A master actor’s muses and music take him from Greenwich Village and Lawrence Ferlinghetti to Shylock, Malvolio and Ma Rainey. GB Public Theater 2022 stage season begins with four new solo performances that run for over five weeks. All feature stories of humanity and demonstrate the power of a single…
by Barbara Waldinger How did David Mamet’s newest play, The Christopher Boy’s Communion, find its way to the Great Barrington Public Theater where its East Coast Premiere is being staged in a taut, well-paced production? The answer: Jim Frangione, the director and Artistic Director of the company, has known and…
by Alexandra Pool David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright whose work in theater and film keeps him based in LA. So how did his latest drama, The Christopher Boy’s Communion, arrive at an upstart theater company in the Berkshires of Western, Massachusetts? Chalk it up to a longtime artistic collaboration between…
“..now, like everything in life, it’s time to pay the price.” Great Barrington Public Theater caps its eclectic season of new plays with a new drama by David Mamet, The Christopher Boy’s Communion, in performance July 29 – August 8 at the Daniel Arts Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in…
GREAT BARRINGTON PUBLIC THEATER PLANS SUMMER OF HEARTFELT COMEDY, LITERARY DELIGHT AND MASTERFUL SUSPENSE. THREE NEW PLAYS, ON TWO STAGES, PLUS WET INK READINGS AND SOLO PERFORMANCES. From late June to early August, Great Barrington Public Theater will bring a diverse six-weeks to the Daniel Arts Center, at Bard College at Simon’s Rock,…
by Barbara Waldinger Metaphor: the oft-repeated word describing Rabbi Michael Levitz-Sharon (Tara Franklin)’s view of biblical stories in Mark-Leiren-Young’s Bar Mitzvah Boy. The Creation of the World in 7 Days, the Burning Bush, Noah’s Ark, the Binding of Isaac—all metaphors, not to be taken literally, according to the Rabbi. This…
More performances, an American Premiere, a special theatre event, and the return of many favorite artists mark CTC’s 29th season. Chester, MA (February 16, 2018) – Producing Artistic Director Daniel Elihu Kramer has announced Chester Theatre Company‘s 2018 Summer Season, which will feature an American Premiere, a Pulitzer Prize winning play, and…
