Living Room Theatre is excited to announce their most ambitious project since the pandemic! HER NAME MEANS MEMORY is a brand new version of a classic play that wlll perform in North Bennington for two weeks July 26 through August 6. The script was explored this past January at Bennington…
by Jess Hoffman I must start my review by admitting that A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is my single favorite play of all time. And because of that I have seen many productions. I have seen professional productions, volunteer productions, and even one high school production. I have…
ALBANY (April 5) – William Shakespeare’s popular comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” begins previews at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany April 14, opens on Tuesday, April 18 and runs through Sunday, May 7. The show is directed by theREP’s Producing Artistic Director Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill. In a world where dreams and…
by Emily Edelman Nick Payne’s “Constellations,” currently being staged by Living Room Theatre in North Bennington, Vermont, was written to be played by two actors working through the relationship of physicist Marianne and beekeeper Roland. LRT utilizes six actors (three for each part), which might be confusing in any other…
by Roseann Cane Henry James’s 1898 horror novella, The Turn of the Screw, was first published in a 12-part serial format in Collier’s Weekly. James, a foremost novelist in the English language, found his popularity waning, and although he later said he despised the serial format, he needed income. His…
Opening September 3 at Bennington Performing Arts Center is Oldcastle Theatre Company’s final production of the season, THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Jeffrey Hatcher, from a story by Henry James. “One of the things we wanted to do this season is highlight the things that the theatre can do…
by Gail M. Burns AUTHOR’S NOTE: I have written extensively about The Tarnation of Russell Colvin. My preview piece for the June performances at the Dorset Theatre Festival can be found HERE, and in the program insert that you will receive at Hubbard Hall. In addition I reviewed the June…
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…
