by Chris Rohmann | Jul 19, 2012 | Stage
The last production I saw of The Importance of Being Ernest was spoiled by the actors struggling to get their American tongues around Oscar Wilde’s so veddy English epigrams and their bodies into appropriately Victorian attitudes. For theaters on this side of...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 26, 2012 | Stage
“There are three companies in residence here right now,” says Byam Stevens, sitting in his tiny office at the Chester Theatre Company. When I visited recently, the first show of the season, Animals Out of Paper, was nearing the end of its run; the next...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 26, 2012 | Stage
It’s no coincidence that the Berkshire Theatre Group (formerly Berkshire Theatre Festival) is following A Chorus Line, its season opener, with A Class Act, a pastiche musical celebrating the life and songs of Edward Kleban. Kleban wrote the lyrics for the...
by Chris Rohmann | Aug 2, 2012 | Stage
“Theaters that program more conservatively to deal with declining audiences are faring poorly,” says Sabrina Hamilton, citing recent national attendance studies, “while the more adventurous ones are actually succeeding.” As artistic director of...
by Chris Rohmann | Aug 9, 2012 | Stage
It’s called The Meta/Pina Project: Blind Dreamers. “Pina” for the visionary German choreographer Pina Bausch, whose tanztheater (dance-theater) was fashioned from natural movement, spoken phrases and everyday interactions. “Meta” because...
