by Chris Rohmann | Oct 27, 2011 | Stage
The Amherst town seal pairs images of a plow and a book, reflecting the town’s parallel agricultural and academic history. A new soap opera serial with a local slant plays with both of those identities, but takes its title from the town’s joky, unofficial...
by Advocate Staff | Feb 23, 2012 | Stage
In the performance and discussion Decoding Our Past: Spirituals and the Underground Railroad, Christine Clemmons-McCune offers a look at the tradition of the spiritual. Feb. 25, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Bing Arts Center, 716 Sumner Avenue, Springfield, (413) 731-9730.
by Chris Rohmann | Jan 26, 2012 | Stage
A year ago I did a count of plays produced by Western Massachusetts professional theaters to see how many of their productions in the previous year were written by women. The results were not pretty: 39 plays by men (not even counting those by Shakespeare), 13 by...
by Chris Rohmann | Dec 8, 2011 | Stage
There’s a seminar this Sunday at the Yiddish Book Center titled “Is Got fun Nekome (God of Vengeance) a Queer Play?” It’s part of the free one-day Queer Jews and Allies Conference on the Hampshire College campus, and coincides with a student...
by Chris Rohmann | Feb 23, 2012 | Stage
“Shakespeare & Company was based on a production of The Learned Ladies,” said Tina Packer. This historical tidbit was surprising because, of course, the company was founded on and is primarily dedicated to the works of the guy it’s named after,...
