by Chris Rohmann | Jul 16, 2013 | Stage
The Ha-Has comedy group was created by accident in 2003 when Pam Victor, then an improv newbie, offered to do a show at her local library—and then had to form a group to perform it. The group’s original name, The Ha-Ha Sisterhood, was also...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 23, 2013 | Stage
Picture a traditional dance class in a conservatory studio: a group of young dancers, mostly female, mostly white, in leotards and leg warmers, stretching and practicing pliés at the barre to classical piano accompaniment. Now picture this: 24 young dancers,...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 23, 2013 | Stage
Only three of Shakespeare & Company’s ten major productions this season are by Shakespeare. There’s another “classic,” by Molière, and all the rest are modern—the “& company” part of the troupe’s...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 30, 2013 | Stage
There was a coincidental unifying image in the three shows I saw the other day in Great Barrington: flowing white fabric. In one piece, a broad sheet served as tablecloth, prayer rug and other quotidian coverings; in another, a formal gown literally covered the stage;...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 30, 2013 | Stage
The mysterious relationship of the great Russian composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his great patroness, the wealthy widow Madame Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck, forms the tantalizing basis for None but the Lonely Heart. The new piece is a guest production at...
