REVIEW: “Typhoid Mary” at Barrington Stage
by Roseann Cane Typhoid fever, a life-threatening bacterial illness, is still fairly common throughout the world, with about 5,700 cases developing annually in the U.S.…
REVIEW: “Blithe Spirit” at Capital Repertory Theatre
by Roseann Cane Written as a soul soother for his beloved England, which was recovering from The Blitz and devastated by the continuing casualties of World…
REVIEW: “Paris Time” at Capital Repertory Theatre
by Roseann Cane In the Paris Time playbill, Production Dramaturge Teresa Campbell quotes an article from The Washington Post: “France is home to the largest…
Berkshire On Stage Critics Pick Their Favorites of the 2017 Season
The four critics who review for BerkshireOnStage.com – Gail M. Burns, Roseann Cane, Macey Levin, and Barbara Waldinger – have each listed their favorite regional…
Harold Pinter’s tumultuous “The Homecoming” at Berkshire Theatre Group
Critic Roseann Cane reports that “this production, beautifully directed by Eric Hill, boasts sterling actors who are not only up to the task, but inspired, fierce, funny, and fully realized.”
Audra McDonald shines as Josie in Eugene O’Neill’s “A Moon for the Misbegotten” in Williamstown
In a production as luminous as its cast, the Williamstown Theatre Festival takes a raw new look at O’Neill’s bitterly poetic “A Moon for the Misbegotten.”
No heat, just words inform a passionless “Kinship” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Cynthia Nixon makes her WTF debut in Carey Perloff’s Kinship as an obsessive entanglement turns into a battle of words.
Burns and Cane on “Bells are Ringing,” a musical from the Berkshire Theatre Group at Colonial Theatre
The 1950’s were a very different time. Our dueling critics, Burns and Cane, explain the pre-tech era in which “Bells Are Ringing” takes place, and Ethan Heard’s staging with Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat in the leading roles.