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Arts & Entertainment

THEATRE REVIEW: BTG’s ‘The Goat’ explores the boundaries of moral code

Albee doesn’t just cut to the bone; he scrapes when he gets there.

by Dan Dwyer
Posted on June 2, 2019
Arts & Entertainment

THEATRE REVIEW: Edward Albee’s ‘The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?’ a rich, intense evening of theater

Director Eric Hill uses broad strokes to show us the subtlety in Albee’s play; he also uses the small things—his actor’s reactions, for example—to give us big changes in the inner workings of all four characters.

by J. Peter Bergman
Posted on May 30, 2019
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Colonial; ‘An Old-Fashioned Christmas’; ‘Battlemind’ at BCC; ‘The Jewish World of Elvis Presley’; ‘All of Us’ at Art Omi

Participants of ‘An Old-Fashioned Christmas’ will be able to trace the history of the Christmas tree from the Colonial period to the Victorian era, the 1950s and on to the modern day.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on December 4, 2018
Arts & Entertainment

THEATRE REVIEW: Solid productions of ‘The Glass Menagerie’ and ‘Naked’ conclude a versatile summer theater season

The conclusion of “Naked” is riveting, all the more so for its prescient reverberations to the temper of our times.

by Dan Dwyer
Posted on October 13, 2018
Arts & Entertainment

THEATER REVIEW: BTG’s ‘Naked’ sizzles with perfection

Pirandello’s people are never ordinary and never sound ordinary and, in this new version, they are just right for my taste.

by J. Peter Bergman
Posted on October 5, 2018
Arts & Entertainment

Theater in the Round

Berkshires actor, writer and director Jim Frangione shows us around the Berkshires theater scene.

by Jim Frangione
Posted on September 23, 2018
Arts & Entertainment

THEATRE REVIEW: Two Durangs at BTG: ‘Sister Mary Ingatius,’ promiscuous thoughts, attitudes redefine tragi-comedy

This production, featuring so much talent, is about the best it can be in a world where our expectations of people in power is so often betrayed these days.

by J. Peter Bergman
Posted on August 20, 2018
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: ‘The Lincoln Family Album’ at Chesterwood; ‘hop tha A’ at the Mahaiwe; art, music collaboration conversation; Hudson Jazzworks concert; waste oil & paint collection

Lauren Clark Fine Art will host a reading and conversation about collaboration featuring artist Jim Youngerman, poet David Keplinger and musician Johnny Irion Saturday, Aug. 11, from 2 to 3 p.m.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on August 7, 2018
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Train Campaign lecture; ‘Abraham’s Daughters’ at CAS; Berkshire Children’s Chorus concerts; ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Colonial; Red Cross blood drives

Author Alex Marshall will present new ideas about how transportation–including modern passenger rail and 21st-century innovations such as driverless cars–can be designed and managed in the public interest.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on December 6, 2017
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Railroad Street Youth Project awards scholarships; ‘Hamilton’s Women’ at Ventfort Hall; ‘Complementary Eloquence;’ Berkshire Theatre Awards

Railroad Street Youth Project’s Railroad Street Youth Student Empowerment scholarship provides an opportunity for students to explore their after-high school options.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on November 9, 2017
Arts & Entertainment

Bits & Bytes: ‘The Bitter Game’ at MASS MoCA; ‘How We Got to the Funk;’ Bushnell-Sage anniversary; BHS pop-up fundraiser; ‘A Christmas Carol’ auditions

Originally performed on an outdoor basketball court with its five acts structured as the four quarters and overtime of a basketball game, ‘The Bitter Game’ explores the experience of being Black in America.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on October 13, 2017
Arts & Entertainment

REVIEW: BTG’s ‘At Home at the Zoo’ enhances, honors Albee’s text

“At Home at the Zoo” at Berkshire Theatre Group combines text, direction and acting that make real theatre real, the kind of dramatic wholeness people in theatre aspire to but seldom achieve as well as here.

by Dan Dwyer
Posted on August 3, 2017
Arts & Entertainment

Berkshire Theatre Group season reformatted for 2017

Looking at this ambitious season it is clear that rather than expanding they are doing just a differently formatted season filled with the potential of excellent and fascinating presentations.

by J. Peter Bergman
Posted on February 18, 2017
Arts & Entertainment

Bits & Bytes: ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Colonial; ‘One Month Later’ election talk; Sundance Theatre Lab; ‘Pervert’ art show; iPhone drawing for BHS employees

A native of Pittsfield who now resides in Baltimore, Alec MacGillis covers politics and government for ProPublica, a nonprofit online investigative journalism organization and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on December 7, 2016
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Albert Cummings to record live album; ‘A Christmas Carol’ auditions; ‘Clay Politics’ discussion; Egremont FD steak dinner; ‘The Effects of Music” talk

During her talk, Crescendo founder Christine Gevert will present an overview of the latest scientific findings about music and choral singing.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on October 12, 2016
Arts & Entertainment

Berkshire Theatre Group’s ‘The Homecoming’: Intriguing production of challenging Pinter play

Tara Franklin, an excellent actress, exceeds any earlier achievements with the role of Ruth. She is setting the barre very high for future work.

by J. Peter Bergman
Posted on October 14, 2015
News

REVIEW: ‘Thoreau,’ at the Unicorn: A revelatory performance by David Adkins

To hear Thoreau’s words spoken by David Adkins is revelatory. Adkins is never preachy, always real and confrontational, never violent even with an axe in his hands. His final speech about a vagrant water-lily is as touching a moment as any I’ve seen on a stage in many years.

by J. Peter Bergman
Posted on June 25, 2015
Arts & Entertainment

Review: David Adkins brings ‘POE’ to life

To NOT see David Adkins in this role as Edgar Allen Poe, if you are a fan of good theater or of Poe or of the arts in general, would be a crime against nature. This is a magical conjoining of talents, the sort that comes along rarely.

by J. Peter Bergman
Posted on October 9, 2014
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