338 stories from The Berkshire Eagle
Friday August 24, 2012 LENOX
In the photo, a crisply dressed Louis Armstrong looks down at his trumpet, while seated in a spare, decidedly
Friday August 24, 2012
LENOX -- The challenge was to compose a work that would use Serge Koussevitzky’s words and stand shoulder to
This is Stagedoor Manor, where days and nights are spent furiously learning dialogue, taking classes on stagecraft, tackling show tunes and practicing choreography, not lounging about. By su…
Friday August 24, 2012
GREAT BARRINGTON -- She knows when she likes something.
Friday August 17, 2012
STOCKBRIDGE - Actress Jill Eikenberry and her husband, actor Michael Tucker, hadn't planned to spend this summer in the Berkshires.
Friday August 10, 2012
STOCKBRIDGE -- Playwright William Donnelly admits he can’t quite put his finger on what prompted him to write
Friday August 3, 2012
WILLIAMSTOWN -- It began with a fan letter from an American playwright to an American-Russian pair of translators.
Friday August 3, 2012
GREAT BARRINGTON -- When a Barbara Cook concert is announced it generally is accorded special event status in datebooks.
Friday July 27, 2012
What: "The Elephant Man" by Bernard Pomerance
Who: Williamstown Theatre Festival
When: Tonight through Aug.
Friday July 20, 2012 Special to The Eagle
WILLIAMSTOWN -- There are adaptations and then there are adaptations.
Friday July 20, 2012 Special to The Eagle
GREAT BARRINGTON -- Faith Prince makes a profound impression wherever she goes, it seems,
Friday July 13, 2012
STOCKBRIDGE - Director Robert Moss is well used to working on plays with playwrights in the room, asking questions of them and making tweaks as a new production comes i…
Friday July 13, 2012
GREAT BARRINGTON - During the heyday of the American movie musical, many - especially the hopeless romantics among us - fantasized about how great life would be if we c…
Friday July 6, 2012
The last notes of "What I Did For Love" resonated in the air and the cast of "A Chorus Line" hustled out of the rehearsal
Friday July 6, 2012
LENOX -- Bernadette Peters is well versed at capturing the fancy of an audience, as a three-time Tony winner (in addition
Friday June 29, 2012
LENOX - The idea didn't exactly come in a vision, but it wasn't wholly planned either.
Friday June 29, 2012
WILLIAMSTOWN - Oscar Wilde and Damon Runyon were born 30 years and an ocean apart.
Friday June 29, 2012
What: "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde.
Friday June 22, 2012
NORTH ADAMS
David Byrne’s roving creativity has often led him in disparate directions.
Friday June 22, 2012
GREAT BARRINGTON -- Kate Smith was one of the most popular singers in America, enjoying a career that, over five
Friday June 22, 2012
PITTSFIELD -- In the past 10 years, Pittsfield has seen the addition of Berkshire Theatre Group, New Stage Center for
Friday June 15, 2012
LENOX -- Tony Simotes might not be able to get through a serious conversation without a classical Greek reference -- whether about the origins of theater or the li…
Friday June 15, 2012
PITTSFIELD -- The question of protecting age-old practices in a changing world is at the heart of one of the most popular Broadway musicals ever produced.
Friday June 15, 2012
PITTSFIELD -- In an age where oversimplification and frivolity are more and more commonplace, the New Stage Performing Arts Center is establishing a niche among au…
Friday June 8, 2012GREAT BARRINGTON - Berkshire Playwrights Lab intends to lift the curtain on fully mounted productions of new plays within the next five years. And by next season, founder …
