Joe Donahue News

Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director, CEO) will present A Conversation with Ana Reyes, Author of The House in the Pines, Moderated by WAMC's Joe Donahue at The Colonial Theatre on Saturday, May 13 at 1pm with a book signing by the author immediately following.

Berkshire Theatre Group (Kate Maguire, Artistic Director/CEO) kicks-off it's milestone 90thAnniversary Season with theprovocative and humorous play Church & State by Jason Odell Williams (Handle With Care). Directed by Charlotte Cohn (founding producer of the New York Music Theatre Festival and Mainstreet Musicals), the four-member cast features Judy Jerome (Two By Tennessee) as Sara Whitmore, Keira Naughton (The Rivals; BTG: I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn't Even Smile) as Alex Klein, Graham Rowat (Meteor Shower; BTG: Arsenic and Old Lace)as Senator Charles Whitmore, and Andy Talen (The Tempest) as Tom/Marshall/Reporter/Security Guy. Performances begin Thursday, June 14, 2018 for a limited run through Saturday, June 30, 2018 at The Unicorn Theatre, The Larry Viber Stage (6 East Street) in Stockbridge, MA. Opening night is Saturday, June 16 at 8:00 p.m.

Berkshire Theatre Group presents celebrated Emmy Award-nominated Jason Odell Williams' provocative and humorous Church & State.

A newly created opera is worthy of some special attention. And, who better to focus a spotlight on such an endeavor than Northeast Public Radio's interviewer/host Joe Donahue? This coming Thursday at 11:10AM, the co-creators of A Thousand Splendid Suns will be interviewed on WAMC 90.3FM. Live streamed at www.WAMC.org.

?Tuesday, July 19, 8:00 PM - Enjoy singer-songwriter extraordinaire Howard Fishman in an evening of New Orleans jazz, Brooklyn soul, open-hearted country, and blues. Proceeds support Dorset Theatre Festival's Giving Back program, which subsidizes tickets for members of our community who serve us every day.

A new book is making waves in digital and beyond. Digital is Destroying Everything: What the Tech Giants Won't Tell You About How Robots, Big Data and Algorithms are Radically Remaking Your Future is authored by Andrew Edwards, a futurist and noted digital analyst who has made a living in digital since the 1980s. Officially released on June 28, 2015 by Rowman & Littlefield in both Hardcover and Kindle, the 246 page book closely examines how digital is affecting world economies, world culture, our jobs, our relationships and our souls. The book explores some troubling possibilities in media, education, urban life, privacy and the professionsand acts as a guide through a complex subject in order to prepare us for a world to come.

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced exciting casting for their Main Stage productions, along with a several special events for their 2014 Summer Season. On the Main Stage: Festival veterans including Nate Corddry, Holley Fain, Christopher Fitzgerald and Nancy Opel join the cast of June Moon, directed by Jessica Stone (July 2- 13); Justin Long returns to Williamstown, joining Renee Fleming in the World Premiere of Living on Love(July 16 - 26), and theater veterans Judy Kuhn, Howard McGillin, festival favorite Roger Rees, and more join Chita Rivera in the John Doyle-directed production of The Visit, with choreography by Graciela Daniele (July 31 - August 17).

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced that Frank Rich, a prolific and influential writer who's subject matter ranges from theatre to politics, will be speaking at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield on Sunday, October 9 at 2pm.

Man and Boy's Zach Grenier ('Mark Herries') will be interviewed on WAMC radio's 'The Roundtable' on Thursday, October 6th at 10:10AM.

Anything Goes' Colin Donnell ('Billy Crocker') will be interviewed on WAMC radio's 'The Roundtable' on Wednesday, September 28th at 11:35AM. For WAMC station information: http://www.wamc.org/prog-roundtable.html

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced that Frank Rich, a prolific and influential writer who's subject matter ranges from theatre to politics, will be speaking at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield on Sunday, October 9 at 2pm.

In celebration of the career of Jack Donahue, the fabled eccentric tap dancing star of vaudeville and Broadway, and the subject of the new musical My Vaudeville Man!, the York Theatre is presenting two special events on the December 5th and 6th. Both free events will follow the performance of My Vaudeville Man!

In celebration of the career of Jack Donahue, the fabled eccentric tap dancing star of vaudeville and Broadway, and the subject of the new musical My Vaudeville Man!, the York Theatre is presenting two special events on the December 5th and 6th. Both free events will follow the performance of My Vaudeville Man!