LENOX, Mass. — To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday and school vacation week, Shakespeare & Company presents a series of accessible performances and accompanying events April 23 through 25. Performed by the Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare, Hamlet directed by Kevin G. Coleman and Victoria Rhoades will be staged at the Tina…
The OLLI Players are holding auditions for a reading of IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE, adapted from Sinclair Lewis’s novel and play. This full-length script relates the rise of a dictator in America in the 1930s and its impact on society at national, local, and individual levels. Reading Date: 4/19/26 (Sunday…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss EDITOR’S NOTE: This review was written in response to a preview performance of 1999. As with any world premiere production, some changes may have been made before the official opening. Having the opportunity to see a preview of the world premiere of 1999,, I am confronted with…
A collaboration with Spirit of the Circus pairs Shakespeare with circus performers in a brand-new production LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company and Spirit of the Circus present Circus & The Bard, co-created by Allyn Burrows, Robin Eldridge, and Pedro Reis. A mash-up of professional circus acts and Shakespeare’s verse staged August…
The Tina Packer Playhouse hosts an 11-show run of the reimagined comedy LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company delves into the themes of identity, gender roles, and the clash of wills with The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Nicole Ricciardi, August 14 through 24 at the Tina Packer Playhouse. Ricciardi said…
LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company returns to August Wilson’s American Century Cycle with The Piano Lesson, July 25 through August 24 at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, presented in collaboration with Actors’ Shakespeare Project (ASP). Set against the backdrop of 1936 Pittsburgh during the Great Depression, Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony…
by Mark G. Auerbach Ali Louis Bourzgui, the Pittsfield actor who starred in the recent Broadway revival of The Who’s Tommy, takes on the role of Orpheus in Hadestown, beginning May 6. For details: https://hadestown.com/ Eliza Gonzales, UMass Theatre Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting, makes her Broadway debut as voice and dialect coach…
The Performing Arts season opens with Olli‘s Berkshire Previews on April 4 where ten artistic directors will present their season by Zoom over six weeks, each Friday morning, beginning at 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. Each artistic director will have 45 minutes to talk and take questions. The opening class features a Critics…
