ACQUANETTA - Fisher Center at Bard
“I know you want everything to be clear and simple” is the last chorus of the fabulous chamber opera, “Acquanetta”, about the...
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH – Berkshire Theatre Group
Whether by directorial design or acting chops, women rule Berkshire Theatre Groups’ vital, textually-focused production of Thornton...
TIME FLIES AND OTHER COMEDIES – Barrington Stage Company
There’s no better respite from this summer of political discontent than David Ives’ “Time Flies and Other Plays” - a cocktail, a picnic,...
ROCK AND ROLL MAN: THE ALAN FREED STORY – Berkshire Theatre Group
Which is more apt to say about “Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story”? That it’s a musical that doesn’t know what kind of musical it...
CYRANO – Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
Jason O’Connell returns to his acting company summer home, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, for his 10th season, not just as title...
A HUMAN BEING, OF A SORT – Williamstown Theatre Festival
A HUMAN BEING, OF A SORT is high in concept and low in drama. The based-in-fact premise is fascinating and disturbingly freakish, almost...
A RAISIN IN THE SUN - Williamstown Theatre Festival
Despite director Robert O’Hara’s attempt to do something different with Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun" and despite...
OUTSIDE MULLINGAR – Berkshire Theatre Festival
John Patrick Shanley’s “Outside Mullingar” is an Irish-American love letter to the auld sod. I say this as an Irish-American (well,...
DRAGON SPRING, PHOENIX RISE – The McCourt at The Shed
WTF is the response to “Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise” - not only as in “what was that all about?” but also “why was this made?” This...
AMERICA v. 2.1 – Barrington Stage Company
Stacey Rose’s “America v. 2.1: The Sad Demise and The Eventual Extinction of the American Negro” is set in some dystopian, white...
