Pittsfield, MA – Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director, CEO) are excited to announce casting for the upcoming production of Conor McPherson’s The Weir, a haunting tale of Irish folklore and revelation. At The Unicorn Theatre The Weir written by Conor McPherson directed by Eric Hillmovement direction by…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss We are all familiar with the iconic musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein. We have seen them on the stage and screen, and many of us saw them performed at our high schools. Likely, we have never heard of Pipe Dream, originally performed on Broadway in 1955 and…
STOCKBRIDGE, MA (July 22, 2024) – Chesterwood, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, continues its popular performing arts series, Arts Alive!, with a special theater performance that revives a favorite Victorian-era form of entertainment, tableaux vivants, or “living pictures”, on Saturday, August 3 at 5:30pm, set in the historic…
STOCKBRIDGE, MA (July 10, 2024) – Chesterwood, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, continues its popular performing arts series, Arts Alive!, with a special evening with Shakespeare & Company‘s founder and director Tina Packer, who will bring her cast for The Winter’s Tale to the garden at Chesterwood to share her insights…
July 9, 2024 (Housatonic, MA)— Berkshire Pulse, South County’s dynamic dance and performing arts education center located in the heart of Housatonic, is presenting Spirits of Chesterwood, an intergenerational dance project, at Chesterwood, the historic home, studio, and gardens of sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), on August 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th…
by Barbara Waldinger How does a director in 2024 attempt to update a 1938 Pulitzer-winning play–ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS by Robert E. Sherwood—so that it will speak to today’s audience? And why choose to take on this project when the play was turned into an Oscar-nominated film in 1940 (with…
Pittsfield, MA – Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director, CEO) are excited to announce casting for its upcoming production of Abe Lincoln in Illinois , Robert E. Sherwood’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece that tells the tale of the remarkable journey of Abraham Lincoln. Abe Lincoln in Illinois written…
Pittsfield, MA – Join Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director and CEO) later this summer for an extraordinary lineup at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA. Enjoy three national performing acts that promise unforgettable experiences for audiences. Then, get ready for the holidays as A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens…
