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.
ALL OF ME is all kinds of good.
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.
Each player has moments of strength, weakness, anguish, despair, all presented well individually.
As is often the case the BTG production is a high-quality production where seemingly everyone involved has played their role and done their work well.
There are a few technical glitches that presented themselves to a keen eye, but virtually something for everyone to like.
In their promotional materials for NEXT TO NORMAL, Mac-Haydn, advised it would be “unlike anything you have seen on our stage.
Simon and his mother, Ora, have always been close.
There is not one single word of spoken dialogue.
ANNA IN THE TROPICS is something like a well curated and presented collection of themes that are both timeless and universal.
The relevancy to current issues such as Me Too, Feminism, Sexism, Abuse of Power, Patriarchal Systemic Inequality, Masculine Toxicity, My Body – My Rights, See Something – Say Something … abound.
At two very different public schools in the same city — an underserved school on the verge of shutdown, and an elite magnet program nearby — pressure to perform well on standardized tests drives students and teachers to compromise their integrity.
ONCE is one of those productions that comes along, once in a while, where audience members can truly sit back, relax, get comfortable, and enjoy as a delightful experience sweeps them up, carries them away, and lets them feel all the feels.
The season opener of Berkshire Theatre Group’s 2022 season B.
To be clear, there is absolutely nothing about this production that is dull, dated, or dusty.
World premiere presentations like ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN offer Berkshire audiences a special opportunity to experience a work in progress, recognized for their potential.
What on the surface appears to be a lovely “little Irish play”, performed near flawlessly by three talented actors is one of the most powerful and deeply profound pieces of black box theatre I have seen in many years.
Directed by Bartlett Sher this production remains true to the original, but some updates have been made including some refreshing of the book and dialogue some of which shine a brighter light on the equality of the sexes despite social norms of the time.
Although no theme is clearly communicated in the promotional materials, the common thread that seems to be woven throughout the collection this year is comedy and perhaps seeing things from a differing perspective.
There is much to enjoy in this stage adaptation of the 1954 American Musical film.
