by Chris Rohmann | May 27, 2010 | Stage
When the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School moved from temporary digs in Hadley—a funky, improvised assortment of rented accommodations—into a shiny new purpose-built facility in South Hadley, the students had a saying: “I used to go to...
by Chris Rohmann | May 27, 2010 | Stage
Most of the stage shows I attend are comparatively restrained affairs, with actors sticking to their scripts and the audience sitting attentively. But last Saturday was an altogether different theatrical experience. It was casual, noisy, cheeky, unpredictable and...
by Chris Rohmann | May 28, 2010 | Stage
Their venues are unusual, their aesthetics unorthodox, aimed at upending conventional theater practice. And the shows these two companies open this week and next tell us as much about the theaters themselves as they do about the human dramas they depict. This weekend,...
by Chris Rohmann | Jun 3, 2010 | Stage
“Different times, different prohibitions,” says the proprietress of The Well. It’s 1956, and this daughter of a Prohibition-era bootlegger runs a Chicago nightclub catering to lesbians. Vivian is one of the five characters, all women, in Pulp, a...
by Chris Rohmann | Jun 3, 2010 | Stage
The Theater Project has generally filled the hot-weather lull between its nine-month seasons with concerts and musical cabarets. This summer adds a full theatrical production, Stones in His Pockets, a two-man play about a couple of locals in rural Ireland...
