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Facing Our Truth: Berkshire groups collaborate for an evening of one-acts...
Multicultural BRIDGE, WAM Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Group and Yvette “Jamuna” Sirker are joining together for one very special night inspired by the Trayvon Martin case at the Colonial Theatre in...
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Berkshire Theatre Group plans events for 2016 February School Vacation Week
BTG is helping make this February's School Vacation Week fun for the whole family with the crazy Moon Mouse, the tale of Moby DIck, dramatic tales about baseball and much more.
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Berkshire’s WAM Theatre Announces upcoming 2016 Season Highlights
The Berkshire-based theatre company launches its seventh season with exciting new collaborations and the third annual Fresh Takes reading series Lenox, MA — WAM Theatre’s Artistic Director Kristen van...
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2016 Made in the Berkshires Festival Call for Submissions
Submissions may include short plays, music, poetry, short stories, performance art/spoken word, film and dance. Artists must live and work in the Berkshires, at least part time.
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At the Colonial Theatre: 50 years of the blues, and John Mayall is still wailing
John Mayall reaches a creative pinnacle with, in his opinion, the best band he's ever had with Rocky Athas on guitar, Jay Davenport on drums and Greg Rzab on bass.
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“Through the Looking Glass”– Berkshire Women Writers muse on desire vs. duty
Selected readings from writers Frances Anne Kemble, Edna St. Vincent Millay,Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Harriett Beecher Stowe,and Edith Wharton will be performed by Amber Chand, Hilary Somers Deely,...
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Powerhouse band Bella’s Bartok plans CD Release Masquerade Show at Colonial...
Bella's Bartok are music-making extra-ordinaries from Northampton, MA. This six-piece powerhouse melds Bohemian Klezmer-Punk with pop sensibilities into an eminently danceable party with DJ BFG on...
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BTG casts “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”– Pulitzer Prize play about sexual repression
When “Cat” premiered on Broadway in 1955, its themes of repressed homosexuality were too much for some critics and not nearly enough for others. In spite or because of the then-racy material, “Cat” ran...
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“Broadway made me gay,” says comedian Kevin Meaney (At Colonial’s Laugh...
The comedian is part of BTG's diverse line up in its Laugh Lounge Series.
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Ravenous plant in “Little Shop of Horrors” threatens Pittsfield with deadly...
Hungry for blood, Audrey II arrives from another planet to feast on unsuspecting cast members in Berkshire Theatre Group's July musical at the Colonial Theatre. Director Ethan Heard is on a roll...
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Undie Rock masters, The Skivvies, to bring comedy pop to Pittsfield
The Skivvies are known for performing stripped down arrangements of eclectic covers and eccentric originals. Who will be their special "surprise" guests, that is the question.
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Singing Tunes from the ’20s to the Present, Miss B. Haven to take the...
Based in the Berkshires, Miss B. Haven has been working together for over 20 years, singing tunes from the '20s to the present, with three-part harmonies reminiscent of The Andrews Sisters, The McGuire...
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“Le Vent du Nord” breezing into the Colonial Theatre for an on-stage...
The band delivers catchy songs and tunes, some taken from the Québec traditional folk repertoire while others are original compositions. The group has a rich and varied instrumentation, well-polished...
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Berkshire Jazz Collective helping children attend summer theatre camp at...
Berkshire Theatre Group's 11th Annual Richie duPont Award Event features an evening of music by The Berkshire Jazz Collective (Anchored by Andy Wrba, Bill Chapman, and Benny Kohn), dancing,...
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“Fiorello!” is a musical about New York’s favorite big-hearted politician...
Discover the great music and lovable characters in the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical Fiorello!. A big-hearted look at Mayor LaGuardia and his battle for the people of New York City.
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Review: A feisty “Fiorello!” beckons musical lovers to Berkshire Theatre Group
A very timely musical from 50+ years ago, "Fiorello!" and its youthful cast attacks both corrupt business-as-usual politics and the struggle of the working stiffs with good humor and great songs.
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Shubert Foundation provides nine area theatre and dance companies with...
The Shubert Foundation has made grants totaling $275,000 in support of Berkshire and nearby theatre and dance organizations. This is the thirty-fourth consecutive year of support to nonprofit theatres.
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Berkshire Theatre Group’s “Fiorello!” moving to off-Broadway
Following the current run of Fiorello! at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, MA (until July 23), the production will move on to New York City for a September 2 opening.
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“Little Shop of Horrors” at Colonial is about as good as a musical gets
Here's a show that has it all: great cast, fun songs, twisted plot, a man (and woman) eating plant and swift direction that keeps things moving along at a brisk pace. Critic Larry Murray loved it.
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Darkly humorous “The Stone Witch” stars Judd Hirsch as a writer
Coming to the Berkshire Theatre Group's Fitzpatrick Stage July 21-August 20. A writer hopes to save his own career by taking on the monsters of another writer's mind.
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