2025 was an exciting and innovative season—a mix of new plays and classics, chock full of exceptional performances, directors and designers. Barbara Waldinger’s Top Ten Plays For first rate ensemble performances: Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz, directed by Robert Egan. Dorset Theatre Festival The Piano Lesson by August…
Once again, the remarkable Berkshires theatre scene was replete with variety, excellence, and creativity. Writing in December, as I look back on a season that stretched from October 2024 to October 2025, there were successes and a few productions that were not yet ready for prime time. However, this reviewer…
PITTSFIELD, MA (October 14, 2025) – The Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) has presented the 2025 Berkshire Theatre Critics Awards, colloquially known as The Berkies, on Monday, November 10, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield. This is the ninth time in ten years that these awards have…
PITTSFIELD, MA (October 14, 2025) – The Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) has announced the nominees for the 2025 Berkshire Theatre Awards, colloquially known as The Berkies. The awards will be presented on the evening of Monday, November 10, 2025, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield. This…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Have we made much progress in how we treat ‘the other?’ Do we struggle with learning and accepting the interior of a human while being repulsed by his exterior? Playwright Bernard Pomerance poses these questions in his play The Elephant Man, presented at the Berkshire Theatre Group‘s…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods If you are looking for a night out to immerse yourself in the Christmas spirit, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the Musical is sure to do just that. The Berkshire Theatre Group has just the ticket—a sweet and nostalgic, toe-tapping, all-around fun night at the theatre. There…
Pittsfield, MA – Join us this holiday season when the Berkshire Theatre Group transforms the Colonial into a snow globe come to life and welcomes back director Gregg Edelman (BTG: Coming Back Like A Song, Constellations, Arsenic and Old Lace), music director Ross Patterson (BTG: Coming Back Like A Song)…
Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center announces the return of live (limited-capacity) indoor programming this summer with Pilobolus: Four@Play, Saturday, July 31 at 1pm, 4pm, and 7pm; Broadway in the Berkshires with host Richard Kind, Monday, August 2 at 7pm; and Cecily Strong – This Will All Be Over Soon, Saturday, August 7…
