Marc Savitt

Marc Savitt

Marc Savitt has a life-long passion for, and association with the performing arts, particularly Musical Theatre. He has performed with choral groups in several US cities, and London, and appears on multiple recordings. Marc has been both on-stage and behind the scenes with Performing Arts organizations in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington. Marc is delighted to be representing BroadwayWorld.com as Contributing Editor covering The Berkshires of Western MA, Southern VT, and the Capital Region of NY state.






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Review: 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company
Review: 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company
February 21, 2024

Many of the pieces provide laughs, some perspective. There is a bit of song, a bit of dance, absolutely no seltzer down any pants. Overall, the 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL offers a welcomed appetizer for the upcoming season in which BSC celebrates its 30th anniversary of bringing award winning theatre to downtown Pittsfield.

Review: COPENHAGEN At Berkshire Theatre Group
Review: COPENHAGEN At Berkshire Theatre Group
October 4, 2023

Michael Fray’s script is brilliant. He uses a delicate but superbly balanced mix of complex scientific dialogue related to Physics with general human behavior, and interpersonal dynamics. While there are ample opportunities for the non-scientific to give up based on theoretical and technical content, we are brought back into the piece.

Review: ON CEDAR STREET at Berkshire Theatre Group
Review: ON CEDAR STREET at Berkshire Theatre Group
August 21, 2023

Berkshire Audiences are fortunate that we often have opportunities to experience world premiere presentations like ON CEDAR STREET. While it is difficult to say what the future may hold for the new musical, it is safe to say that the production which continues on the Larry Vaber stage at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge through September 2, is a delightful way to spend one of the remaining summer evenings.

Review: GOLDA'S BALCONY at Shakespeare & Company
Review: GOLDA'S BALCONY at Shakespeare & Company
August 9, 2023

Annette Miller is outstanding. She takes the audience on a fascinating and detailed journey in which she seamlessly shifts between aspects of Meir’s character ranging from nurturing caregiver to the “Iron Lady” of Israeli Politics.

Review: FAITH HEALER at Barrington Stage Company
Review: FAITH HEALER at Barrington Stage Company
August 7, 2023

Friel harnesses the power of story telling common to both that culture and contemporary theater to weave a tightly woven tapestry with such depth, richness, and color it could easily be compared to the work of the great impressionist painters. Under Boyd’s direction, Innvar, Dold, and Egolf show themselves to be consummate professionals.

Review: FENCES at Shakespeare & Company
Review: FENCES at Shakespeare & Company
July 31, 2023

Audience members quickly engage with the characters before them virtually free of any doubt or distraction. We become deeply engaged and by the time real conflict sets in during act two, we feel both for them, and with them. August Wilson’s FENCES is considered a landmark work of American theatre and he a masterful storyteller.

Review: BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY at Barrington Stage Company
Review: BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY at Barrington Stage Company
July 22, 2023

While I won’t go so far as to say this is a must-see, it is most certainly one that should be seen. BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY represents yet another first-rate production for the award-winning theatre in downtown Pittsfield and those involved in bringing it forward for Berkshire arts enthusiasts to enjoy.

Review: OFF PEAK at Great Barrington Public Theater
Review: OFF PEAK at Great Barrington Public Theater
July 18, 2023

Berkshire audiences fortunate, and wise enough to wind their way over the river and through the woods to the Daniel Arts Center McConnel Theater (on the campus of Bard College in Great Barrington) to experience Great Barrington Public Theater’s production of OFF PEAK before it closes July 23 are sure to be glad, they did. Do not miss it!

Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Berkshire Theatre Group
Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Berkshire Theatre Group
July 5, 2023

Although one may learn some new tidbits about the artists, it really isn’t the thinnish volume of connective tissue incorporated between the 22 musical numbers, but those very Rock-a-Billy songs themselves, that offer the primary reason to see MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET.

Review: TINY FATHER at Barrington Stage Company
Review: TINY FATHER at Barrington Stage Company
July 2, 2023

Overall, the presentation is synergistic as well as effective and we become absorbed in what starts out with an examination of the humorous side of reality and ends with the sense and sensibilities many face in this thing we call life.

Review: PHOTOGRAPH 51 at Berkshire Theatre Group
Review: PHOTOGRAPH 51 at Berkshire Theatre Group
June 26, 2023

The subject matter, like Rosalind, does not allow for jokes. As the dialogue confirms, the world of science can be a rather lonely place. The ensemble cast is professional, polished, and well balanced.

Review: CABARET at Barrington Stage Company
Review: CABARET at Barrington Stage Company
June 19, 2023

The season opening CABARET on the Boyd-Quinson Stage, should leave little doubt that Alan Paul doesn’t play around; intends to carry on in the style and tradition that Berkshire audiences have come to both anticipate, and appreciate; and Julie’s words were justified.

Review: THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH at Barrington Stage Company
Review: THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH at Barrington Stage Company
May 29, 2023

St. Germain, Lagomarsino, and Tigar have woven a tight presentation that despite the often-unthinkable subject matter, intersperses a pleasantry, and even a chuckle or two. The audience is undeniably moved as evidenced by the audible responses of shock and disgust. Often taking us to the edge without going too far.

Review: THE 12TH ANNUAL 10 X 10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company Offers Berkshire Audiences a Sure Sign the 2023 Season is On the Way.
Review: THE 12TH ANNUAL 10 X 10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company Offers Berkshire Audiences a Sure Sign the 2023 Season is On the Way.
February 20, 2023

The company and seemingly all involved with BSC’s 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL have done an admirable job creating and presenting an event that is enjoyable, relatable, entertaining, and thought provoking. The 12th ANNUAL 10 X 10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL continues on the St. Germaine Stage with performances through March 5.

Interview: Julianne Boyd of Barrington Stage Company Bids Farewell
Interview: Julianne Boyd of Barrington Stage Company Bids Farewell
October 31, 2022

After 28 Seasons Julianne Boyd, co-founder and Artistic Director at Barrington Stage Company, passed a brightly burning torch and retired at the end of the 2022 season. Marc Savitt, sat down with Boyd to gather some information and insight into Boyd, her experiences, and her undeniable impact on the state of the arts in the region.

Review: SEASCAPES at Berkshire Theatre Group
Review: SEASCAPES at Berkshire Theatre Group
October 3, 2022

Typically, I don’t care much for works that fall into the realm of existentialism, theatre of the absurd, and the like. SEASCAPE, however, is different. Perhaps because it is primarily focused on interpersonal communication. Also, the characters, for the most part are dynamic, interesting, and rather unusual.

Review: GOLDEN LEAF RAGTIME BLUES at Shakespeare & Company
Review: GOLDEN LEAF RAGTIME BLUES at Shakespeare & Company
September 29, 2022

GOLDEN LEAF RAGTIME BLUES does provide a pleasant hour and 20 minutes of pleasant entertainment free of politics, angst and the chance to sit back and relax, and focus on something completely different for a bit which most of us can use and appreciate these days.

Review: ALL OF ME at Barrington Stage Company
Review: ALL OF ME at Barrington Stage Company
September 27, 2022

ALL OF ME is all kinds of good. Not good for a show about a particular group or type of people, it’s just good. There is some aspect that should fit or tickle the funny bone for just about everyone. So, as the song with the same title asks: why not take ALL OF ME?

Review: WAITING FOR GODOT at Barrington Stage Company
Review: WAITING FOR GODOT at Barrington Stage Company
August 28, 2022

Where most productions paint the duo as downtrodden and rather depressed, here the two main characters are painted with s sense of comedic timing and light-heartedness that almost seems choregraphed. A performance harkening back to some of the greatest comedic duos. The likes of Lewis and Martin, Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy.

Review: MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Shakespeare & Company
Review: MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Shakespeare & Company
August 22, 2022

Each player has moments of strength, weakness, anguish, despair, all presented well individually. I did not, however, feel as if I were watching a cohesive unit, in their element, weaving a tapestry as their lives intertwine. More that of a group of individuals well skilled at delivering Shakespearian dialogue, than a collective ensemble.



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