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Arthur Miller Play Still Powerful

Wed, 09/26/2018 - 10:29am
Theater: ‘All My Sons’
By
C.B. Wismer

There are would-be playwrights ­— devoted, passionate writers who strive to capture the human condition in scenes and acts and probing dialogue.
There are talented playwrights who have listened and learned and dreamt enough to be able to capture the essence of human interaction and compress it into a two-hour spirited, insightful experience.
Then, there is Arthur Miller.

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‘Mothers and Sons’ Is Powerful and Elegant

Wed, 08/29/2018 - 10:12am
Theater
By
C.B. Wismer

A bee sting. A cut. A sprain. The pain is immediate, but with time, it fades.
 Lose a child, and the pain is sustained for a lifetime.
Such is the fate of Katherine Gerard, a lonely, embittered woman who lost her son, Andre, 20 years ago to the horror of AIDS, and has finally mustered the courage to meet, face to face, with her son’s former lover.

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So Good It’s Almost Patsy Cline

Wed, 08/22/2018 - 10:05am
Theater
By
Leon Graham

Sharon Playhouse’s production of “Always... Patsy Cline” is a sure-fire hit that will send you out of the theater humming — maybe singing — the tunes that made Cline the first country crossover-into-pop recording artist. Written in 1988 by Ted Swindley, 25 years after Cline’s death, the play is drawn from the memories of Louise Seger, Cline’s pen pal.

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‘As You Like It’ Outdoors at Shakespeare & Co.

Wed, 08/22/2018 - 9:59am
Theater
By
C.B. Wismer

William Shakespeare had a great talent for intermingling comedies and tragedies as he created the monumental body of work that consists of 37 plays. “As You Like It,” currently in the Roman Garden Theatre at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass., was written shortly after the knee-slapper “Julius Caesar” and right before that other laugh-riot, “Hamlet.”  

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Hellman: Love Her or Hate Her, The Play Is Timely

Wed, 08/22/2018 - 9:55am
Theater
By
Marsden Epworth

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‘West Side Story’ Electrifies at Barrington Stage

Wed, 08/15/2018 - 12:54pm
By
CB Wismar

Let’s begin with the premise so that, if your schedule is too compromised today, you don’t have to spend excessive time reading. “West Side Story” running at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Mass. through September 1 could well be the finest production that has graced the Tri-state area in years. Be forewarned. It is simply amazing, and the scramble for tickets will be exhaustive.

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‘Homebody’ Soars in Ancram

Wed, 08/08/2018 - 10:37am
Theater
By
Marsden Epworth

In a part of the world where summer theater means snappy musicals, occasional  (and generally futile) experiments, famed mysteries and earnest Russian  treasures on a bare stage, the Ancram Opera House leaps into tricky territory with Tony Kushner’s “Homebody,” a one-person performance about history, disorder and magic in beleaguered Afghanistan. 

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Contagious Laughs With the Capitol Steps

Wed, 08/01/2018 - 9:53am
Theater
By
C.B. Wismer

When addressing the current political climate, there may be more than a grain of truth in the old axiom, “If you don’t laugh … you’ll cry.”  Given the choice, we’d suggest laughing … and one exceptional way of doing that is to spend 90 magical minutes with The Capitol Steps, appearing through August 31  at Cranwell Spa and Golf Resort in Lenox, Mass.  

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Those Were The Pre-Hashtag Good Old Days

Wed, 08/01/2018 - 9:40am
Theater: ‘Barefoot In the Park’
By
Leon Graham

Sharon Playhouse has entered a time warp with its second main production of the summer, “Barefoot in the Park.” Neil Simon’s smash comedy from 1963 has not aged well. Yes, the wisecracks and one-liners are still there; the dialogue that can often crackle if delivered like handballs, fast and hard; the once amusing situations long past their sell date. But in the time of #MeToo, of independent women rising everywhere like glorious spring flowers, the play recalls a time when a woman’s role was  defined in the pages of Good Housekeeping.

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The Age of Aquarius Isn’t Over In The Berkshires

Wed, 07/25/2018 - 10:06am
Theater: ‘Hair’
By
C.B. Wismer

‘Let the sun shine in!”  The closing, haunting refrain of Berkshire Theatre Group’s current production of “Hair,” (running through August 11th at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, Mass.) is both celebration and lament. The explosion of energy, vibrant choreography, room-filling music and socio-political commentary that lead up to the final chorus are a celebration of what it was like to be in America 50 years ago when the play premiered … and what it is like today, as so many long to be in the “Age of Aquarius.”

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