Stagestruck: Not Your Granddad’s College Theater

Stagestruck: Not Your Granddad’s College Theater

“What am I bid for this fine specimen of white manhood?” The swaggering black auctioneer scans the audience of prospective buyers, who quickly bid the price up, until the white man on the auction block goes to the jubilant winner for a fat five-figure sum. This...

Stagestruck: Texas Tough & Tangy

Stagestruck: Texas Tough & Tangy

Barack Obama and Ann Richards both sprang to national prominence with sensational speeches at a Democratic National Convention. Richards’ came in 1988, and she used the opportunity to pitch her unique brand of tough-minded common-sense liberalism and kick sand on the...

Stagestruck: “Hir” and Now

Stagestruck: “Hir” and Now

Playwright Taylor Mac has described Hir as “a kitchen-sink drama.” Which is fair, as long as you understand that the sink in question is full of filthy dishes and fresh vomit. The genre- and gender-bending play, at Shakespeare & Company through October 7, begins...

Stagestruck: Eight Shows for the Price of Two

Stagestruck: Eight Shows for the Price of Two

This weekend and next, two theater companies demonstrate, once again, the breadth and variety of Valley stages. In Greenfield, Silverthorne Theater Company opens a two-week run of “six unruly comedies” by America’s cheekiest stage satirist, Christopher Durang. In...

Stagestruck: Hometown Tales & Terrors

Stagestruck: Hometown Tales & Terrors

Walk down Main Street in any small American town and look around. There are the unassuming shopfronts and placid homes, holding private, ordinary lives. But behind the doors lie extraordinary secrets and dreams. Three plays this weekend in our not-so-ordinary Valley...

Monte Belmonte Wines: Day Drinking – Solving The Problems of the World

Monte Belmonte Wines: Day Drinking – Solving The Problems of the World

Is day drinking wine advisable for everyone? Of course not. If you are under 21, if you are taking it one day at a time, if don’t have the kind of job that affords you the flexibility to be gone from it for two to three hours at a time for lunch, or if your ideas to solve the problems of the world are terrible ideas, day drinking is not for you.

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Cinemadope: Old Masters, New Looks

Cinemadope: Old Masters, New Looks

Ask just about anyone to name a famous painting, and it’s a good bet that “The Mona Lisa” will be the first thing to jump to most people’s lips. Da Vinci’s most famous work — and bear in mind, this is from the guy who also painted “The Last Supper” — may be on the...