Australian play “And No More Shall We Part” debuts at Williamstown Festival
Tom Holloway’s deeply emotional play employs both sensitive direction and superb acting to draw its audience into the question of terminal illness and unassisted suicide.
In Williamstown: 20 years later, “An American Daughter” tackles issues still in the news
When a 20-year-old play still seems fresh today, one has to wonder if out current political scene has regressed as much as it has advanced. Wendy Wasserstein was prescient in her observation of misogynistic politics. Picture: Diane Davis and Saidah Arrika Ekulona. Photograph T. Charles Erickson.
Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat fill “Constellations” with depth and meaning
A cosmologist and a beekeeper exchange objective ideas, and infuse them with emotional resonance.
Stephan Wolfert’s “Cry Havoc” is a performance not to be missed
A personal tale that is at once harrowing, hilarious and uplifting, Stephen Wolfert has created a scalding narrative out of a chance encounter with Shakespeare’s “Richard III.”
“Or,” is a 17th Century version of a British sex comedy at Shakespeare & Company
“The story is easy to follow,” writes Macey Levin, “because the acting is so wonderful.” Tod Randolph gets a lot of laughs from her “throwaway lines.”
A play about writers of children’s books, “The Stone Witch” premieres at Berkshire Theatre Group
A young struggling author jumps at a chance to work with an older and successful one, but it is fraught with challenges.
“Big River” at Sharon (CT) Playhouse has energy and panache
With a combination of both country and Broadway music with some gospel thrown in, Sharon’s Big River centers on Huck’s trip down the Mississippi River as he helps the runaway slave Jim find freedom.
An outstanding production of “The Rose Tattoo” at Williamstown Theatre Festival
“Williamstown Theatre Festival has mounted an outstanding production of this seldom-performed play with the marvelous Marisa Tomei leading an exceptional cast,” writes Macey Levin.