REVIEW: “1999” at WAM Theatre

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…

REVIEW: “Night at the Speakeasy” at Great Barrington Public Theater

by Emily Edelman Immediately upon entering Bard College at Simon’s Rock’s McConnell Theater for Great Barrington Public Theater’s “Night at the Speakeasy,” one is met not by the usual rows of theater seats, but by a meandering alleyway filled with vines and garden statuary ending at a bright red door,…