years after it was first published, Shakespeare & Company presents Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues by Charles Smith, at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre through October 30. Directed by Raz Golden, Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues takes place over the course…
LENOX, Mass. – After a two-year hiatus, Shakespeare & Company has announced the return of the Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare, sending touring productions of Shakespeare’s plays, along with a variety of related workshops, into middle and high schools, colleges, and other venues across the Northeast and beyond. From early February…
Appearing at The Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre from September 23 through October 30 LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company has announced the cast of Golden Leaf Rag Time Blues by Charles Smith, to be staged at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre from September 23 through October 30. Directed by Raz Golden, Golden Leaf Rag…
by Barbara Waldinger The Shakespeare & Company production of Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti feels like two actors and a director searching for a plot. Overstuffed with music, singing, dancing, boxing, changes of costume, set pieces and props (not to mention a ticking metronome) to help fill the 95 minutes, the…
by Barbara Waldinger Every once in a while a production comes along in which all of its elements coalesce perfectly, creating a whole world in which you’d like to remain long after the lights dim. Kelly Galvin’s production of Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare & Company is such a…
LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company will present in-person screenings of Speak What We Feel, a documentary by Patrick J. Toole about the Company’s acclaimed Fall Festival of Shakespeare, on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Tina Packer Playhouse. The first feature-length film project in the Company’s 44-year…
(Lenox, MA) — Shakespeare & Company is proud to announce the Berkshire International Film Festival’s (BIFF) world premiere of Speak What We Feel,a feature length documentary film by Patrick J. Toole, based on the Company’s nationally-acclaimed The Fall Festival of Shakespeare, and narrated by Director of Education, Kevin G. Coleman. The film…
