Barrington Stage Extends the Run of 10×10 New Play Festival Until March 12

(Pittsfield, MA) By popular demand, Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Alan Paul, has announced the 12th Annual 10X10 New Play Festival, part of the 2023 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival, will be extended through March 12. Added performances are…

REVIEW: 12th Annual 10×10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage

by Macey Levin The unofficial kickoff for the Berkshire Theatre season is Barrington Stage Company’s 10×10 New Play Festival – 10 short plays by 10 different authors running approximately 10 minutes each. The opening has the 10×10 cast singing and dancing to a clever lyric by cast member Matt Neely…

REVIEW: 11th Annual 10×10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage

by Macey Levin As the winter fades the Berkshires theatre season is beginning is off to a effervescent start with Barrington Stage Company’s eleventh edition of 10X10… ten short plays by ten different playwrights. The show opens with the 10×10 players singing and dancing a charming welcome written by Matt…

REVIEW: The 9th Annual 10X10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage Company

By Macey Levin   Barrington Stage Company has produced its Ninth annual presentation of their 10X10 New Play Festival as part of Pittsfield’s Upstreet Arts Festival.  The ten ten-minute plays by ten different playwrights run the emotional gamut from hysterical to controversial to poignant.   The ten plays are performed…

REVIEW: “The Tempest” GhostLit Rep at St. James Place

by Macey Levin Several of William Shakespeare’s plays have been made into musicals or operas… namely. The Comedy of Errors became Rodgers and Hart’s The Boys from Syracuse, The Taming of the Shrew became Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate, Othello became Verdi’s Otello.  A musical version of The Tempest is…