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Tag: Jim Frangione
THEATRE REVIEW: Barrington Public Theater makes terrific debut with ‘Breakwater’
The play is very good; the company’s production of it is very good; the acting company is very, very good.
THEATRE REVIEW: WAM Theatre’s ‘Lady Randy’ features high-end talent displaying their best work
I wanted, for Anne Undeland, a perfect realization of her first full-length play and WAM gave me what I prayed for.
Anne Undeland’s ‘Lady Randy’ to receive world premiere production by WAM Theatre
In keeping with WAM’s philanthropic mission, a portion of the proceeds from “Lady Randy” will be donated to selected beneficiary Tapestry Health Systems.
Theater in the Round
Berkshires actor, writer and director Jim Frangione shows us around the Berkshires theater scene.
REVIEW: Radius Play Festival, six one-act plays from the Berkshire Playwright’s Lab
This year’s selections were pulled from over 100 plays submitted. I’d say book now for next year rather than risk missing out on these new discoveries.
EdgeCast Video: Women’s March 2018
Filmmaker Ben Hillman, accompanying a contingent of Berkshire County residents, recorded the Women’s March this past weekend in New York City that protested the Trump administration’s policies toward immigrants, the environment, women’s rights, and Trump’s threat to the integrity of democracy. Here is the video report, narrated by Jim Frangione.
Bits & Bytes: Educators’ symposium at Norman Rockwell Museum; Radius Playwrights Festival; ‘Clever Little Lies’ at the Ghent Playhouse; BioEYES science program
The Radius Playwrights Festival features fully staged readings of the six selected new short plays created by local writers within a 50-mile radius of Great Barrington.
Bits & Bytes: Nona Hendryx at MASS MoCA; ‘The Meaning of Michelle;’ ‘Devil’s Trill’ celebration; ‘Created Equal’ at Temple Anshe Amunim; ‘Two Worlds’ at Neumann Fine Art
In ‘The Meaning of Michelle,’ author Veronica Chambers solicited, collected and edited essays by a variety of authors offering varied perspectives on Michelle Obama and her time in the White House.
REVIEW: ‘Some Old Black Man’ is best original new play this season
SOME OLD BLACK MAN acknowledges the political past in a unique way, but never waivers from being a deeply moving, personal tale of father-son reconciliation. There should be more new plays as fine as this.
Bits & Bytes: ‘Facing Our Truth;’ Eugene R. Fidell at Stockbridge Library; Langhorne Slim at Club Helsinki Hudson; Writers Read; water quality monitors needed
Following the staged reading of ‘Facing Our Truth,’ Multicultural BRIDGE executive director Gwendolyn Hampton VanSant will moderate a discussion with the directors and actors as well as members of the Council for Equity and Inclusion at Simon’s Rock.
Radius Playwrights Festival, a radiant debut for St. James Place
I like what this company of theatre professionals is doing even if I don’t agree with every choice. I think it a very worthwhile effort and should be seen by everyone in the region who believes in live theater.
EDGECAST VIDEO: Women’s March in NY: This Pussy Grabs Back
The Berkshires goes to the protest: a taste of the festivities. Our Edgecast video crew with Edgecast Copter was on hand for the New York City Women’s March on January 21, 2017 which drew an estimated 400,00 to 500,000 participants, among them quite a few from the Berkshires.
EDGECAST: News in Review with Heather Bellow — a podcast
Interviewed by Jim Frangione, Berkshire Edge Managing Editor Heather Bellow discusses the issues she’s been covering: proposed PCB dump in Housatonic; the new Jane Iredale/Louisa Ellis store in Great Barrington; the redevelopment of the top of Railroad Street; access to broadband Internet in the rural Berkshires; and the Democratic primary election.
Edgecast video: Geoffrey Young and the art of the gallery
“I had no job and no prospects, so I opened an art gallery.”
— Geoffrey Young
EDGECAST VIDEO PROFILE: Filmmaker John Whalan
An EdgeCast profile of Berkshire multimedia entrepreneur John Whalan of Black Ice Entertainment, who uses his craft to support local institutions such as Community Access to the Arts (CATA) and Berkshire Playwrights Lab. Narrated by Jim Frangione.
Bits & Bytes: Events and items of note in the Berkshires
Western MA Beer Fest in Dalton; Berkshire Playwrights Lab stages reading of Jim Frangione’s new play, “Flight of the Monarch”; Free Fun Friday at Jacob’s Pillow; “Van Gogh’s Ear” at AIER; Housatonic River canoe trip sponsored by Mass Audubon and Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary.
At Berkshire Playwrights Lab, fundraising is performance art
“We’re a theater company that develops new plays. So it stood to reason (at least in my mind at 1 a.m.) that we should at the very least be entertaining in our appeal and do what we do best … present new plays. And thus, a fund-raising idea was born.”
— BPL Artistic Co-Director Joe Cacaci
Review: ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,’ Chekhov in ‘Berkshire’ County
Shakespeare & Company is known for its revelatory clarity of dense speech as well as for its comic abilities. It was made for this play.
Berkshire Playwrights Lab: Seven Successful Years Celebrated with a Gala
“This is one of my favorite events in the Berkshires. It’s a true honor to be a part of this — they are celebrating new playwrights, new work, rich language and stories that resonate within all of us.”
— Shakespeare and Company actress and Communications Director Elizabeth Aspenlieder