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Theatre for a New Audience's Merchant of Venice
John Douglas Thompson Humanizes Shylock
By: - Feb 15th, 2022Shakespeare invites the elevation of Shylock to centrality in Merchant of Venice. Many characters in his play have equal time. Now Theater for a New Audience (TFANA) makes the case for the play as Shylock’s. John Douglas Thompson assumes the role as the ultimate outsider. He is an irresistible actor who quickly overcomes resistance any prior knowledge of the play calls forth
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ORBS: Tunnel City Coffee at Mass MoCA
Installation of Paintings by Jane Hudson
By: - Feb 20th, 2022ORBS by Jane Hudson, a series of 12 paintings on canvas hang on the rough brick walls of Tunnel City Coffee on the Mass MoCA campus. They bring a dynamic energy to the space. The paintings depict orbs of various hues surrounded by bursts of color as radiant beams.
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Side By Side
Curators, Sharon Carson and Betty Vera
By: - Feb 21st, 2022Writing about an exhibition or installation in poetic form is a first for me ~ come see!
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When There Are Nine About Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sally Deering’s Play at Chicago's Pride Arts Center
By: - Feb 22nd, 2022When There Are Nine, a world premiere play about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is an entertaining production that tells the public story of the late Supreme Court associate justice. Playwright Sally Deering positions her work as a dream play, taking place in Ginsburg’s mind, where she recalls important moments in her life and how she addressed challenges.
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Today Is My Birthday By Susan Soon He Stanton
At Yale Rep
By: - Feb 24th, 2022While Today Is My Birthday is funny and can be touching, at times you wish author Susan Soon He Stanton had focused the work more. Many of the characters are interesting. Emily’s NYC friend, Halina could be a fascinating character but just when we begin to get involved in why she is doing what she is doing, the voice mail or call ends and we are on to something else.
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A Spirit of Gift, A Place of Sharing
Exhibition at Hancock Shaker Village
By: - Feb 24th, 2022In its first major exhibition on contemporary Asian art, A Spirit of Gift, A Place of Sharing is a campus-wide exhibition opening May 30 at Hancock Shaker Village. The exhibition features three artists—Yusuke Asai of Japan, Kimsooja of Korea, and Pinaree Sanpitak of Thailand – who explore links between 19th century Shaker art and contemporary Asian art.
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Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
Seven Solo Exhibitions
By: - Feb 25th, 2022Seven new solo exhibits will open at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) on Saturday, March 12. The artists featured are M. Carmen Lane, Roberto Visani, Yvette Molina, Mildred Beltré Martinez, Sachiko Akiyama, Louisa Chase, and Anne Spalter.
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Queen Lear at Gorki Theater - Berlin, Germany
A perhaps foreboding production for Europe/World
By: - Feb 26th, 2022Everything is upside down in this production. A faint semblance to Shakespeare's King Lear remains as in a fever dream, or better yet as a trip beyond borders of human sanity.
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Winter Theatre at Barrington Stage Company
11th annual 10X10 New Play Festival
By: - Feb 28th, 2022During the dead of winter, the arts in Pittsfield come to life with a festival. This is the 11th year of the annual 10x10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage Company. The works were selected from some 200 plus submissions many of which trumped Trump.
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Sister Act
A co-production in South Florida
By: - Feb 27th, 2022A co-production of Sister Act is a divine treat in South Florida. MNM Theatre Company, along with North End Theater Company, and the City of Lauderhill are the presenters. "Sister Act," the stage musical, is faithful to the film while offering something fresh and new. The co-production runs through March 6.
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This Bitter Earth at TheaterWorks
A Thought Provoking Play
By: - Mar 03rd, 2022Neil and Jesse are two gay men who meet in NYC in 2012. This Bitter Earth shows us the story of their relationship through 2015.
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Gordon Getty Premiers a New Opera in New York
New York City Opera and Festival Napa Valley Co-Present
By: - Mar 03rd, 2022The opera by Gordon Getty, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, had its New York premiere as an opera reimagined for film. Co-presented by New York City Opera (NYCO) and Festival Napa Valley, Getty’s fourth opera is based on the popular 1934 novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips and other stories by James Hilton.
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Schwanda at Komische Oper, Berlin
The Bagpipe Player
By: - Mar 07th, 2022After a slow opening in Praha, Czech Republic, in 1927 Schwanda, der Dudelsackpfeifer (Schwanda, the bagpipe player) by Jaromir Weinberger turned into a huge success around the Western World - and before Hitler came to power.
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Verdi's Otello
At Livermore Valley Opera
By: - Mar 07th, 2022Despite its musical and dramatic excellence, “Otello” has never achieved the audience popularity of “Aida” or Verdi’s great middle-period trio of “La Traviata,” “Il Trovatore,” or “Rigoletto,” which are among the most performed operas year after year.
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The Chinese Lady at The Public Theater
Premiere by Barrington Stage Arrives in New York
By: - Mar 07th, 2022The Chinese Lady produced by Ma Yi Theater Company and The Public Theatre has arrived in New York. This production was created for its world premiere by The Barrington Stage Company and Ma Yi. Written by Lloyd Sun, Ralph B. Pena directs. Women’s history month is the occasion for this mounting.
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Berkshire Opera Festival
Three Decembers by Jake Heggie
By: - Mar 08th, 2022Berkshire Opera Festival mounts a new production of THREE DECEMBERS by Jake Heggie as its Second Stage production this year. BOF to partner with PS21, a state-of-the-art green-energy theater in Chatham, NY, which since completing its new theater has evolved into the Hudson Valley's mecca for innovative programming by leading and emerging artists in contemporary music. It will be staged July 21 & 23 at PS21 in Chatham, NY.
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Clark Art Institute
Free on Sunday April 3
By: - Mar 09th, 2022The Clark Art Institute’s popular First Sunday Free program continues on Sunday, April 3, offering free admission to the galleries and special exhibitions from 10 am–5 pm, along with a series of special activities. April’s theme is “Photography.” As a part of the Clark’s special programs, visit a pop-up installation of early photography in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper from 11 am–1 pm, enjoy art-making in the Clark Center’s lower lobby from 1–4 pm, then bring along a camera (phone cameras work just fine) and head outdoors to join a guided hike from 2:30–4 pm to learn best practices for photographing nature.
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Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem
BSO Free LIve Stream
By: - Mar 10th, 2022The Boston Symphony’s archival concert stream of its 1963 American premiere of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, recorded at Tanglewood, will be made available free of charge at bso.org/now, March 10 through April 8. Under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf (BSO Music Director, 1962–69), the historic recording features vocalists Phyllis Curtin, Nicolas di Virgilio, and Tom Krause, as well as Chorus Pro Musica and Columbus Boy Choir.
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Touch of the Poet at Irish Repertory Theatre
Richly Rewarding Live Performances
By: - Mar 10th, 2022The Irish Repertory Theatre was preparing to present Eugene O’Neill’s Touch of the Poet when Covid struck and theaters closed. Sets were ready. Costumes had been fitted. Rehearsals underway. Ever inventively, the troupe re-grouped to put the production on streaming. Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly, this work was a masterful performance on screen. Now it is back live
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Red Winged Blackbird by Alyosha Zim
Produced by SparklePlenty Productions
By: - Mar 11th, 2022In part, “Red Winged Blackbird” is a classic play about two special generations of Americans – the parents being from the “greatest generation” who sacrifice all for their progeny, and the children being of the loving but self-indulgent “flower power” generation
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Prayer for the French Republic at Manhattan Theatre Club
Joshua Harmon and David Cromer Team Up
By: - Mar 12th, 2022Joshua Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic has been extended until March 27 at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York. In constructing a multi-generation family on stage, playwright Joshua Harmon has given director David Cromer a rich opportunity to explore presentation.
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Champagne Served at the 94th Oscars
Pitt, Perrin & Peter's Champagne Fleur de MIRAVAL
By: - Mar 14th, 2022Check out what your favorite actors and filmmakers will be sipping all night long at the 94th Oscars®. Fleur de MIRAVAL - the only Champagne house exclusively devoted to Rose? Champagne - announced today it will be the Champagne poured at this year's Oscars, taking place on Sunday, March 27.
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Lyudmila Dakhova, Artist In Ukraine
She is still making art now…
By: - Mar 16th, 2022Lyudmila Dakhova wrote in a message to us just a few days ago: "Art is civilization." And when we watch the news, Lyudmila is never far from our thoughts.
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March 16 An Anniversary of Sorts
Long and Winding Road
By: - Mar 16th, 2022At seven AM, March 16, 20221 my friend Michael drove me to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Along the way he told truly terrible jokes to distract me from major surgery for severe spinal stenosis. It entailed five vertebrae. Thankfully, the next three days were a blur and I was out of my gourd on oxy. In rehab/ slammer there was a homeless woman camped in my room with her daughter. They ordered pizza but wouldn't share. That now seems so long ago and far away.
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Opera Philadelphia Returns with O Festival
Premiere Opera Company Surprises and Delights
By: - Mar 15th, 2022Opera Philadelphia will return with the O Festival in September. 2022.
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