J. Peter Bergman is the Director of Communications at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead. In the past he has been a writer for The Berkshire Eagle, Berkshire’s Week, The Advocate, The Berkshire Beacon, The Independent and still contributes to The Chatham Courier and Edge.com and Berkshirebrightfocus.com. He is a novelist, poet and author of short fiction. His book “Counterpoints” won the 2002 Friends of Charles Dickens Award. He has been a paid theater critic since he was 15 years old.
Wednesday, 20 Jun 2018 - This play's issues are valid and of daily interest and should be explored in this kind of ...
Monday, 18 Jun 2018 - With my own theatrical background, it was both a lively and invigorating experience to onc ...
Thursday, 14 Jun 2018 - The cast and production are Broadway-worthy and, like the Royal Family of Broadway, the co ...
Monday, 11 Jun 2018 - Here's my hope: Keep working on it, playing it for audiences and doing the work needed to ...
Friday, 8 Jun 2018 - You will find this edition a very good way to re-introduce yourself to this challenging bu ...
Monday, 4 Jun 2018 - Abigail is played by the outstanding Corinna May who has never managed to give an unconvin ...
Thursday, 31 May 2018 - For much of what works, thanks goes to the director, Matthew Penn, who has taken the play ...
Thursday, 31 May 2018 - For a show I expected to be just a collection of hit tunes I didn't know, it was a delicio ...
Tuesday, 29 May 2018 - In spite of the fact that "Damn Yankees" is one of my favorite shows, this is a production ...
Monday, 21 May 2018 - Every once in a while, something happens to transform this play and bring it back to its o ...
Friday, 23 Feb 2018 - This year, the seventh, we get to know some writers with delicious senses of humor and som ...
Monday, 29 Jan 2018 - In a season defined thus far by the shallowness of parody, this play is a mood- and mode-c ...
Sunday, 28 Jan 2018 - This year’s selections were pulled from over 100 plays submitted. I’d say book now for ...
Tuesday, 23 Jan 2018 - The company is offering a 40 percent discount on tickets to full-time, year-round resident ...
Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018 - The work features songs and monologues inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt a ...
Saturday, 13 Jan 2018 - This is indeed a busy Barrington Stage season with an intriguing theme and what appears to ...