REVIEW: “Mothers and Sons” at Shakespeare & Company
by Roseann Cane “There is nothing permanent except change.”  –Heraclitus As the lights come up we see two people, a mature woman wrapped in a…
REVIEW: “As You Like It” at Shakespeare & Company
by Jenny Hansell A wooded glade lined with white pine trees in the Berkshires is a perfect stand-in for the Forest of Arden, the setting…
REVIEW: “Heisenberg” at Shakespeare & Company
by Roseann Cane In 1927 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg posited what is often referred to as the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: it is not possible…
REVIEW” “Creditors” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger In a recent interview with the Times Union, Nicole Ricciardi, director of Shakespeare & Company’s current production of Creditors, describes the play…
REVIEW: “Macbeth” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger Imagine a production of Macbeth without the witches. No “When shall we three meet again?” No “Double, double toil and trouble: Fire,…
REVIEW: “Morning After Grace” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger For its first production of the 2018 season, Shakespeare & Company dispenses with kings, queens and wars, instead seeking a perfect marriage…
Tina Packer’s fresh take on “The Merchant of Venice” at Shakespeare & Company
Gail Burns has been waiting for a long time for a Merchant of Venice worthy of her bucket list. Does Tina Packer’s new staging in Lenox redeem this controversial play? Read on…
Review of John Douglas Thompson in “Red Velvet” – The story of actor Ira Aldridge
An entrancing evening of theatre history, through the eyes of Ira Aldridge, played by John Douglas Thompson.