Happy Ending? Eugene O’Neill says no! ANNA CHRISTIE at Berkshire Theatre Group
Most critics continue to fault ANNA CHRISTIE for its happy ending, but the playwright patiently explained to Alexander Woollcott why it isn't at all that way...who is right?
View Article“Mary and Edith” with Kim and Kate and Mary on stage together at the Unicorn...
A treat for lovers of literature, Mary and Edith will bring some of the best known Berkshire legends together, live on stage.
View ArticleBerkshire Theatre Group’s education efforts to reach 17,000 Massachusetts...
BTG enables students to enjoy, learn, and create theatre in a fun, educational environment while experiencing the magic of the performing arts first hand.
View ArticleSondheim’s “A Little Night Music”– to join comedy, music offerings at the...
Kate Maguire announced an impressive slate of performance events for Spring 2014, culminating ijn June with the Summer Season Musical: Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" featuring Maureen O'Flynn.
View ArticleBerkshire Theatre Group, in third year, flying high with record number of...
This past summer a spectacular production of Peter Pan boasted a cast of 103 actors, 93 of whom were talented students from 32 different schools in the Berkshires.
View ArticleDozens of Events for Pittsfield’s 10X10 Upstreet Festival Feb 13-23
Music, theatre, dance and even a little burlesque take place side by side with opera arias, improv comedy and fun for children as Pittsfield shows off it cultural goods in its third 10X10 Upstreet Arts...
View ArticleBerkshire Theatre Group’s 2014 Summer season offers a blend of Classic,...
An interesting blend of classics that are relevant to our times plus two new works are on tap,. The company's performances feature professionals, theatre apprentices and the community at large.
View ArticleKate Baldwin, Graham Rowat announced for A Little Night Music at Berkshire...
With the addition of Baldwin and Rowat to the previously announced Maureen O'Flynn, the Sondheim Musical is looking to be a real treat at the Colonial.
View ArticleColonial adds PDQ Bach, Irish Rovers, Abbey Road Tribute to Summer lineup
Lovers of comedy in music will adore Professor Peter Schickele's imaginary P.D.Q. Bach a composer who sometimes wrote his music when sober, and was Pretty Damn Quick about it too.
View ArticleTop Picks – Summer Theatre in and around the Berkshires of Massachusetts
Combing through all the announcements, Burns and Murray try to guess which shows will be audience favorites this summer.
View ArticleBTG adds ‘Lincoln’s Shakespeare’ with Brian Dennehy, John Douglas Thompson,...
A quartet of America's most famous stage actors will present scenes and soliloquies that were known and loved by Abraham Lincoln.
View ArticleThe singers shine in ‘A Little Night Music’ from Berkshire Theatre Group
A Stephen Sondheim classic graces the stage of the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield with luscious music, elegance, and of course, summer love.
View ArticleJames and Keira Naughton preparing for premiere of “Cedars”
Gabe, a 50-ish defense lawyer, finds himself on the more unfortunate side of life and now, by his father's bedside at Cedars Hospital.
View ArticleLarry A. Brown on the deeper connections of Stephen Sondheim’s musical, “A...
The musical "A Little Night Music"- at the Colonial in Pittsfield - is more than an evening of theatre, it is a study of action versus inaction, man versus woman, and dignity versus folly.
View ArticleOur take on Noël Coward’s “Design for Living,” next at the Berkshire Theatre...
Even as he aged, with an old boot of a face, Noël Coward never lost his Peter Pan lightness, nor the relaxed, fastidious lines actors so love to utter. Design for Living is one of his classics.
View ArticleBerkshire Theatre Group’s 2014 schedule blends classic & modern plays, musicals
An interesting blend of classics that are relevant to our times plus two new works are on tap,. The company's performances feature professionals, theatre apprentices and the community at large.
View ArticleKorean War Vet fights drugs and PTSD in revival of ‘A Hatful of Rain’ at...
From August 13-30, the Berkshire Theatre Group brings back the searing drama, "A Hatful of Rain" to the Fitzpatrick Theatre in Stockbridge, MA. Tommy Schrider stars as the Korean veteran.
View ArticleWorkshop Festival of Opera at the Unicorn Theatre, Aug 23-31 from Berkshire...
Staged opera in workshop form is on tap at the Unicorn for the opera-starved Berkshires.
View ArticleJoy Behar to talk it up at the Colonial on October 17
Whether acting, writing or just talking about herself, Joy Behar is someone you just love to linger with.
View ArticleTen indelible moments of theatre magic in the Berkshires in 2015
The curtain comes down on another year of theatre in the Berkshires, but what wonderful memories linger. How many of these great moments did you share with me?
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