Given the chaotic state of our politics and world affairs in general, we all need a good laugh right about now. That’s exactly what Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is serving up with its […]
It was a sweltering, stormy, night in the Berkshires when the Pretenders blew into Lenox, Massachusetts, for the band’s debut performance at Tanglewood on July 16, near the start of the US tour supporting their […]
“It’s when dancing gets awkward that it starts to get interesting.” — Merce Cunningham Merce Cunningham and I go way back. To be clear, I never met him, but my mother introduced me to this […]
As readers of these reviews have gleaned, the history of dance in America is intertwined with the history of Jacob’s Pillow in tiny Becket, Massachusetts. Like many estimable international dance companies, Ballet du Grand Théâtre […]
The Royal Ballet of the United Kingdom’s first-ever appearance at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival — the prestigious dance landmark in the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts — connects two world-renowned organizations whose long histories have been […]
When I see a play with which I am unfamiliar, I try to go in tabula rasa, without having read much about the work, so I can see it with fresh eyes. In keeping with […]
Tanglewood, the venerable summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1940, tucked into 525 bucolic acres in the heart of the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts, has for many years kicked off its season with […]
It’s the summer of 1930, and it’s hot and sultry uptown, with the Harlem Renaissance in full swing. The Depression is taking its toll, and everyone is dreaming of something big. Guy, a costume designer, […]
When I received the much-anticipated press release outlining this summer’s Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the program that most jumped out at me as a “must-see, don’t miss” was Gauthier Dance // Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart. […]
After a jam-packed schedule of performances by popular artists—including the Steve Miller Band, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, and the perennially sold-out James Taylor shows on the third and fourth […]
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