Shakespeare & Company Named a Top Outdoor Theater in the U.S. by Newsweek

LENOX, Mass. â€“ Shakespeare & Company has been recognized as one of the top outdoor theater companies in the country by Newsweek in its 2025 Readers’ Choice list of “Best Outdoor Theater Performances”. Nominations are editorially driven with contributions by a panel of travel experts, and voted on by Newsweek readers. The list celebrates outdoor theater experiences across…

REVIEW: “A Body of Water” at Shakespeare & Company

by Barbara Waldinger “This is a play about trauma in all its forms. It’s about those moments in life when nothing that we think we know feels real any longer—nothing that we depended on, nothing that we knew in our hearts to be true.” These are the words of Lee…

Shakespeare & Company Opens 47th season with “A Body of Water”

LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company opens its 47th season on Friday, June 21 with A Body of Water by Lee Blessing, a comedic thriller presented outdoors at the Roman Garden Theatre through July 21.  A revised script staged only once before, Blessing’s A Body of Water tells the story of Moss and…

Shakespeare & Company Opens Theaters, Studio Spaces, and Lobbies for a Wide Range of Rental Opportunities

Shakespeare & Company‘s theaters, studio spaces, and lobbies at its 33-acre campus in the Berkshires are available now for a wide range of rental opportunities this summer and fall. Ideal for meetings, weddings and celebrations, workshops and seminars, and other uses, Shakespeare & Company’s rental spaces include indoor and outdoor…

Shakespeare & Company Announces its 2024 Season Titles

Two World Premieres and New Spins on Shakespeare Lead Off the 47th Season LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company has announced the titles of its 2024 season, including two World Premieres, a regional premiere, a musical exploration of Shakespeare’s language and music, and two Shakespeare productions staged under the stars on…

REVIEW: “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” at Shakespeare & Company

by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The sun starts to set on a glorious late spring evening over Shakespeare & Company’s outdoor Roman Garden Theatre. As the birds chirp and fly overhead and 40’s music is piped in, we are in a perfect setting for a love story: Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear…

Shakespeare & Company Announces its 46th Season: Thieves of Love

LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company announces today its full, 2023 season: a mix of classic and modern titles opening this May and continuing through December.  Tickets are on sale now for all of Shakespeare & Company’s 46th Season shows, with four titles joining the three announced in November. In total, the Season includes three…

REVIEW: “A Walk in the Woods” at Shakespeare & Company

by Barbara Waldinger Shakespeare & Company’s production of A Walk in the Woods is a master class in Acting.  Jonathan Epstein and Allyn Burrows play Andrey Botvinnik, a career Soviet negotiator, and John Honeyman, a younger American negotiator, respectively, as they attempt to craft a treaty over the course of…