REVIEW: “RENT” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The unexpected tragic death of playwright, Jonathan Larson before Rent’s Off-Broadway opening in 1996 shattered the cast and the Broadway community. I remember…
REVIEW: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at theREP
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss When we think of the legendary Carole King, we most often picture her on the cover of her second studio album, Tapestry,…
REVIEW: “Dog People” at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Who doesn’t adore the unconditional love of a dog? During the pandemic, many dogs were adopted, and dog-walking became a safe and…
REVIEW: “4000 Miles” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The beauty of being a resident of the Berkshires is having to travel less than 15 miles to see excellent theater, as…
REVIEW: Bunbury Players’ “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds”
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss “Atom…what a beautiful word.” The play opens with a sensitive adolescent, Tillie Hunsdorfer (Olivia Stickles) rhapsodizing about her love of science and…
REVIEW: “The Bridges of Madison County” at the Ghent Playhouse
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss It’s a love story, which began as a best-selling novel by Robert James Waller in 1992, turned into a movie in 1995…
REVIEW: “Sweat” at Capital Repertory Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The suffering working class, inequities in pay between the haves and have-nots, lack of vocational mobility, drug and alcohol abuse, and racism…
Personal Essay: Back on Stage
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Editor’s Note: Berkshire on Stage critic Paula Kaplan-Reiss had the opportunity to work on the other side of the footlights when she…