Rainbow

Rainbow

The Rainbow Players don’t exactly reject terms like “tolerance,” “acceptance” and “inclusion,” they simply transcend them. This 13-year-old troupe of youth and adults with physical, developmental and learning disabilities uses...
Un-daunting The Bard

Un-daunting The Bard

“Willliam Shakespeare—a man from a hick town with a high school education.” With that disarming characterization, Shakespeare & Company demystifies the often daunting Bard of Avon. Shakespeare and the Language That Shaped a World, a 45-minute...
StageStruck: Cutting through the Grey Goo

StageStruck: Cutting through the Grey Goo

The Grey Goo Theory imagines the world ending, not in fire or ice, but in a global cancer of self-replicating nanotechnology that ultimately devours the biosphere. The idea has morphed into an omnibus term deploring the insidious penetration of digital technology into...
StageStruck: On the Bus

StageStruck: On the Bus

“The first rule is this: you can’t say ‘I liked it’ or ‘I didn’t like it.’ This isn’t useful information—useful to you, but not to anybody else. “And you can’t say ‘I disagree’ with what...
By Storm

By Storm

The Pioneer Valley Performing Arts charter school’s Catalyst Dance Company celebrates 15 years of movement with Dancing in the Eye of the Storm. The evening includes works by Bill T. Jones, hip-hop choreographer James Morrow and Catalyst founder Jodi Falk. April...