BWW Review: THE CHAIRS at Shakespeare & Company
by Marc Savitt - Oct 17, 2021
THE CHAIRS is an absurdist 'tragic farce' by Eugène Ionesco. It was written in 1952 and debuted the same year. THE CHAIRS concerns two characters, known as Old Man and Old Woman, frantically preparing chairs for a series of invisible guests who are coming to hear an orator reveal the Old Man's discovery.
BWW Review: KING LEAR at Shakespeare & Company
by Marc Savitt - Jul 10, 2021
The return of the performing arts across the region over the past few weeks has given Berkshire theatre goers much to celebrate. With the opening production of KING LEAR, Shakespeare & Company increases the list of reasons, “when power to flattery bows”.
BWW Review: “MASTER HAROLD”…and the Boys at Syracuse Stage
by Timothy Treanor - Jun 17, 2021
It is 1950, and on a rainy South African afternoon in the St. George’s Park Tea Room, Hally (Nick Apostolina) is becoming himself. He was a boy – one prone to arrogance and self-pity, certainly but vulnerable, and capable of sweetness and hope. But now he is becoming a man – a brutal man, “MASTER HAROLD”, who embraces the world’s ugliness and claims it as his own. He does this by spitting in the face of Sam (L. Peter Callender), a Black man who had sheltered him to that point from the world’s worst, including his own father. In this primal way Master Harold joins the oppressors as a way of not joining the oppressed.
WAM Theatre Announces Digital Production of ROE by Lisa Loomer
by Stephi Wild - Aug 25, 2020
WAM Theatre's reimagined 2020 season will center on a creatively designed digital production of the area premiere of Lisa Loomer's celebrated play ROE, available October 17-20. The digital production will be directed by WAM's Producing Artistic Director, Kristen van Ginhoven.
Colt Coeur Reunites Original Off-Broadway Cast of EUREKA DAY for Virtual Charity Reading
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 14, 2020
The full original Off-Broadway cast of Jonathan Spector's play Eureka Day will reunite for a one-night only online charity reading, benefitting Colt Coeur and No Kid Hungry. Colt Coeur Founding Artistic Director Adrienne Campbell-Holt returns to direct the event, streaming Friday, May 22 at 8pm on play-perview.com.
BWW Review: TIME STANDS STILL at Shakespeare & Company Examines Change and Choice.
by Marc Savitt - Sep 26, 2019
Over the span of two hours, TIME STANDS STILL explores the relationship between the individuals and the two couples at a crucial juncture in each of their lives. Their desire to move forward in conflict with the comfort of clinging to the past. Will they fight, challenge, accept, reject, change, or stand still?
Shakespeare & Company Presents TIME STANDS STILL
by Julie Musbach - Aug 27, 2019
Shakespeare & Company presents Donald Margulies' Tony Award Nominee, Time Stands Still. This production will be directed by Nicole Ricciardi, who helmed last seasons critically-acclaimed production of Creditors by August Strindberg, and the 2017 sell-out 4000 Miles. Time Stands Still marks the second time the Company produces a play by Margulies, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. This compelling drama runs from September 13 to October 13 in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.
EUREKA DAY Performances Begin This Weekend At Walkerspace
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 23, 2019
With protests against mandatory vaccines in New York reaching the state capital this month, there's never been a more fitting time for the East Coast premiere of Jonathan Spector's ripped-from-the-headlines play, EUREKA DAY.
Colt Coeur's EUREKA DAY Begins Rehearsals
by Julie Musbach - Aug 1, 2019
Rehearsals began this week for Brooklyn-based theatre company Colt Coeur's east coast premiere of Jonathan Spector's lauded play, EUREKA DAY.