Berkshire Bright Focus...

There's a new Focus On....

• Urinetown, the musical at the Ghent Playhouse - reviewed

• A Christmas Carol at the Colonial (Berkshire Theatre Group) - reviewed as Colonial Christmas Carol under  Berkshire Theatre 2011
  
  

• Cymbeline at Shakespeare and Company - not reviewed, really, but read it anyway
  

• Santaland Diaries at Shakespeare and Company - reviewed
  

• Menagerie Á Trois at the Ghent Playhouse - reviewed

• The Attic, The Pearls & Three Fine Girls - WAM Theatre Company - reviewed
• The Lost Frontier of America at WTD - reviewed
• Dial "M" for Murder at the Ghent Playhouse - reviewed
  
• Night and Her Stars at Oldcastle Theatre Company - reviewed
• War of the Worlds at Shakespeare and Company - reviewed
• Tennis in Nablus at Stageworks Hudson - reviewed
• Stones in My Pocket at the Theater Barn - reviewed
• The Trial of Franklin Delano Roosevelt at New State -reviewed
• Birthday Boy at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
• Red Hot Patriot at Shakespeare and Company - reviewed
  
• The Drowsy Chaperone at the Theater Barn - reviewed
  
• The Last Days.of Mickey and Jean at Oldcastle in Bennington - reviewed
• Autres Temps. . .The Wharton Salon at The Mount - reviewed under Special Attractions
• My Name is Asher Lev at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
• PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
• MAURITIUS at the Dorset Theatre Festival - reviewed
• CAROUSEL at the Mac-Haydn - reviewed
• THE GAME at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
  
• Broadway in the Berkshires at Shakespeare and Company - reviewed
  
• Ten Cents a Dance at the Williamstown Theatre Festival - reviewed
  
• The Andrews Brothers at the Theatre Barn - reviewed
  
• Four Dogs and a Bone at New Stage - reviewed under Special Attractions
• A Funny Thing Happened. . .at the Weston Playhouse - reviewed
  
• In the Mood at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
  
• Grease! at the Mac-Haydn - reviewed
  
• Touch(Ed) at the Williamstown Theatre Festival - reviewed
  
• The Divine Sister at Stageworks Hudson - reviewed
  
• The Hound of the Baskervilles at Shakespeare and Company - reviewed
  
• Noises Off! at the Dorset Theatre Festival - reviewed
  
• I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change at the Theater Barn - reviewed!
  
• She Stoops to Conquer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival - reviewed
  
• The Best of Enemies at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
• Dutch Masters at the Berkshire Theatre Group's Unicorn - reviewed
  
• Swing! at the Mac-Haydn - reviewed
  
• A Doll's House at the Nikos in Williamstown - reviewed
  
• Mormons, Mothers and Monsters - Barrington Stage Co. - reviewed
  
• Souvenir at the Weston Playhouse - reviewed!
  
• Capitol Steps at Cranwell in Lenox - reviewed in Special Attractions
  
• Sylvia at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
  
• Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare and Company - reviewed
  
• The Hollow at the Theatre Barn - reviewed
  
• Eurydice from Walking the Dog Theatre at PS 21 in Chatham - reviewed
  
• The Hollow Crown at Shakespeare & Co. - reviewed
  
• The Who's Tommy - at the Colonial/Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
  
• Jekyll & Hyde at the Mac-Haydn Theater - reviewed
  
• Dial "M" for Murder at the Dorset Playhouse - reviewed
  
• One Slight Hitch at the Williamstown Theatre Festival - reviewed
  
• Play by Play at StageWorks Hudson - reviewed
• Moonchildren at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
  
• As You Like It at Shakespeare and Company - reviewed
  
• Boeing-Boeing at the Theatre Barn - reviewed
  
• LUDWIG LIVE! at Seven Hills Inn Cabaret - reviewed under Special Attractions
  
• Three Hotels at Williamstown Theatre Festival - reviewed
  
• Going to St. Ives at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
  
• Superior Donuts at the Dorset Theatre Festival - reviewed
  
• The King and I at the Mac-Haydn - Reviewed
  
• A Streetcar Named Desire at Williamstown's Nikos Theatre - reviewed
  
• GUYS AND DOLLS at Barrington Staqe Co. - reviewed
  
• The Memory of Water at Shakespeare & Co. - reviewed
• Rembrandt's Gift at the Oldcastle Theatre - reviewed
  
• Annie at the Mac-Haydn Theare, reviewed
• I love a Piano at the Mac-Haydn Theatre, reviewed
• Zero Hour at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
  You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the Ghent Playhouse - reviewed
  
• The Seagull at Main Street Stage - reviewed in Special Attractions
  
• Fahrenheit 451 at New Stages PAC - reviewed
• The Heiress - at the Ghent Playhouse - reviewed
• Who Am I This Time? - Walking the Dog Theater's latest - reviewed
• Stop Kiss at The Town Players - see review under Special Attractions
• The Mystery of Irma Vep at Shakespeare & Company - reviewed
• The Fantasticks at the Ghent Playhouse - reviewed
• A Christmas Carol at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - REVIEWED
• Becoming Frederick Douglass at Walking the Dog Theatre - reviewed
  
• The SantaLand Diaries at Shakespeare & Company - reviewed
  
• Lost: The Grimm Years at the Ghent Playhouse - reviewed
  
• Painting Churches, Walking the Dog Theater at the Spencertown Academy - reviewed
  
• Melancholy Play, a WAM Production at New Stages - reviewed in Special Attractions
• On the Verge at Main Street Stage - reviewed in Special Attractions
  
• The Maids at New Stage in Pittsfield - reviewed
  
• Hay Fever at the Ghent Playhouse - reviewed
  
• The Crucible at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
• Play By Play Blue Moons at Stageworks Hudson - reviewed
• No Wake at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
• Seascape/Doubt - see Special Attractions
  
• The Real Inspector Hound at Shakespeare and Company- Reviewed
• It Had To Be You at the Theatre Barn - reviewed
  
• Bon Appetit! at Walking the Dog Theatre - reviewed
• Bye Bye Birdie at the Mac-Haydn - Reviewed
• The Full Monty at the Theater Barn - reviewed
• Bill Nelson's All-Male Revue at Barrington Stage - reviewed
  
• A Delicate Balance at Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed 
• The Memory Show at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
• A Song for My Father at Oldcastle in Bennington - reviewed
• The Amish Play at Stageworks Hudson - reviewed
• Show Boat at the MacHaydn Theatre - reviewed
• The Novelist at Dorset Theatre Festival - reviewed
• Sea Marks at Shakespeare and Company - reviewed
• Absurd Person Singular at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
• StarCrossed at the Ft. Salem Theatre - reviewed under Special Attractions
• Altar Boyz at the Theatre Barn - reviewed
• Fifth of July at Williamstown Theatre Festival - reviewed
• The Last Goodbye at the Williamstown Theatre Festival - reviewed
• Macbeth at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
• The Taster at Shakespeare and Company  - reviewed
• Mame at the Mac-Haydn Theater - reviewed
• Babes in Arms at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
• Harry Chapin's Lies & Legends at the Theatre Barn  -  REVIEWED
• Our Town at the Williamstown Theatre Festival- reviewed
• Death On the Nile at the Dorset Theatre Festival - reviewed
• After the Revolution at Williamstown Theatre Festival  - reviewed
• ART at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
  
• Imagining Madoff at Stageworks Hudson - reviewed
• A Winter's Tale at Shakespeare and Company - reviewed
• Damn Yankees at the MacHaydn - reviewed
• Pool Boy at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
• The Guardsman at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
• Spiders Web at the Theatre Barn - reviewed
• Six Degrees of Separation at Williamstown Theatre Festival - reviewed
• Fallen Angels at the Dorset Theatre Festival - reviewed
• Samuel J. and K. at Williamstown Theatre Festival - reviewed
• Our Town at Walking the Dog Theatre in Chatham - reviewed
• Endgame at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
• Richard III at Shakespeare and Company - reviewed
• Chicago at the MacHaydn Theatre in Chatham, NY - reviewed
• A Funny Thing...a second viewing - on line now
• Red, White and Tuna at the Theatre Barn - reviewed
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - WTF - reviewed now - photos to come
• The Pavilion at the Dorset Theatre Festival - reviewed
• The Last Five Years at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
• The Secret Garden at the MacHaydn Theatre - Reviewed
• It's Jewdy's Show at Williamstown Theatre Festival - Reviewed
• Sweeney Todd at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
• K-2 at the Berkshire Theatre Festival - reviewed
• Or, at Stageworks Hudson - reviewed June 19
• Mengelberg and Mahler at Shakespeare and Company - reviewed
• Anything Goes at the Mac-Haydn Theatre - reviewed
• The Whipping Man at Barrington Stage Company - reviewed
  
• Julius Caesar at Shakespeare & Company - reviewed
• The Importance of Being Earnest - a Confetti Theater Production - see Special Attractions
• The Prisoner of Second Avenue at the Ghent Playhouse - reviewed
• Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter at the Triad Theatre - reviewed under Broadway/NYC
Journeys, Chamber Music for Flute, Viola and Guitar by Robert Baksa, reviewed under Music
• Bob Dylan: Prophet. Mystic. Poet by Seth Rogovoy - reviewed under Literature
• Mary Verdi's new CD - Precious Love - reviewed under Music
• SMALL IRONIES - THE NOVEL IS NOW COMPLETE - READ IT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. The Epilogue is up and ready to be read.
• BLANTYRE - a food and wine experience - AVAILABLE NOW under Restaurants
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