The Smith College Department of Theatre presents Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on April 24, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30pm in the Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre directed by Kim Stauffer. This often funny, always provocative play is a modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman in which the title character is at death’s…
Smith College Theatre Department presents OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD by Alexis Scheer directed by Daniel Elihu KramerOctober 26, 27, 28, 29 at 7:30 p.m. October 29 at 2:00 p.m. Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre The Smith College Department of Theatre presents Our Dear Dead Drug Lord by Alexis Scheer in Hallie Flanagan…
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…
New Lecture Series to Offer Insight on Season’s Titles Through the Spring and Summer LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company has announced the creation of a new, free lecture series slated to launch on Friday, April 22. Hosted by educator and member of Shakespeare & Volunteer Company Ann Berman, Free Friday Talks…
by Barbara Waldinger Kevin G. Coleman, the Director of Education and founding member of Shakespeare & Company, and runner-up for the Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education (2016), believes that “The Merry Wives of Windsor is Shakespeare having fun. Period. No grand themes. No deep waters.” And that’s what…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 “Pinter pause Pinter pause Pinter pause” – Eric Tucker in his poem/director’s note for Pinter’s Mirror Can you believe I actually tried to prepare for this review? What WAS I thinking? Preparing for Pinter. There’s a title for an absurdist play if I ever…
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…
