by Chris Rohmann | Dec 3, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
Last week I previewed some area productions of those holiday stalwarts A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker. But it’s not all ghosts and sugarplums this Yuletide. Here are some alternatives for your seasonal theatergoing, tracking north to south, then making a curve...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 26, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
Charles Dickens’ classic tale of the mean old miser who gets the Scrooge scared out of him by midnight spirits is likely the second-most often retold Christmas story, after the one about Jesus. The Russian fairy tale about the little girl and the nutcracker is...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 19, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
Nilaja Sun is, quite simply, the most exciting solo performer I’ve ever seen. She’s a small, wiry woman whose expansive presence fills a stage. Drawing on an astonishing talent for physical and vocal mimicry, her pieces are fully formed plays that bring to life a...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 12, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
This weekend and next, Valley colleges present a fall cornucopia of performances – a culture clash at Amherst, a gamer fantasy at Mount Holyoke, and the Valley premiere of a national dance piece at Smith. First up is Peace in the Home, this Thursday to Saturday...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 5, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
Sometimes, in your darkest fantasies, when you’re struggling to process the latest outrage from this trumped-up president — you might just entertain visions of the regicides that feature in two Valley productions. One of them is about presidential assassins, the other...
