Younger but Wiser

Younger but Wiser

Kimberly AkimboBy David Lindsay-Abaire; directed by Ed Golden. Through July 28 at New Century Theatre, Theater 14, Smith College, 413-587-3933.This is about those families where the parents are immature and irresponsible, so the kids have to grow up too fast. It...
Blood Relations

Blood Relations

Two-HeadedBy Julie Jensen, directed by Marc Geller. Through August 18, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, (413) 298-5576.In September 1857, a wagon train bound for California camped in southwestern Utah near a Mormon settlement. The fanatical and paranoid Mormon...

Double Edge Theatre

Ashfield’s Double Edge Theatre celebrates its 25th year this weekend with tales of Merlin, Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The Magician of Avalon is a collaboration with Charlestown Working Theatre of Boston, q-Staff Theatre of Albuquerque, New...

All in the Timing

Shakespeare & Company isn’t only about Shakespeare. Over 30 years they have salted their repertoire with non-classical fare, with an increasing emphasis on modern works. This summer, two of the troupe’s mainstage offerings are Shakespeares and two are...
Use Your Illusion

Use Your Illusion

Cultural nostalgia and myopia tend to make family psychodramas seem like a symptom of modern malaise as “discovered” by Mr. Freud and dramatized by Mr. Allen. Tony Kushner reminds us that intergenerational conflicts are timeless in his adaptation of Pierre...