My ArtsBeat Radio program for 12/2O/17 on 89.5fm/WSKB with TheaterWorks' Rob Ruggiero, Noble Shropshire from Hartford Stage's A Christmas Carol, and Westfield native Josh Burrage from Broadw…
Westfield News Group ArtsBeat "Best of The Arts" Part 2. The outstanding plays, musicals, directors, and designers in WMass and No.CT this year.
Westfield News Group Best of the Arts 2017, Part 1. Some of the innovators: Kristen Van Ginhoven and WAM Theatre; Matt Bertuzzi and Kevin Rhodes for the Springfield Symphony Real Time Concer…
Powerful storytelling and John Foyle's distinctive staging make "The Color Purple" in Hartford thrilling.
Westfield News Group reviews of two holiday traditions with updates: A Christmas Carol at Hartford Stage has a new "Scrooge". At TheaterWorks, Christmas on The Rocks has a new playlet by Jac…
Westfield News Group ArtsBeat for 11/29/17. A new "Scrooge" at Hartford Stage, Shakespeare and Company's upcoming season, holiday gift ideas for arts lovers, and theatre news or WMass and No…
Westfield News Group ArtsBeat for 11/22/17. Holiday fare from the traditional "A Christmas Carol" to the wacky "Christmas On The Rocks", holiday pops concerts in Springfield and Hartford, an…
Westfield News Group ArtsBeat for 11/15/17. "The Color Purple" is Bushnell-bound. User-friendly performances at Hartford Stage, Berkshire Theatre Group, Goodspeed, Springfield Symphony and m…
Westfield News Group's ArtsBeat. Theatre and arts news for WMass and No.CT. A preview of holiday fare headed to the region.
ArtsBeat Radio on 89.5fm/WSKB 11/8/17. Mark G. Auerbach chats with Hartford Stage's Elizabeth Williamson, the Berkshire Theatre Awards' Gail Burns, and Paul Marte from The Bushnell.
Recap of the Berkshire Theatre Awards, presented November 6 at Barrington Stage in Pittsfield, MA.
Westfield News Group ArtsBeat or 11/1/17. Chester Theatre Company and Goodspeed Musicals travel programs, Garrison Keillor in Pittsfield, The Edwards Twins in Northampton, and more. Theatre …
Sarah Gancher's "Seder" has its world premiere at Hartford Stage. Set in Budapest after the IronCurtain falls, it's a taut, compelling family drama about reconciling with the past.
A fine revisal of a musical with an exquisite score, beautifully staged, designed, and performed.
Westfield News Group ArtsBeat for 1O/25/17. WAM Theatre's Berkshire Leadership Conference, Tony Danza comes to Springfield, and more arts news for WMass and N.CT.
School of Rock's national tour is at The Bushnell in Hartford this week.. An energetic stage adaptation of the movie with some Andrew Lloyd Webber rock and a great kids ensemble.
Westfield News Group ArtsBeat for 10/18/17. Theatre and arts news for W.Mass and N.CT. Springfield Symphony Viva America features Gershwin and Bernstein, plus new shows at CT Repertory Theat…
A promising new play by Sarah DeLappe opens TheaterWorks' season, energetically performed by an ensembleofactresses playing an indoor soccer team.Great direction by Eric Ort.
Patrick Hamilton's pre-WW2 thriller is relevantly thrilling today.
The new tour is a resh take on aclassic, with terrific new sets, staging and orchestrations.
A summer rental gone wrong takes center stage in Berkshire Theatre Group's fall production o David Auburn's "Lost Lake".
Westfield News Group ArtsBeat 9/27/17. Theatre and arts happenings in WMass and N.CT. My Westfield News Group ArtsBeat 9/27/17. "The Wolves" opens TheaterWorks season. "The Last Wife" at WAM…
Theatre and arts news for WMass and N.CT. . Rags revisal at Goodspeed, Midtown Men in Springfield, Moonfish Theatre in Amherst, and Mike Thornton and Gruppo Mondo jazz in Egremont.
An incredibly beautiful production that is hysterically funny. Darko Tresnjak stages Shakespeare's comedy as the season opener at Hartford Stage.
"Lost Lake" next at Berkshire Theatre Group, "Fab Faux" opens UMass Fine Arts Center season and other theatre and arts news for WMass and No.CT.