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ABCD By May Treuhaft-Ali
World Premiere at Barrington Stage Company
By: - Jul 14th, 2022Barrington Stage Company in its tradition of encouraging new voices is providing playwright May Treuhaft-Ali with her first professional production. She has created a topical work based on ripped from the headlines reporting on the crisis in American public education.
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Berkshire Opera Festival's Don Giovanni
First-rate Company Performs Mozart
By: - Jul 14th, 2022"What Loy and his co-founder Brian Garman have pulled off in the Berkshires is some true wizardry." — Parterre Box
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Most Happy in Concert at Williamstown
Directed by Tony Winner Daniel Fish
By: - Jul 17th, 2022Most Happy in Concert, now at Williamstown Theatre Festival is not a revival of the 1956 musical Most Happy Fella with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. It's a tear down and deconstruction by director Daniel Fish. He similarly ripped apart Oklahoma which won a Tony award. Let's see if he again cruises Broadway with an even more radical production of a vintage musical.
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Athena by Gracie Gardner
At Thrown Stone Theater in Ridgefield
By: - Jul 18th, 2022Teenage angst is not necessarily the material for meaningful drama. Athena by Gracie Gardner one of two plays at Thrown Stone Theater in Ridgefield reveals the hazards. It, and the other play Hysterical! run in repertory through Sunday, Aug. 6.
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MFA Opens Two Renovated Galleries
Italian Renaissance and a French Salon
By: - Jul 19th, 2022In August, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is unveiling two newly renovated galleries for Italian Renaissance art as well as a newly renovated French Salon, an opulent setting for nearly 100 highlights from the MFA's Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection of French silver.
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Anna in the Tropics By Nilo Cruz
2003 Pulitzer Winner at Barrington Stage Company
By: - Jul 21st, 2022Other than an explosive ending the Pulitzer Prize winning Anna In the Tropics proves to be quite tepid as produced by Barrington Stage Company. Set in a Prohibition era cigar factory the lictor is reading Tolstoy to the workers. Themes of infidelity, jealousy and revenge in Anna Karenina weave their way into the plot by playwright Nilo Cruz.
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Israeli Expressionist Artist Ira Kaufman
Was Director of Historic Brata Gallery in New York
By: - Jul 21st, 2022Out of the blue I got a call from Ira Kaufman in Israel. The name was vaguely familiar but didn’t click until he said “It’s me from The Brata Gallery.” Then it all locked in. By phone and e mail we recalled the Downtown scene in New York in the 1960s as well as the Figurative Expressionist and Rhino Horn movements.
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Every Breath You Take
I Can See for Miles
By: - Jul 22nd, 2022Wudang is the center of Daoism in the world, where the early monks went to hide from the Emperor’s soldiers. The Chinese emperors were fearful that the people would follow the Daoist priests and monks instead of them, and they killed many of them, destroying thousands of temples over the centuries.
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Jonas Kaufman and Helmut Deutsch in Munich
Munich State Opera Presents in the National Theater
By: - Jul 24th, 2022Jonas Kaufman and Helmut Deutsch have long been partners in song. Kaufman recently withdrew from performances at the Royal Covent Garden opera house due to the impact of Covid 19 on his voice. His return was welcomed at the National Theater in Munich.
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Meet Phil Kline at Mass MOCA
Bang on a Can Composer
By: - Jul 23rd, 2022Phil Kline is at MASS MoCA next weekend. He says: I'm a bit of an outsider, not part of the "classical" world, or even the more sanctioned wings of the avant-garde. A composer without portfolio. Go hear his work in North Adams, Massachusetts!
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Bass Player Michael Henderson at 71
Played with Stevie Wonder and Miles Davis
By: - Jul 25th, 2022Michael Henderson was just 20 when I heard him with Miles Davis. "Stolen" from Stevie Wonder the young bass player gave Davis the funk he was seeking during the aftermath of his seminal fusion, double album Bitches Brew. For five years and several albums Henderson was the heart and soul of the band. Cut loose in 1976 Henderson recorded seven album for Buddah Records, His last, for EMI was in 1983 although he continued to perform.
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Baskets and Bowls ~ A Collection
Also at BAM Museum, North Adams, MA
By: - Jul 25th, 2022This article extends a photo/word installation at the Berkshire Art Museum, North Adams, MA. The installation can be seen at BAM until October 2022 as part of the exhibition 'Artists of the Thursday Chinese Dinner Group,' where 27 are participating. The museum's primary reason is to show Eric Rudd's oeuvre of sculptures created during 50 years. Both, the permanent and temporary shows are well worth a visit!
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto
The Handel Opera
By: - Jul 26th, 2022Handel’s 1724 opera masterpiece “Julius Caesar,” dealing with Caesar’s victories in Egypt in 48-47 B.C.E. shortly before his return to Rome and death in 44 B.C.E., may be considered a prequel to Shakespeare's theatrical masterpiece.
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The Inimitable Marlis Petersen in Munich
A Journey into Night and Our Psyches
By: - Jul 27th, 2022The Munich State Opera presents both opera and concerts during their annual July Festival. One star, Marlis Petersen, entranced at the Prinzregent Theater.
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Ted Rosenthal’s Jazz Opera, Dear Erich,
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
By: - Jul 27th, 2022The opera tells a true story of tragedy, love, and redemption in wartime Germany and Chicago, where Erich Rosenthal, Ted’s father, survived the war.
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Salzburg
Bartok and Ligeti Featured
By: - Jul 31st, 2022Pierre-Laurent Aimard chose as difficult a program as you could imagine. In the Grand Hall of the Mozartareum in Salzburg, the first half of his program focused on Bela Bartok’s small pieces done in grand style: Bagatelles, Etudes, and some Mikrokosmos. Ligeti followed the interval.
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Rubenology: The Making of An American Legend
World Premiere by GableStage and Abre Camino Collective
By: - Aug 01st, 2022Rubenology: The Making of An American Legend focuses on 84-year-old actor Ruben Rabasa. The one-act play recently experienced its world premiere as a co-production between South Florida-based GableStage and Abre Camino Collective. Playwright Vanessa Garcia and Rabasa co-wrote the piece.
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Roger Daltrey Brings Tommy to Tanglewood
See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me
By: - Jun 16th, 2018After nearly a half century lapse Tanglewood has doubled down on the vintage British rock group The Who. Last summer we heard Pete Townshend leading Quadrophenia with the Pops. Last night lead singer Roger Daltrey performed the entire 75-minute Tommy as well as three encores minus the orchestra.
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David Crosby Headlines at Tanglewood
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Chris Hillman and Herb Peterson Also on Bill
By: - Jun 18th, 2018It was a long but satisfying evening at Tanglewood. Chris Hillman, a founder of The Byrds, and Herb Peterson, one of The Dillards went on at 7 PM. They were followed by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Then David Crosby brought it on home at 10:30 PM. The hits just kept on coming.
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Judy Collins and Stephen Stills Share Memories
Lost Love Rekindled at Tanglewood
By: - Jun 18th, 2018Fifty years ago Stephen Stills and Judy Collins met and had a relationship that lasted for two years. That breakup resulted in "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" the hit of the debut album of Crosby Stills and Nash. Not long ago they were booked for an AARP event. That chance encounter resulted in a tour that touched down at Tanglewood. On September 22 they will release a studio album "For What It's Earth" titled for a Leonard Cohen song.
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Mr. Parker Plays South Florida
World Premiere By Prolific Playwright Michael McKeever
By: - Jun 18th, 2018Mr. Parker is a touching comedy-drama by versatile theater artist Michael McKeever. The piece, a three-hander, is receiving an impressive world premiere at Island City Stage near Ft. Lauderdale. A trio of actors sparkle in an all-around strong production.
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Art in South Florida
Tony Award Winning Comedy by Yasmina Reza
By: - Jun 16th, 2018New City Players is offering an explosive, comic production of Yasmina Reza's provocative Art. This comedy focuses on how perception can impact relationships. Actors excel in roles that require seamless shifts between subtlety and big acting choices.
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Berkshire Mountains Faerie Festival, 2018
On Bowe Field in Adams, MA
By: - Jun 19th, 2018There is a story to tell and an enchanted slide show to see! The third annual Berkshire Mountains Fearie Festival happened on June 16 in Adams, Massachusetts. Faeries and elves of many realms appeared all day long. Activities, entertainment and festival goods were offered to nearly 1500 celebrants.
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Church & State By Jason Odell Williams
Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen to Good People
By: - Jun 19th, 2018There has been yet another school slaughter just days before a close election for the incumbent Senator from North Carolina. He attends a funeral for kids who were classmates of his children. A blog reporter asks if he turned to God and prayer in a time of grief. An honest unfiltered answer threatens to sabotage his campaign. This leads to suprising and provocative results. The brief one act play is followed by a talkback after each performance.
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Die Nase at Komische Oper, Berlin
The Nose, a Surreal Opera, Delights
By: - Jun 21st, 2018This final opening of the 2017/18 season at the Komische Oper, Die Nase/The Nose, in Berlin is a typical Barrie Kosky production - eccentric, colorful, and totally entertaining in its over-the-top action on stage. It will be performed in June and July.
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