by Chris Rohmann | Oct 27, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Stage, Stagestruck
Double Edge Theatre may call their Ashfield farmstead home, but they are a world-class, and world-traveling, company. In addition to their annual farm-spanning summer spectacle and small-scale shows in their barn-theater, for the past couple of years they’ve been...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 7, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Stage, Stagestruck
If proof were needed of the sheer variety in the transatlantic fare served up by the National Theatre’s NT Live, we’d need to look no farther than the next two offerings in that stage-to-screen series coming to the Amherst Cinema. One is a classic Restoration...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 6, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Stage, Stagestruck
Time was, at the end of August the summer theaters would fold their (figurative) tents and wait for spring. While that’s still true of the Valley theaters that brighten our hot-weather months, three of the Big Four Berkshire festivals now extend their seasons into the...
by Chris Rohmann | Sep 23, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Stage, Stagestruck
It’s all about possibility – “One of Emily’s favorite terms,” Wendy Kohler explained as we gathered in pairs and singles at the Emily Dickinson Homestead in Amherst, ready to embark on “an immersive journey” inspired by her letters, poems and hometown. Kohler is...
by Chris Rohmann | Sep 22, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Stage, Stagestruck
You’ll probably think I’m some kind of androphobe, or that I’m just beating the same drum to death, but after a summer when so many of my favorite plays and performances were by women, I couldn’t help noticing the same theme carrying into the fall. Turns out the...
