Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of Barrington Stage Company's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
By: Stephen Sorokoff Aug. 12, 2013
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd Artistic Director and TriStan Wilson Managing Director, presents William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Julianne Boyd, running through August 25 at the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, 30 Union Street, Pittsfield. Check out phtoos from inside the big opening below!
Director Julianne Boyd sets this Much Ado in Messina, Sicily, in the mid-1930s. The strains of jazz and Latin rhythms fill the air as the fun-loving, confirmed bachelor Benedick (Christopher Innvar) returns home from war to be met by the smart, headstrong Beatrice (Gretchen Egolf) - always ready to do combat with a "merry war" of witty insults. Their love story is set against a darker one of young love between Claudio (Babak Tafti) and Hero (Christina Pumariega), threatened by the machinations of the malicious Don John (Mark H. Dold). At once passionate, sexy and bitingly funny, Much Ado is filled with some of the most comedic repartee ever written, and is considered a precursor to the 'screwball' comedy.
Much Ado About Nothing features an original score by Andrew Gerle, who makes his BSC debut. Gerle's theater work includes Gloryana (2012 Kleban Award, 2011 Richard Rodgers Award); Meet John Doe (Jonathan Larson Award, new cast album on Broadway Records); The Tutor (three Richard Rodgers Awards); currently working on an adaptation of The Tempest with Fantasticks lyricist Tom Jones. Other works: The Beach (opera), selected for New York City Opera's VOX reading series; Renovations (play). Andrew is also the author of "The Enraged Accompanist's Guide to the Perfect Audition." He teaches Musical Theatre Songwriting at Yale University.
Performances of Much Ado About Nothing are Tuesday and Wednesday at 7pm, Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, Wednesday and Friday matinees at 2pm (excluding 8/9), Sunday at 5pm. Press Opening: Sunday, August 11 at 5pm. Tickets: start at $20. Preview perfromances August 8-10 tickets are $15/$20. Seniors: $39 & $34 all matinees. Youth ages 6-18, tickets $15 all performances (subject to availability). To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Barrington Stage Box Office at 413-236-8888 or visit www.barringtonstageco.org. The Box Office is located at 30 Union Street, Pittsfield.
Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff
Gretchen Egolf & Christopher Innvar
Julianne Boyd Director & Artistic Director
Christina Pumariega, David Bishins, Christopher Innvar, Gretchen Egolf, David Ryan Smith
Emily Taplin Boyd, Christina Pumariega,Kim Wong, Gretchen Egolf
Kim Wong, Gretchen Egolf, Christopher Innvar
Christina Pumariega,Phillip Kerr, Gretchen Egolf, Gordon Stanley
Christoper Innvar & Emily Taplin Boyd
Ben Cole, Michael Kushner, David Ryan Smith, John Cariani
Babak Tafti, Phillip Kerr, Gordon Stanley, Christina Pumariega, Gretchen Egolf, Kim Wong
Gretchen Egolf & Christopher Innvar
John Pasha, Gordon Stanley, John Cariani, David Ryan Smith
Christopher Innvar, Babak Tafti, Christina Pumariega, Gordon Stanley, Gretchen Egolf
Christina Pumariega, Gretchen Egolf, Christopher Innvar
Christopher Innvar, Gretchen Egolf, Babak Tafti,Christina Pumariega
David Bishing, Scott Aiello, Christopher Innvar
Boyd-Quinson MainStage
Gretchen Egolf & Christopher Innvar
David Ryan Smith, Mark H. Dold, Gordon Stanley
Emily Taplin Boyd & Kim Wong
Michael Kushner & Ben Cole
David Bishins, John Cariani, Phillip Kerr, Mark H. Dold, Gordon Stanley, John Pasha
Christina Pumariega & Babak Tafti
Gretchen Egolf & Christopher Innvar
The Cast
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