The Majestic Theater in West Springfield will reopen the show the pandemic closed. “The Pitch,” a world premiere by Northampton-based Stan Freeman, is  a baseball fantasy. It is expected to  hit the stage on Aug. 7.

Barrington Stage Company opened with “Who Could Ask for Anything More? The Songs of George Gershwin,” playing through July 3rd. It’s a big, brassy cabaret-cum-celebration — just the tonic for emerging from the long dark season.