Chunky Move's Connected

Chunky Move's Connected

The Australian contemporary dance company Chunky Move presents its newest performance, Connected, at the Hunter Center. March 24, 8 p.m.; March 25, 3 p.m. $10/kids, $25-39/general, Mass MoCA, 87 Marshall St., North Adams, (413) 662-2111.
StageStruck: Syrupy but Not Saccharine

StageStruck: Syrupy but Not Saccharine

Jonathan Mirin admits that part of the reason he and his wife, Godeliève Richard, created the Syrup festival was because “we wanted an excuse to perform in Memorial Hall in Shelburne Falls, where we live. It’s a historic, beautiful space.” He...
StageStruck: Our Middle Town

StageStruck: Our Middle Town

Talk about metatheater. Middletown is so conscious of its own existence that the script even includes an intermission, with audience members discussing the show. Playwright Will Eno, who’s been described as “a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart...
StageStruck: Theater Done Backwards

StageStruck: Theater Done Backwards

The way things usually work is this: Someone writes a play, which goes through several drafts, readings and workshops. Then a director holds auditions to find the right cast, who rehearse it for weeks before finally presenting it to the world on opening night. The...
The Bard: 400 Years Young

The Bard: 400 Years Young

“William Shakespeare—a man from a hick town with a high school education.” With that disarming characterization, Shakespeare & Company begins to demystify The Greatest Poet of All Time. The show’s title, Shakespeare and the Language That...