REVIEW: “The Cake” at Barrington Stage Company

by Barbara Walldinger Directions for a perfect production of The Cake:   start with a brilliant, sensitive and brave playwright (Bekah Brunstetter), add a director who understands the playwright’s message and translates it beautifully from page to stage (Jennifer Chambers), throw in a multi-talented actress who can embody the inner life…

REVIEW: “Elegies: A Song Cycle” at Barrington Stage

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2005 I have bad news and good news. The bad news is that at 4:45 pm on Sunday, August 14, when the press, the composer-lyricist, and several distinguished guests had been assembled at the Mahaiwe Theatre in Great Barrington for the official 5 pm…