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,...
by Ryan Duffy | Apr 2, 2009 | Stage
Thaw yourself from winter's chill with a springtime performance featuring dancers from 10 local dance companies, including East Street Ballet, Pioneer Valley Ballet, Academy of Ballet Arts, Northampton School of Dance and others. The performance, called Just for...
by Chris Rohmann | Apr 16, 2009 | Stage
After the old Amherst movie house closed its doors 10 years ago, the civic group that revived it intended to create an arts center in which films would share the space with live performance. For various reasons, that didn't happen, but this week live theater comes...
