Reviews - 2019

Reviews Archive


The Snow Queen, Ancram Opera House
December 6-15, 2019

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire on Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

A Christmas Carol, Berkshire Theatre Group
December 7-21, 2019

Preview by Mark G. Auerbach, Arts Beat Radio

The Panto: Pinocchio - All Strung Out, Ghent Playhouse
November 29-December 15, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

A Wonderful Life - Live From WVL Radio Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre
November 22-December 22, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire on Stage

Preview by Bob Goepfert, The Berkshire Eagle

Preview by Bill Buell, The Schenectady Daily Gazette

Pike St., Academy of Music, Northampton
November 23, 2019

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Yellow., Troy Foundry Theatre
October 30-November 9, 2019

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire on Stage

American Son, TheaterWorks Hartford
October 18-November 23, 2019

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

Pipeline, WAM Theatre
October 24-November 9, 2019

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Interview on WAMC's The Roundtable

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire on Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Kate Abbott, The Berkshire Eagle

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Spamilton: An American Parody,Proctors Theatre
October 27-November 2, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

The Subject Was Roses,Bridge Street Theatre
October 17-27, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

The Cemetery Club,Ghent Playhouse
October 11-27, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy, The Colonial Theatre
October 12, 2019

Preview by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Gaslight, The Dorset Players
October 4-13, 2019

Review by Telly Halkias, The Bennington Banner

American Underground, Barrington Stage Company
October 9-20, 2019

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Benjamin Cassidy, The Berkshire Eagle

Church & State, Circle Theatre Players at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts
October 4-13, 2019

Review by Bill Kellert, Nippertown

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

Water, Water, Everywhere..., Oldcastle Theatre Company
October 4-20, 2019

Review by Telly Halkias, The Bennington Banner

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Gail M. Burns, Berkshire On Stage

Preview by Telly Halkias, The Berkshire Eagle

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Sweeney Todd, The Two of Us Productions
October 4-13, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

The Diary of Anne Frank, Silverthorne Theater Company
October 17-26, 2019

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Pollock, PS21
October 4-6, 2019

Preview by Sharon Smullen, The Berkshire Eagle

SpongeBob: The Musical
September 22-28, 2019 at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, NY
October 1-5, 2019 at The Bushnell in Hartford, CT

Hartford Review by Mark G. Auerbach, Pioneer Valley Radio

Schenectady Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

McQueen Adams, The Foundry
October 5, 2019

Preview by Christopher Marcisz, The Berkshire Eagle

Orion, The Whitney Center for the Arts
September 20-28, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

What the Jews Believe, Berkshire Theatre Group
September 26-October 20, 2019

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, Pioneer Valley Radio

Quixote Nuevo, Hartford Stage
September 19-October 13, 2019

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, Pioneer Valley Radio

Lobby Hero,Capital Repertory Theatre
October 1-20 2019

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire on Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Bob Goepfert, The Berkshire Eagle

UrbanTheater presents Not for Sale, Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts
October 18-20, 2019

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

The Revolutionists, Silverthorne Theater Company
September 19-28, 2019

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Better,Bridge Street Theatre
September 12-22, 2019

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by DL Simmons, Berkshire On Stage

Time Stands Still, Shakespeare & Company
September 13-October 13, 2019

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire on Stage

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by J. Peter Bergman, The Berkshire Edge

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

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Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Preview by Jennifer Huberdeau, The Berkshire Eagle

Moonlight and Magnolias, The Theater Barn
September 6-22, 2019

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

The Tuna Goddess, Majestic Theater
September 5-October 13, 2019

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Nunsense, Sharon Playhouse
August 30-September 15,2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire on Stage

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Albany Berkshire Ballet
August 23 & 31 and September 7, 2019

Preview by Sharon Smullen, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Jenny Hansell, Berkshire on Stage

Lucky Stiff, The Theater Barn
August 29-September 1, 2019

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Slow Food, Dorset Theatre Festival
August 22-31, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

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Hold These Truths, Barrington Stage Company
September 20-26 and May 22– June 8, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times Union

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

Oklahoma!, Mac-Haydn Theatre
August 22-September 1,2019

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire on Stage

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Don Pasquale, Berkshire Opera Festival
August 24, 27 & 30, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Andrew Pincus, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Fred Baumgarten, Berkshire on Stage

Preview by Sharon Smullen, The Berkshire Eagle

discontent, GhostLit Repertory Theatre at The Whit
August 23-25, 2019

Preview by Benjamin Cassidy, The Berkshire Eagle

George Gershwin, Alone, Berkshire Theatre Group
August 24-31, 2019

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire on Stage

Preview by Joseph Dalton, The Albany Times-Union

Preview by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Shylock,Bridge Street Theatre
August 15-25, 2019

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

Fall Springs,Barrington Stage Company
August 3-September 7, 2019

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Gloria Miller, Curtain Up

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Much Ado About Nothing, Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park
August 15-25, 2019

Preview by Telly Halkias, The Berkshire Eagle

Hamilton, Proctors Theatre
August 13-25, 2019

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

Topdog/Underdog, Shakespeare & Company
August 13-September 8, 2019

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Macey Levin, Curtain Up

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Comments by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Preview by Joseph Dalton, The Albany Times-Union

Fully Committed, TheaterWorks
August 1-September 1, 2019

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare & Company
August 8-September 1, 2019

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Jason Velázquez, The Greylock Glass

Preview by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Comments by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

Preview by Sharon Smullen, The Berkshire Eagle

The Brothers Size, Ancram Opera House
August 8-25, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

Curve of Departure, Chester Theatre Company
August 8-18, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Dan Dwyer, Broadway World Boston

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage

The Great American Trailer Park Musical, The Theater Barn
August 11-18, 2019

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

What We May Be, Berkshire Theatre Group
August 8-31, 2019

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by DL Simmons, Curtain Up

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Little Shop of Horrors, Mac-Haydn Theatre
August 8-18,2019

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Lisa Jarisch, Berkshire On Stage

More Theatre Talk Interview

Particularly in the Heartland, Bazaar Productions
August 8-18, 2019

Comments by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Preview by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Preview by Benjamin Cassidy, The Berkshire Eagle

Shrek, Jr., Berkshire Theatre Group
August 1-17, 2019

Parents Review in Macaroni Kid

Judevine, Oldcastle Theatre Company
August 16-September 1, 2019

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

More Theatre Talk Preview Interview

Before the Meeting, Williamstown Theatre Festival
August 7-18, 2019

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by Gloria Miller, Curtain Up

Review by Jesse Green, The New York Times

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Benjamin Cassidy, The Berkshire Eagle

Mrs. Christie, Dorset Theatre Festival
August 1-17, 2019

Review by Telly Halkias, Bennington Banner

Review by Stacy Raphael, Broadway World Boston

Review by Gail M. Burns, Berkshire On Stage

Preview by Jim Lowe, The Rutland Herald

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

COMMUNITY WORKS: "Summer's Soldier", Williamstown Theatre Festival
August 11-14, 2019

More Theatre Talk Interview

If I Forget,Barrington Stage Company
August 3-September 7, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Gloria Miller, Curtain Up

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Benjamin Cassidy, The Berkshire Eagle

The Ghosts of Versailles, Glimmerglass Festival
July 13-August 23, 2019

Review by Joseph Dalton, The Albany Times-Union

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Ghosts, Williamstown Theatre Festival
July 31-August 18, 2019

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Preview by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Jesse Green, The New York Times

Review by Bob Goepfert, WAMC

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

Review by Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe

Review by Gloria Miller, Curtain Up

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Benjamin Cassidy, The Berkshire Eagle

Preview by Christopher Wallenberg, The Boston Globe

Habitat, Ko Festival of Performance
July 5-August 4, 2019

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (2018 edition), The Theater Barn
July 25-August 4, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Tell Me I'm Not Crazy, Williamstown Theatre Festival
July 24-August 3, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire on Stage

Beauty and the Beast, Sharon Playhouse
July 19-August 4, 2019

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire on Stage

Grand Horizons, Williamstown Theatre Festival
July 17-28, 2019

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Ragtime, Mac-Haydn Theatre
July 25- August 4,2019

Review by Paul Lamar, The Daily Gazette

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World

Review by John Yohalem, Parterre Box

Review by Lisa Jarisch, Berkshire on Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

More Theatre Talk Interview with Cast Members

The Children, Shakespeare & Company
July 18- August 18,2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire on Stage

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by Helen Epstein, The Arts Fuse

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Jason Velazquez, The Greylock Glass

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

On the Exhale, Chester Theatre Company
July 25-August 4, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Mark. G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by Helen Epstein, The Arts Fuse

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire on Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Preview by Benjamin Cassidy, The Berkshire Eagle

The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare & Company at The Dell at The Mount
July 9-August 17, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

More Theatre Talk Discussion & Interview with Director Kelly Galvin

Review by Jenny Hansell, Berkshire On Stage

 

Working: A Musical, Berkshire Theatre Group
July 18– August 24, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Macey Levin, Curtain Up

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Fred Baumgarten, Berkshire On Stage

Preview by Sharon Smullen, The Berkshire Eagle

 

Gertrude and Claudius,Barrington Stage Company
July 18-August 3, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by DL Simmons, Curtain Up

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

 

Because of Winn Dixie, Goodspeed Musicals
June 28-September 5, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Helen Epstein, The Arts Fuse

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

I am the Baron, Double Edge Theatre
July 24-August 18, 2019

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

Selling Kabul, Williamstown Theatre Festival
July 10-20, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Helen Epstein, The Arts Fuse

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by DL Simmons, Curtain Up

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

More Theatre Talk Discussion

 

Brighton Beach Memoirs, Oldcastle Theatre Company
July 12-28, 2019

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Telly Halkias, The Bennington Banner

Review by Gail M. Burns, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Blue, Glimmerglass Festival
July 14-August 22, 2019

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

 

Gem of the Valley, Chester Theatre Company & Eggtooth Productions
July 19 & 20, 2019

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Preview by Charles Xu, The Berkshire Eagle

 

Lucy’s Wedding,Living Room Theatre
July 17-28, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Gail M. Burns, Berkshire On Stage

Review by Telly Halkias, The Bennington Banner

More Theatre Talk Interview

 

DIG, Dorset Theatre Festival
July 11-27, 2019

Review by Telly Halkias, The Bennington Banner

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Gail M. Burns, Berkshire On Stage

Review by Jim Lowe, Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Preview in The Bennington Banner

Preview by Jim Lowe, The Rutland Herald

Conversation with Playwright Theresa Rebeck, WAMC Roundtable

Q & A with Playwright Theresa Rebeck, Vermont Voices

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

The Skin of Our Teeth, Berkshire Theatre Group
July 11-August 3, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by DL Simmons, Curtain Up

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

Preview by Barbara Waldinger, The Berkshire Eagle

 

In the Heights, Playhouse Stage Company
June 28-July 27, 2019

Review by Steve Barnes, Albany Times-Union
 
La Traviata, Glimmerglass Festival
July 7-August 24, 2019

Review by Joseph Dalton, Albany Times-Union

 

 

The Full Monty, Capital Repertory Theatre
July 5-24, 2019

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

Review by Paul Lamar, The Daily Gazette

Review by Steve Barnes, Albany Times-Union

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus


 
Now Circa Then, Chester Theatre Company
July 4-14, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Helen Epstein, The Arts Fuse

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Show Boat, Glimmerglass Festival
July 6-August 24, 2019

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

 

Times Flies & Other Comedies by David Ives, Barrington Stage Company
July 5-27, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Sharon Smullen, The Berkshire Eagle

 

Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story, Berkshire Theatre Group at The Colonial
June 27-July 21, 2019

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Preview by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Helen Epstein, The Arts Fuse

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Review by Gloria Miller, Curtain Up

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by Shera Cohen, In.the Spotlight

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

Review by Marc Saviit, Broadway World

 

The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, Bridge Street Theatre
July 11-21, 2019

Review by Tamara Cacchione, Hudson Valley Ovation

Review by Patrick White, Nippertown

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage

Preview by hv1 staff

 

A Streetcar Named Desire, NorthEast Theatre Ensemble
June 22-July 8, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Witness for the Prosecution, The Theater Barn
July 6-21, 2019

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Gail M. Burns, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Grease, Mac-Haydn Theatre
July 4-21, 2019

More Theatre Talk Interview with Cast Members

Review by Lisa Jarisch, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

 

Twelfth Night, Shakespeare & Company
July 2-August 4, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by DL Simmons, Curtain Up

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by DL Simmons, Curtain Up

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Jenny Hansell, Berkshire On Stage

Preview by Jennifer Huberdeau, The Berkshire Eagle

 

 

A Human Being, Of a Sort, Williamstown Theatre Festival
June 26-July 7, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by DL Simmons, Curtain Up

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage
Review by DL Simmons, Curtain Up

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

The Lyin’ Kings, The Capitol Steps at Cranwell
June 28 – August 30, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Fred Baumgarten, Berkshire On Stage

 

A Raisin in the Sun, Williamstown Theatre Festival
June 27-July 13, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Helen Epstein, The Arts Fuse

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Gloria Miller, Curtain Up

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World

Review by Ben Brantley, The New York Times
Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Jennifer Huberdeau, The Berkshire Eagle

 

La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice), The Whitney Center for the Arts
June 29-30, 2019

Preview by Sharon Smullen, The Berkshire Eagle

 

Peter and the Starcatcher, GhostLit Repertory Theatre Company
June 26-30, 2019

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage

Preview by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

 

Outside Mulligar, Berkshire Theatre Group
June 19-July 13, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Macey Levin, Curtain Up

 

Baskerville, The Theater Barn
June 20-30, 2019

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Private Lives, Dorset Theatre Festival
June 20-July 6, 2019

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Preview by Jim Lowe, Barre MontpelierTimes Argus

Review by Stacy Raphael, Broadway World

Review in The Bennington Banner

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Into the Woods, Barrington Stage Company
June 19-July 13, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by DL Simmons, Curtain Up

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Crazy for You, Sharon Playhouse
June 21-July 7, 2019

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire on Stage

 

 

Sunset Boulevard, Mac-Haydn Theatre
 June 20-30, 2019

More Theatre Talk Interview with the Cast

Review by Lisa Jarisch, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

America v. 2.1: The Sad Demise & Eventual Extinction of the American Negro, Barrington Stage
June 14-30, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

More Theatre Talk Discussion

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Preview by Benjamin Cassidy, The Berkshire Eagle

 

The Night Alive, Chester Theatre Company
June 20-30, 2019

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by Macey Levine, Berkshire On Stage

The Fantasticks, Silverthorne Theater Company
June 20-29, 2019

Review by Jenny Hansell, Berkshire On Stage

 

Breakwater, Barrington Public Theater
June 13-23, 2019

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

 

Waitress, Proctors
June 13-16, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Preview by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

Preview by Bob Goepfert, The Berkshire Eagle

 

 

Red, Oldcastle Theatre Company
June 7-23, 2019

Review by Telly Halkias, The Bennington Banner

More Theatre Talk Discussion of Red

Preview by Telly Halkias, The Bennington Banner

Review by Gail M. Burns, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY
June 7-16, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

WAMC Roundtable Interview with Actors and Artistic Director

 

Curtains, Mac-Haydn Theatre
June 6-16, 2019

 

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

More Theatre Talk Interview with Cast Members

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

 

The Trip to Bountiful, The Actors’ Ensemble at PS21
June

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

 

The Moors, Bridge Street Theatre
May 30-June 9, 2019

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

The Flamingo Kid, Hartford Stage
May 9-June 15, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

 

The Waverly Gallery, Shakespeare & Company
May 23-July 14, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

Review by Jason Velazquez, The Greylock Glass

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire on Stage

Preview by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

The Goat or Who is Sylvia?, Berkshire Theatre Group
May 24-June 15, 2019

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Jonathan Levine, The Pittsfield Gazette

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by Jenny Hansell, Berkshire On Stage

More Theatre Talk Discussion with Bob and Sally Sugarman

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Preview by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Don Juan, the Libertine, Ghent Playhouse
May 24-June 9, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Joseph Dalton, The Albany Times-Union

 

 

Camelot, Mac-Haydn Theatre
May 23-June 2, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

More Theatre Talk Discussion of Camelot

 

 

The Book of Mormon, Proctors Theatre
May 16-19-2019

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire on Stage

 

Oklahoma!, Dorset Players
May 17-26, 2019

More Theatre Talk Conversation with Cast & Director

 

Newsies, Up in One Productions at The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
April 26-May 12, 2019

Review by Caitlin Connelly, Hudson Valley Ovation

 

Come From Away & Cruel Intentions,The Bushnell

Reviews by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

The Letters, Bridge Street Theatre
April 25-May 5, 2019

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times-Union

Review by Theresa Gasparini, Hudson Valley Ovation

Review by Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Joseph Dalton, Albany Times-Union

 

The Dining Room, Bennington Community Theater
May 3-5, 2019

More Theatre Talk, Interview with Director Christine Decker

 

Lady Randy, WAM Theatre
April 18-May 5, 2019

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

More Theatre Talk Discussion of Lady Randy

Review by Fred Sokol, Talkin’ Broadway

Review by Barbara Waldinger, Berkshire On Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Hannah Van Sickle, The Berkshire Edge

Preview by Sharon Smullen, The Berkshire Eagle

Preview by Joseph Dalton, The Albany Times-Union

Preview by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

 

Diagonal Life: Theory and PraxisBread & Puppet Theater at Gateway City Arts
April 23, 2019

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

The Radical Interconnectedness FestivalEggtooth Productions at The Shea Theatre
April 26 & 27, 2019

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

Tales of the Lost Formicans, Silverthorne Theater Company at Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center
April 26-28 & May 2-4, 2019

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

As You Like It, Smith College
April 19-27, 2019

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

Pericles, the rig
April 25, 2019 at The Foundry
April 26, 2019 at Eastworks

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised), UMass Amherst
April 23, 2019

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

Girlfriend, TheaterWorks
March 22-April 28, 2019

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

 

Shakespeare in Love, Capital Repertory Theatre
April 11-May 12, 2019

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire on Stage

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Death of a Salesman, Springfield College
April 11-14, 2019

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

The Tattooed Man Tells All, Smith College
April 16, 2019

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

A View from the Bridge, Ghent Playhouse
April 5-14, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Cambridge Central School Drama Club presents Annie, at Hubbard Hall
April 5-14, 2019

Interview on Schenectady Today

Interview on WAMC’s Roundtable

 

Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense, Hartford Stage
March 21-April 20, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

When We Were Young and Unafraid, Mount Holyoke College
April 11-14, 2019
Sweat, UMass Amherst
April 4-13, 2019

 

Reviews by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

Theatre in Toronto: Schoolgirls and Chicho

Reviews by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Bushnell
March 26-31, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

 

16th Annual One Act Play Festival, Dorset Players
March 29-April 7, 2019

More Theatre Talk Discussion with Robert & Sally Sugarman

 

You Are Not Alone, Emergent Ensemble
March 28- April 6, 2019

Preview by Emily Thurlow, The Berkshire Record

 

(In)Dependent: The Heroin Project, Academy of Music Theatre
March 23, 2019

Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

Constellations, Ghost Light Theater at Gateway City Arts
March 22-30, 2019

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

Happier Valley Comedy, The Happier Valley Comedy Theater
Commentary by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

Lillian, Taconic Stage Company at The Whit
March 15-24, 2019

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Preview by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

 

Rent, The Bushnell
March 12-17, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

 

I Am My Own Wife, Hubbard Hall
March 8-17, 2019

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Review by Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

Preview by Telly Halkias, The Berkshire Eagle

WAMC Roundtable Discussion with Trey Morehouse, Rylan Morsbach, and David Snider

Schenectady Today Discussion with Trey Morehouse, Rylan Morsbach, and David Snider

 

The Prohibition Project, Troy Foundry Theatre
March 7-17, 2019

Preview by Joseph Dalton, Albany Times Union

 

Sylvia, The Dorset Players
March 1-10, 2019

More Theatre Talk Discussion by Robert & Sally Sugarman

 

Detroit ‘67,  Hartford Stage
February 14-March 10, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

 

New and Used, The Town Players of Pittsfield
February 8-17, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Terms of Endearment, The Two of Us Productions
February 15-24, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Bushnell
February 19-24, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

 

 

2019 10X10 New Play Festival, Barrington Stage Company
February 14-March 10, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Marc Savitt, Broadway World Boston

Review by Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle
Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus
Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News
Bob & Sally Sugarman Discuss the 2019 10x10 New Play Festival

Chris Rohmann Reviews NYC Productions of “Trick or Treat” & “The Ferryman” for The Valley Advocate

Chris Rohmann Previews Shows Opening at all Five Colleges, The Valley Advocate

 

 

School of Rock, Proctors Theatre
February 5-10, 2019

Preview by Bob Goepfert, The Berkshire Eagle

 

Miracle on South Division Street, Ghent Playhouse
February 1-17, 2019

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

 

Radius Playwrights Festival, Berkshire Playwrights Lab
February 1 & 2, 2019

Preview by Benjamin Cassidy, The Berkshire Eagle

 

Red Maple, Capital Repertory Theatre
January 29-February 17, 2019

Review by Steve Barnes, The Albany Times Union

More Theatre Talk Discussion of the Production

Review by J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Bright Focus

Preview by Bob Goepfert, Berkshire Eagle

 

The Babylon Line, Schenectady Civic Players
January 25-February 3, 2019

Review by Joseph Dalton, Albany Times-Union

Preview by Bill Buell, Schenectady Daily Gazette

Review by Paul Lamar, Schenectady Daily Gazette

 

On the Exhale, Serious Play! Theatre Ensemble
February 10 & 11, 2019
Preview by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

 

A Doll’s House, Part 2, TheaterWorkls
January 17-February 24, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

 

 

A Walk in the Woods, Hubbard Hall
January 25-February 3, 2019

Preview by Telly Halkias, The Berkshire Eagle

WAMC Roundatble Interview with Cast & Director

David Snider on Schenectady Today

More Theatre Talk discussion of A Walk in the Woods

 

The Engagement Party at Hartford Stage
January 10-February 3, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Dan Dwyer, Off Script

Review by Mark. G. Auerbach, The Westfirld News

 

Cats at The Bushnell
January 29-February 3, 2019

Review by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight

Review by Mark G. Auerbach, The Westfield News

Interview with Nick Burrage and Paul Marte, ArtsBeat Radio

Theatre Critics Roundtable on ArtsBeat Radio