by Mark Roessler | Mar 12, 2009 | Stage
Sebastienne Mundheim describes her new performance piece, Sea of Birds as a "fragile paper sculpture animated by dancers, a lyrical voice, a sonic landscape, live musicians, light and shadow play." Performed in and around a giant white dome covered in...
by Chris Rohmann | Mar 17, 2009 | Stage
When I interviewed Van Farrier late last year for a two-part Advocate article about professional actors living in the Valley ("Pioneer Valley Stage: Local Pros," Jan. 1 and "Going Pro: Plusses and Pitfalls of the Equity Life," Jan. 8, 2009), he was...
by Chris Rohmann | Mar 17, 2009 | Stage
Every season, Commonwealth Opera of Western Massachusetts stages an opera and a musical—the former because that's where their heart and history are, the latter for fun, variety and ticket sales. But this year the company's spring production, which plays...
by Chris Rohmann | Mar 26, 2009 | Stage
Double Edge Theatre differs from most other performing companies in several ways. One, of course, is the location. They live and work together on a 100-acre farm in Ashfield, where the stage is a not-very-converted barn. In the summer, performances spill out over the...
by Tom Sturm | Mar 26, 2009 | Stage
Ever wonder how the camel got his hump? Or how the rhinoceros got his skin? How about how the leopard got his spots? Tales of this type, sometimes known as origin stories or "pourquoi stories," answer the questions of why things are the way they are, or,...
