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Barrington Stage Company Expands Set Production Capabilities
The Play's the Thing at HRC Showcase Theatre
TheaterWorks Hartford Make-Over is Complete
Nominations Announced for 2019 Berkshire Theatre Critics Awards
Open Stage Media receives 2019 Nor'easter Award for Overall Excellence
Barrington Stage Announces Prize Winning Line-up for 2020 Season
Universal Preservation Hall Welcomes New Board Members
Capital Repertory Theatre Announces Public Phase of $13.5 Million Campaign for New Home
Mark G. Auerbach Interviews Kate Maguire, CEO & Artistic Director of the Berkshire Theatre Group
If Shakespeare & Company's Plan is to Succeed, Broad Buy-In is Crucial
Shakespeare & Company Seeks Campus Development Partners
Chris Rohmann Sums Up his Summer Theatre Experiences in the Pioneer Valley
How the Williamstown Theatre Festival is Shaping New York's Theatre Season
PS21 Founder Judy Grunberg Dies
BTG Installs New Modular Handicap Ramp at Fitzpatrick Main Stage
Theatre Critics Explain the Art of Their Craft at the Eagle's Conversations Series
Four Local Cities Declare August 18 Capital Region Immigrants Day
Female Producers Call the Shots on Broadway
Hamilton Rival Burr Shares the Spotlight in Hit Musical
Important Notice For Patrons Attending Hamilton at Proctors
CitySpace presents Tours of the Second Floor of Easthampton’s Old Town Hall
Come and See "The Barrington Stage Experience" at the Wolfson Center in Pittsfield
Berkshire Eagle Hosts An Evening with the Critics
Sculptor Andrew DeVries Creates New Work to Launch Culpo Award at Albany-Berkshire Ballet
Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York Takes "Yours for the Oppressed" on the Road
WAM Theatre Announces beneficiaries for Fall Mainstage Production of "Pipeline"
#HAM4HAM Lottery Comes to Proctors
Troy Foundry Theatre to Participate in Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collar Works
Ancram Opera House Plan Aims to Revive Old Home
Mass Humanities Announces $177,000 in Grants
Silverthorne Theater Company Receives Mass Humanities Grant
Barrington Stage Company Receives $90,000 Grant from The Shubert Foundation
Barrington Srage Welcomes Debra Jo Rupp and Caroline Holland to Board of Trustees
Into the Pit for “Into the Woods”
Tales of Curses, Literal and Metaphorical, in the Berkshires
Vermont Public Radio Interview with Oldcastle Leaders About Buying Their Own Building
Channel Albany Merges with Open Stage Media to Form Open Stage Media Albany-Schenectady
Nippertown to Continue Under NYSMUSIC Co-Owner Jim Gilbert
Curtain Up on the Mac-Haydn’s 50th Season
Playhouse Stage Company to Present “Evita” Next Season
Capital Rep Secures Tax Credits for New Home
At Jacob’s Pillow, The Future Beckons
Former Music Venue Workers Say Labor Laws Routinely Violated
Chris Rohmann Previews Late June Openings
Shakespeare & Company Awarded Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest
The Rural We by Amy Brentano
Berkshire Theatres Present Racially Focused Premieres
Oldcastle Buys Putnam Building, Adopts a New Name
CATA Breaks Ground for New Art Center & Headquarters
A New Theater Company in Town - Barrington Public Theater
Hartford Stage Announces Cynthia Rider as New Managing Director
Shakespeare & Company Hosts Celebration of Life for Dennis Krausnick
Shakespeare & Company Announces 2019 Gala Line-up
WAM Theatre Announces 10th Anniversary Gala
Three Days in a Van with a Shakespeare Troupe: Daggers and Dunkin’ Donuts
Curtain’s Up on Summer as the Mac-Haydn Begins its 51st Season
Weston Playhouse Mourns the Passing of Founding Director Malcolm Ewen
Pre-season Previews by Chris Rohmann, The Valley Advocate
Hubbard Hall Honors WAMC’s Joe Donahue with Making Art & Community Happen Award
CATA and Five Other Berkshire Arts Groups Get Grants from Mass Cultural Council
Ancram Opera House Awarded Two Major Grants
Berkshire Theatre Group’s Aim with “Shrek” Musical; All The World’s an Inclusive Stage
Letter: Lenox Missed the Point of a Positive Play
Slur in Lenox High School Play Prompts a Community Conversation on Inclusivity
How Lorraine Hansberry Wrote “A Raisin in the Sun”
Capital Rep Sets Three Records in One Season
Silverthorne Theater Co-Founder Lucinda Kidder to Retire at End of 2019 Season
Winners Announced in Third Annual High School Musical Theatre Awards
WAM Theatre Celebrates Donations to Two Non-Profits
Chris Rohmann Looks at the Current Offerings of the National Theatre Live
Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park Returning to Pittsfield Common in August
When it Comes to Making Theater, Unpredictability Reigns at The Hat Factory
SNL Writer Sam Jay Stands Up for her Own Comedy Sunday in North Adams
Here Comes St. James Place’s First Weekend TheatreFest
Women of Excellence: Kat Koppett of MopCo
“Children of a Lesser God” Playwright Mark Medoff Dead at 79
WAM Theatre Announces Expansion of Theatre Leadership
The Volunteers of Community Theatre Deserve an Endless Ovation
More Theatre Talk Discussion of Oldcastle’s 2019 Season
New Arts Center, The Foundry, Gets Ready for Its Debut in West Stockbridge
“Five Wise Guys” Celebrate Life’s Third Act
New England Public Radio & WGBY-TV in Springfield to Merge
Equity Actors Great Showcase for Local Talent
Local Theatre Costumers are Criminally Underappreciated
Hubbard Hall Remembers Jini McNeice
Mark G. Auerbach interviews Berkshire Theatre Group CEO Kate Maguire.
Albany-Berkshire Ballet Looks Ahead and Back During 50th Anniversary Year
Theatre in the Berkshires and the Pioneer Valley
Little Drama Queens, and Kings, Get Schooled by Theater Pros
Register Now for Creativity Connects: Arts Advocacy Day in Boston
Seth Rogovoy to Offer Live Summer 2019 Berkshire Cultiral Previews
WAM Theare Announces Beneficiary and Education Outreach for “Lady Randy”
Vandalism, Racist Graffiti Hit Oldcastle
Proctors Collaborative Social – Engaging Young Adults in the Arts
Local Berkshire Playwrights Taking on Big Projects, Part I
“Mockingbird” Producer Reconsiders, Letting Local Plays Go Forward
Legal Threats from Broadway’s “Mockingbird” Sink Productions Around the Country
Theater Voices Faces Final Curtain
Arts Sector Contributed $763.6 Billion to the Economy
ANN Starring Jayne Atkinson to be Presented in Dallas & Washington, DC
Mt. Greylock High School Musical Director Preps for 20th Production
Bazaar Productions Returns to the Berkshires
Hubbard Hall Launches New Blog Focusing on Arts Issues
Seniors Take Center Stage in “Alleluia” and at WAM Theatre
Monica Bliss is Just Following her Calling
Berkshire Theatre Group Announces 91st Season
Looking for Love on Berkshire Theatre Group’s Stages This Summer
Bob & Sally Sugarman Discuss Shakespeare & Company’s 2019 Season
Tina Packer Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Shakespeare Theatre Association
Kathleen Fyfe Named Board Chair of Universal Preservation Hall
Next Act for the Mohawk Theatre
MGM Springfield Poised to Take Over Management of Symphony Hall
Shakespeare & Company Pulls “The Strings of the Heart” for 2019 Season
Jackson Teeley of Ghostlit Rep Debuts New Musical at 54 Below
Berkshire Opera Festival Slates “Don Pasquale”
Berkshire Museum Names New Executive Director
Albany’s Palace Theatre Refocusing Its Vision for the Future
WAM Theatre Appoints Four New Board Members
Oldcastle Eliminates Operations & Marketing Position
Alexander Sovronsky Talks About his Score for Indecent
Berkshire-Birthed American Son to be Filmed for Netflix
Ben Golub Named Marketing Operations Strategist for Proctors Collaborative
Small Business Success #43: Daniel Elihu Kramer & The Chester Theatre Company
Hartford Stage Announces Melia Bensussen as New Artistic Director
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Purchase Drama Book Shop
Fellow Critic Suffers a Devastating Loss
Capital District Theatre Community Mourns Thomas Dalton Bambury
Barrington Stage Welcomes Richard Seltzer to Board of Trustees
Construction Underway at Universal Preservation Hall
Proctors Collaborative Announces New Leadership in Corporate Sponsorships
Bridge Street Theatre Announces 2019 Season
Dennis Krausnick, Founding Member of Shakespeare & Company, Dies at 76
CityStage Brings Down the Curtain
Yvonne Perry Joins Capital Rep as Associate Artist
Shakespeare & Company Announces 2019 Shakespeare Plays
WAM Theatre Makes Record Donation to Two Non-Profit Beneficiaries
Ntozake Shange, Pioneering Playwright, Poet, and Novelist, Dies at 70
Will Connecticut's Theaters Embrace the National Trend of Diversity?
Shakespeare & Company Announces New Board Members
Barrington Stage Announces Three Productions for 25th Anniversary Season
Roger Robinson, Tony Award-winning Actor with Berkshire Ties, Dead at 78
Stacie Mayette Barnes Departs Home Made Theater
Announcing the Winners of Dorset Theatre Festival's 5th Annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Contest
Five New Trustees Elected to Berkshire Museum Board
Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak Makes His Met Opera Debut with Samson et Dalila
Debra Jo Rupp Returns to the NYC Stage in Bekah Brunstetter's The Cake
Berkshire Theatre Group Continues to Impact Generations
Chester Theatre Company: The Little Theatre That Might
Holyoke's Victory Theatre Renovation Gets $13 Million Infusion of State Funds
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More Theatre Talk Podcast: Tina Packer on Shakespeare and Gender
More Theatre Talk Podcast:Interview with WTF 2018 Box Office Manager
Berkshire Native Michael Wartella Heads workshop Cast of Dion Musical “The Wanderer”
BTG’s Tarzan Brings High-Flying Community Theatre to The Colonial
How the New York Times is Harming Regional Theatre
The End of “The Royal Family of Broadway
Shakespeare & Company Holds Annual Gala
Dorset Theatre Festival Presents 2018 Summer Stars Celebration Gala
Barrington Stage Welcomes Charles Busch to Mr. Finn’s Cabaret
Weston Playhouse Announces Appointment of New Executive Artistic Director
Obituary for Lynne Haydn, Co-Founder of the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Barrington Stage Receives $85K Grant From the Shubert Foundation
Shakespeare & Company Receives $45,000 from Arts Midwest and National Endowment for the Arts
Jolyn Unruh Returns to the Stage as Prospero in GhostLit Adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Chris Rohmann’s Previews the Summer Theatre Scene in the Pioneer Valley
Proctors to Host Second Annual Capital Region Creative Economy Symposium June 21 & 22
Hartford Arts Venues Vie for Millennial Business
How to Watch or Stream the 2018 Tony Awards on June 10
Mahaiwe Offers Cultural Continuity in the Berkshires
“The Royal Family of Broadway” at Barrington Stage Depicts Barrymore-like Clan
Nominations Announced for Connecticut Critics Circle Awards
NY Times Critics Pick 25 Best American Plays Since “Angels in America”
NEA Announces $348K Funding for Berkshire Cultural Institutions & Programs
Broadway Sets Box Office Record
Berkshire Magazine Interview with Kate Maguire
ArtsBeat Radio: Mark G. Auerbach Interviews Daniel Elihu Kramer and Graham Rowat
More Theatre Talk Podcast Interview with the Cast of “Damn Yankees” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
2018 Obie Award Winners Announced
Berkshire Theatre Festival celebrates 90 years in Stockbridge
Proctors to Replace MainStage Seats and Add New Hearing Loop System
ArtsBeat Radio Returns to Weekly Broadcasts on 89.5FM/WSKB on May 25
More Theatre Talk Podcast Interview with the Cast of “Morning After Grace” at Shakespeare & Company
Winners Announced for 2018 High School Musical Theatre Awards at Proctors
Ancram Opera House’s Paul Ricciardi Receives Kennedy Center National Theater Education Award
Barrington Stage Company to Hold the Great Berkshire Bake Off June 10
Chester Theatre Company Awarded $44K Cultural Facilities Fund Grant
Mahaiwe to Receive $10,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Arts
Berkshire Community College Rededicates Theater to the Late Robert Boland
Fueling the WMass Creative Economy
Why Pay $100 and More for a Theater Ticket if You Sleep During the Performance?
More Theatre Talk Podcast Interview with Eric Peterson on Oldcastle Theatre Company’s 2018 Season
Berkshire Theatre Festival celebrates 90 years in Stockbridge
Dorset Theatre Festival Announces “Cry It Out” to Replace “I’m Not Rappaport”
BTG CEO Kate Maguire to Speak at Springfield Regional Chamber Event
Nominees Revealed for 2018 High School Musical Theatre Awards at Proctors
La MaMa to Receive 2018 Regional Theatre Tony
2018 Drama Desk Award Nominees
2018 Lucile Lortel Award Nominees
2018 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominees
NEA Chairman Jane Chu Will Step Down in June
Berkshire Native Joey LaBrasca Makes his Broadway Debut in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” (Watch for him at 1:39 in this video.)
Three on the Aisle: You’ve Got Questions? We Have Answers!
More Theatre Talk Podcast Interview with Kristen van Ginhoven about WAM Theatre’s 9th Season
Playwright Lauren Gunderson Wins Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award
Hartford Stage to Embark Upon Final Phase of Theatre Renovations
Here’s how Worcester plans to use $11M and three performing arts venues to transform Main Street
Mumbet Story to be Filmed in the Berkshires
Valley Advocate Critic Chris Rohman Writes About Directing Tartuffe
Michael McCord Joins Proctors as Capital Campaigns Director
Patrick White is All About Action
Universal Preservation Hall Poised to be Community Living Room for Saratoga Springs
Capital Repertory Theatre Announces New Home for 2019 on Livingston Square
Mahaiwe Receives Support from Feigenbaum Foundation and Berkshire Bank
Proctors Adds Five New Board Members
Berkshire Theatre Group Announces the Addition of Nicholas Paleologos as Executive Director
More Theatre Talk Podcast Interview with Steve Stettler about the Weston Playhouse 2018 Season
Harvey Schmidt, Composer of The Fantasticks, Dead at 88
by Robert Simonson
Harvey Schmidt, who earned his shining spot in theatre history as composer of the longest-running musical ever, The Fantasticks, died February 28 at age 88…More
Photo Coverage: COMPANY & HELLO DOLLY Tie For Best Musical at Berkshire Theatre Critics Awards
by Stephen Sorokoff Nov. 7, 2017
There weren’t any klieg lamps lighting up the sky outside of Barrington Stage Company’s St. Germain Stage last night but excitement was definitely in the air as the Berkshire Theatre Awards were handed … More
Arts Beat Extra: Annual Berkshire Theatre Awards Presented November 6
by Mark G. Auerbach
The Berkshire Theatre Critics Association presented its 2nd annual Berkshire Theatre Awards on November 6, at Barrington Stage in Pittsfield, MA. More
Broadway Bound “Children of a Lesser God,”
Aaron Tveit, Lora Lee Gayer and More Among 207 Berkshire Theatre Award Nominees
Eighty Nominees Vie for 20 Berkshire Theatre Awards November 6
Photo coverage of 2016 Berkies by Stephen Sorokoff on BroadwayWorld.com
Julianne Boyd Caps Big Night with Special Berkies Honor
2016 Berkshire Theatre Award Nominees Announced
First Annual Berkshire Theatre Awards This Weekend; Debra Jo Rupp to Headline