HENRY & LUCY KNOX 1774 MINI-PROMO PLAYS (LIVE)The personal history of a young couple; two of the founders of the United States. Project #1 on 9/13/25Live reading in small black box theatre at Springfield Armory, Springfield, MA 1 white male, age 20, in 1770’s costume 1 white female, age 20…
by Shera Cohen Special to Berkshire on Stage Bravo to CT local, yet nation-wide, prolific playwright-extraordinaire Jacques LaMarre for yet another off-beat humorous play. LaMarre has a skill that tickles his audiences with consistent and often risqué chuckles; not belly-laughs, and that is exactly what he is going for. “The…
by Shera Cohen The musical “Anastasia” returns to Connecticut, to the Opera House Players, after its premier at Hartford Stage some years ago, then onto Broadway. The story of Anastasia, daughter of the Romanov family of early 20th-century Russia during the Russian Revolution, is absorbing, emotional, and somewhat true. The…
Shera Cohen is the Webmaster of In the Spotlight, Inc., a site which covers performing arts events in the Connecticut River Valley communities in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Berkshire on Stage is now collaborating with Shera to expand our reach and bring you more information on theatre to the east of…
by Shera Cohen, Special to Berkshire on Stage An ideal play to commence Hartford Stage’s 2024/25 season coinciding with Halloween is “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic. It is doubtful that no one in the audience was ignorant of the tale of a…
Now in its 3rd decade of promoting performing arts in the Pioneer Valley, In the Spotlight seeks 3 additional writers with backgrounds in theatre, musical theatre, classical music, and contemporary/ethnic music. In the Spotlight began as a free monthly newspaper in 50 cities in MA running 15 years, onto Bravo-on-the-Air weekly radio…
