(Pittsfield, MA – July 26, 2022) – Barrington Stage Company (BSC) is pleased to announce casting for its new production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. The production of one of the great absurdist plays of the 20th century will be directed by BSC Associate Artist Joe Calarco (BSC: Sister Sorry; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Breaking…
by Barbara Waldinger “I never wanted to write anything autobiographical. To put my life and the lives of those around me on stage crossed a boundary of privacy I promised myself I would never do.” So says playwright Mark St. Germain in the Playwright’s Note to his new play, Dad,…
GREAT BARRINGTON PUBLIC THEATER PLANS SUMMER OF HEARTFELT COMEDY, LITERARY DELIGHT AND MASTERFUL SUSPENSE. THREE NEW PLAYS, ON TWO STAGES, PLUS WET INK READINGS AND SOLO PERFORMANCES. From late June to early August, Great Barrington Public Theater will bring a diverse six-weeks to the Daniel Arts Center, at Bard College at Simon’s Rock,…
by Macey Levin The one-man play, Harry Clarke by David Cale, featuring Mark H. Dold and produced by Barrington Stage Company, is receiving an insightful and enthralling production at the Tartell Family Outdoor Stage diagonally across from the Mark St. Germain Stage on Linden Street, Pittsfield. At the…
by Macey Levin In 1945, Tennessee Williams gave us The Glass Menagerie which earned him a number of awards and propelled him into his ranking as a major American playwright. His canon of plays led by A Streetcar Named Desire, Summer and Smoke, The Rose Tattoo, Cat on a Hot…
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…
A huge cast hurtles through the funniest play of the year with director Julianne Boyd never taking her foot off the gas pedal. Burns and Murray review playwright John Guare’s take on the original play and film, where he has blended the two together for one zany evening of screwball comedy.
Burns and Murray had decidedly different views on this Tony nominated play, with her thumb up, and his thumb down.
