by Chris Rohmann | Jul 23, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
Two timely dramas are playing in the Valley this week and next, while a timeless tragedy is prequelled in the Berkshires, all of them grappling with essential questions of life and death. New Century Theatre’s comeback season, which opened with a riveting performance...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 23, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
The Taming of the Shrew is Shakespeare’s trickiest play to perform these days – a thoroughly misogynistic tale in which daughters are auctioned to the highest bidder and the “shrew” of the title is “tamed” by a cunning fortune hunter. He (of course, he) is Petruchio,...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 16, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
It’s summer, folks, time to get off our butts and take some exercise. A little stroll, perhaps, to enjoy the scenery – and a play. That’s the current invitation from two hilltown theaters. Double Edge Theatre presents a brand-new Summer Spectacle on its Ashfield farm,...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 9, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
This year’s through-theme at the Ko Festival of Performance, is Habitat (human) – a topic that also runs through two more current Valley offerings: How I Learned to Drive, from Ghost Light Theater in Holyoke, and Moving Water, a work in progress at Serious Play...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 8, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
“Who knew?” is the question in the air these days at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. For example: Who knew that many of the great Duke Ellington’s compositions were written by someone else? And who knew that the pious religious community known as Shakers had...
