Sadly, this is just the latest example of the lies and distortions that the small group of opponents of a well-planned project that will benefit every single taxpayer in Stockbridge will go to with their opposition.
The Great Barrington Historical Society, in collaboration with Saint James Place, will open its 'Rebels With a Cause' lecture series with 'Elizabeth Freeman's Case for Freedom: The End of Slavery in Massachusetts and the Effects on the Black Community in the Berkshires.'
The 10 10-minute plays, divided by one intermission, feature 10 playwrights who, each with remarkable economy, illuminate some aspect of life—in the everyday, in the home or in the news—as we are living it, like it or not, in this 2019 winter of discontent.
The only problem with the play is the play itself: finely crafted; well-designed with its easy, definable characters' voices; but seemingly unfinished.
I think that the word “sensual” is the most apt word to apply to "The Chinese Lady" as this play, almost from the outset, applies that human quality to the work. This is one of the finest works presented by Barrington Stage this year.
The "season of celebration" has, in this era of uncertainty, a darkness that shows promise, especially with "Ragtime" leading off the main stage's season.
