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THE OTHER SIDE: Witches burning (Part One)

As we have learned over the centuries, when it comes to burning witches, it doesn’t really matter if you have burned a real witch or just someone who, in your fevered, partisan, and paranoid imagination, could easily become a witch in the future. It is the burning that is the message.

Bits & Bytes: Community dialogue on racism; Lenox Land Trust conversation; ‘Love Travels Fast’; Berkshire Theatre Awards

During the presentation, Gwendolyn VanSant will address personal identity and bias and their relationship to systemic racism and cultural barriers.

THEATRE REVIEW: Sharon Playhouse’s ‘Crazy for You’ is a seamless, first-quality production

If this production and company transferred to Broadway next month, it would be no surprise at all.

REVIEW: Sharon Playhouse’s totally charming ‘Crazy for You’ is a gift

For those of us who have observed Sharon Playhouse’s up and downs, it can be said that “Crazy for You” is Sharon Playhouse’s moment: here for good and at the top of its game.

Bits & Bytes: Chris Botti at the Mahaiwe; ‘Squeamish’ with Alison Fraser at The Mount; Roy Zimmerman in ‘RiZe Up’; ‘The Pirates of Penzance’...

“RiZe Up” is a 90-minute funny and forceful affirmation of peace and social justice via Roy Zimmerman’s original songs.

THEATRE REVIEW: Sharon Playhouse’s ‘Always … Patsy Cline’ invigorated with sweetness, personal resonance

The entire experience was a glorious example of how live theater can become even more alive under duress and achieve its goal with an audience.

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Always … Patsy Cline’ at Sharon Playhouse a glorious, nonstop songfest

Like the trooper Patsy was — and in keeping with the school of hard knocks her songs celebrated — the show moves swiftly into a double encore.

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Barefoot in the Park’ at Sharon Playhouse is delightful, genuinely entertaining

The very 1960s appeal of the piece was maintained, with a very 2018 sensibility bringing it up-to-date in feel while leaving things as they were written more than 50 years ago.

Theatre Review: ‘Anything Goes’ at Sharon Playhouse is irresistible fun

The song-and-dance force Amanda Lea LaVergne recalls the pluck of a feisty Debbie Reynolds and the savvy spunk of Ginger Rogers.

Berkshire Theatre Critics Association defines categories for third season

The object of the selection of winners is not to single out the “best” in any category, but to reward the outstanding elements of the season, the work that is not possible to forget, that stands out, that exemplifies excellence.

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Anything Goes’ at Sharon Playhouse is a winner

If you want to see a star, get down to Sharon and see Amanda Lea Lavergne perform as Reno Sweeney.

Sharon Playhouse’s ‘Music Man,’ lively, energized, engaging

This is wonderful American musical theater brought up to date and up to new levels of excellence by a supremely talented team.

Sharon Playhouse’s ‘The Music Man’: A crying shame

Despite Sharon Playhouse’s ambition to do something different with a classic musical, it fails to dramatize what’s at the core of Meredith Willson’s text – a universal tale of fulfilling a dream.

REVIEW: ‘Footloose’ at Sharon Playhouse Youth Theatre: Let’s hear it for … them

With the last rhythmic spin and jubilant bow, this offering can certainly be considered a great success.

‘Far Away’ at Sharon Playhouse (1): An inarticulate dystopia

As an enthusiastic admirer of Caryl Churchill’s works, at least I can say I’ve now seen FAR AWAY but regrettably I don't think the way Churchill intended.

‘Far Away’ at Sharon Playhouse (2): An imaginative dystopia

This is not a frothy summer musical. FAR AWAY is a play that envelopes you from the first.

Sharon Playhouse launches season with ‘Minor Character’: An interview with Artistic Director Johnson Henshaw

“The play is about the struggles between those with grotesque wealth and the poor who are expected to work hard to keep them in the style to which they’ve become accustomed.” -- Johnson Henshaw, artistic director of the Sharon Playhouse
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