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Hancock Shaker Village
Greetings for the Holidays
By: - Dec 15th, 2020Seasons Greetings and an appeal from Hancock Shaker Village.
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Brandeis Appoints New Rose Art Museum Director
Gannit Ankori the Henry and Lois Foster Director and Chief Curator
By: - Dec 15th, 2020Brandeis University has named Gannit Ankori as the Henry and Lois Foster Director and Chief Curator of the Rose Art Museum, effective January 1, 2021. Ankori, a professor of art history and theory in the departments of Fine Arts and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University, has been serving as interim director at the Rose since July 2020.
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Boston’s Museums Shuttered Again
Mayor Marty Walsh Orders Rollback
By: - Dec 15th, 2020Faced with a spike in new cases of the coronavirus Mayor Marty Walsh has taken action to flatten the curve. Starting tomorrow categories of businesses and cultural institutions will be closed for the next three weeks. Even with vaccines it is too early to say if there will be business as usual for the arts this summer in the Berkshires.
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An Iliad Live Streamed
North Coast Repertory Theatre
By: - Dec 14th, 2020NCRT latest foray into filmed stage plays which ‘opened’ on December 9th is streaming the play “An Iliad” through January 3, 2021. The play, freely, adapted, by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare from ancient Greek playwright Homer, creates a modern dress production of Homer’s “Iliad’. Deftly directed by savvy NCRT artistic director David Ellenstein, “An Iliad” stars award winning actor Richard Baird in a powerful, mesmerizing, tour-de-force, performance that leaves the streaming home audience in a state of awe.
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Irish Repertory Theatre's Meet Me In St. Louis
Holiday Treat Directed by Charlotte Moore
By: - Dec 13th, 2020The Irish Repertory Theatre has brought superb streamed theatre to the public this fall. Their most recent production, streaming now, is Meet Me in St. Louis. It is just the right champagne for the holiday season.
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Virtual Theatre
Through Pandemic and Beyond
By: - Dec 12th, 2020Virtual theater has come in many forms during the last eight pandemic months. Our most recent theater review was actor/clown Bill Irwin’s new version of his bravura performance of On Beckett adapted for livestreaming by Irish Repertory Theatre. In this article, we look at how virtual theater is faring in Chicago and beyond.
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A Christmas Carol
From Theatre to Radio PLay
By: - Dec 12th, 2020For the first time in its 44-year history, American Conservatory Theater’s holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol, comes to life as a radio play.
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Norm Lewis Returns to A.R.T.
Norm Lewis: Christmastime Is Here
By: - Dec 12th, 2020Norm Lewis: Christmastime Is Here premieres Thursday, December 17 at 8PM and streams on demand through December 31. It is part of the 54 Below Premieres series. Previously he co stared with Audra McDonald in Porgy and Bess at American Repertory Theatre.
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A Christmas Carol
Dickens' Classic is Streaming through Early January
By: - Dec 11th, 2020Tony Award-winning Broadway actor Jefferson Mays plays more than 50 characters in an online streaming version of A Christmas Carol. This production is a filmed version of Geffen Playhouse's 2018 production. Streaming continues thru early January.
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Barrington Stage Company Awards Spark Grants
Intended to Spark New Work
By: - Dec 09th, 2020Barrington Stage Company (BSC), is pleased to announce the first round of Spark Grants of $2,500 each to eleven artists with whom Barrington Stage Company has either collaborated with on past work or looks forward to collaborating with in the future. Each recipient was awarded the grant under the single condition that the money be used to spark the artist’s creativity.
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Chicago Girl by Nancy Bishop
A Lively Collection of Essays
By: - Dec 09th, 2020During a year of Covid disruption our theater correspondent, Nancy S. Bishop, has taken time to publish a book of essays. She describes growing up a Cubs fan while pursuing the literary life. Some years ago she went bonkers over Bruce Springsteen. Often with her nephew, she has attended more than 30 concerts. The range of her interests and insights is formidable. Hop on and enjoy the ride for a tour of the Windy City and its arts.
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San Francisco's Nutcracker
A Virtual Event
By: - Dec 08th, 2020During this holiday season if you can't get to the Nutcracker it will come to you. The San Francisco Ballet will stream the Sugarplum Fairies to your very own livingroom. Plan on great family entertainment.
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Hot Water Tanked
No Big Deal
By: - Dec 08th, 2020My hot water tank blew last week. I went to bed on Friday after a hot shower, and woke up Saturday morning with only cold water. A new hot water tank was installed on Tuesday, and order was restored. Four days of dishes and pans got washed, as did I. No big deal.
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Ring In the New Year With New Play Development
Annual Festival Develops New Works
By: - Dec 07th, 2020Palm Beach Dramaworks' third annual New Year/New Plays Festival will take place via Zoom. This year, the South Florida theater company's annual event will last five days, instead of the usual three. Audiences assist in the process of writing new plays by offering feedback.
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Italian & American Playwrights Project
Live on US Non-Profit Digital Theatre Platform
By: - Dec 07th, 2020New York theatre curators Valeria Orani and Frank Hentschker will host the Third Edition of the Italian & American Playwrights Project (IAPP) on Monday, December 14, 2020, 4:30 pm live on US Non-Profit Digital Theatre Platform www.HowlRound.com.
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I Am Jacob's Pillow
Help to Rebuild After Recent Fire
By: - Dec 04th, 2020Recently the Doris Duke Theatre of Jacob's Pillow was lost in a fire on November 17. You can help to rebuild this landmark of American dance in the Berkshires.
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Andy On Line
Classic Warhol Films
By: - Dec 03rd, 2020The artist Andy Warhol focused on making "underground movies" from 1963 to 1987. Drawing on his entourage they were primarily shot in his studio known as "The Factory." As art they were deadpan and amateurish. The "actors" were primarily drama queens with no professional training. Andy turned on the camera and let them be themselves. In so doing he captured the flavor and essence of an era. While often enervating to sit through the films offer insidious insights of what was cool and camp during an era of great invention and energy.
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James T. Demetrion at 90
Former Director of Hirshorn Museum
By: - Dec 02nd, 2020James T. Demetrion, the second and longest-serving director of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1984–2001) and director of the Des Moines Art Center (1969–1984) and Pasadena Art Museum (1964–1966), died Nov. 29. Demetrion had celebrated his 90th birthday in July.
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Closer Than Ever
Maltby & Shire Musical Revue in South Florida
By: - Dec 01st, 2020South Florida's MNM Theatre Company is streaming the musical revue 'Closer Than Ever' through Dec. 31. Director Jonathan Van Dyke has found a creative way to make the actors look like they're close to each other on screen. 'Closer Than Ever' is a riveting, sung-thru song cycle.
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Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies
Say It Ain't So Joe
By: - Nov 30th, 2020Not until actress Jessica Sherr penned her one woman show, Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies, has anybody dared to give us a wildly exciting, action-packed recounting of Bette Davis’ life as a young aspiring actress hellbent on becoming a star.
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Barrington Stage Company 2020 Associate Artists
David Lander, Jeffrey Page and Alysha Umphress.
By: - Nov 30th, 2020Barrington Stage Company (BSC), announces the 2020 Associate Artists – lighting designer David Lander, director/choreographer Jeffrey Page and actress Alysha Umphress.
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Helping Our Pal Alice Brock
Famed for Berkshire’s Alice’s Restaurant
By: - Nov 28th, 2020Now elderly, infirm, and living in Provincetown, Alice Brock, the famed proprietor of Alice’s Restaurant in the Berkshires, has always helped others. Her restaurants were staffed with friends and neighbors. She was always a soft touch for a free meal, job, or handout. Today it’s Alice, afflicted with ailments, who needs a helping hand.
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The Ballad of Janis Matthews and the Dodo Scouts
New, Original Musical Presented As a Radio Series
By: - Nov 28th, 2020South Miami-based Area Stage Company is presenting a new, original musical as an online radio series. The Ballad of Janis Matthews & The Dodo Scouts takes place in Colorado during the 1960's. Area Stage will present the musical as a four-part radio series. The musical's live world premiere is scheduled for Summer 2021.
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Richard Vacca's Bio of Jazzman Freddy Taylor
What, and Give Up Showbiz?: Six Decades in the Music Business
By: - Nov 27th, 2020Fred Taylor breathes life into this narrative, literally having a conversation with you, including many hilarious anecdotes, home-spun punch lines but also always making you feel like you were re-living the moment with him. The Taylor bio has been written by jazz historian Richard Vacca.
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Greetings from MASS MoCA
Thanksgiving Message
By: - Nov 26th, 2020In a year like no other, we're as grateful as ever for you, our art-loving community near and far. Thank you for your continued support, words of encouragement, and mask-covered smiles — we wouldn't be here without you.
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