by Michael Cimaomo | Jun 3, 2010 | Stage
Dance fans longing for a peek at the new generation of ballet artists should get a treat when the Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble (celebrating its 40th anniversary) appears as part of Jacob’s Pillow Dance 2010 Festival. Its program, the group’s first...
by Chris Rohmann | Jun 3, 2010 | Stage
Zero Mostel was a larger-than-life personality and an outsize talent. Jim Brochu is no featherweight either. As a youth, Brochu idolized that rhinoceros of an entertainer, then grew into a body that rivals Mostel’s impressive physique, and now has created a...
by Chris Rohmann | Jun 4, 2010 | Stage
This is a big year for playwright/poet/teacher/activist Magdalena Gomez, who has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors in the past few months. For example: Teatro V!da, the Springfield-based youth theater company she founded, was named 2010 Outstanding Arts...
by Chris Rohmann | Jun 4, 2010 | Stage
In this time of economic uncertainty, when a lot of theaters are sticking with the tried and true, Chester Theatre Company is going for something untried and new for them. Three-quarters of the company’s four-play season will be given to Arlene Hutton’s...
by Mark Roessler | Jun 10, 2010 | Stage
In the center of a paved cul-de-sac, in the middle of an otherwise empty field, stood a woman, statue-still, absorbing the fading evening light. She wore a magnificent hoop skirt that looked from a distance to be made of rose petals. Her arms were frozen in the air. A...
