Review: Beautiful music, immense charm in 'The Band's Visit' by Westfield Newsroom

By Mark G. Auerbach HARTFORD " The Tony Award-winning musical "The Band's Visit," has finally made its way to The Bushnell. The national tour of the 2018 Broadway hit was paused during the p…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 4:56am on November 17, 2021[SHARE]

Arts Beat, Nov. 16-22, 2021 by Westfield Newsroom

By Mark G. Auerbach A Crossing: A Dance Musical, the musical powerhouse which had its world premiere at Barrington Stage earlier this fall, will be available for streaming Nov. 18-21. For my…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 5:02am on November 16, 2021[SHARE]

Arts Beat, Nov. 2-8, 2021 by Westfield Newsroom

By Mark G. Auerbach The Berkshire Theatre Critics Association has announced the nominees for the fifth "Berkie" Awards, honoring excellence in Western Massachusetts, southern Vermont, Northe…

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Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

By Mark G. Auerbach MOSSO: Members of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra will perform with the Kevin Sharpe Group at The Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival in Springfield on Aug. 14. They a…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 6:44am on August 10, 2021[SHARE]

Review: The Sound Inside at TheaterWorks Hartford by Westfield Newsroom

By Mark G. Auerbach Special to The Westfield News TheaterWorks Hartford, who throughout the pandemic, has produced a robust season of virtual theatre, brings the recent Broadway hit, Adam Ra…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 6:30am on April 21, 2021[SHARE]

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

By Mark G. Auerbach Tanglewood will welcome in-person audiences back for live performances this summer, July 9-Aug. 16, with six weeks of performances, alongside comprehensive public heal…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 5:09pm on March 31, 2021[SHARE]

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Of Note Hartford Stage has announced the remaining two productions of its upcoming season.  Incoming Artistic Director Melia Bensussen will stage Eugene O'Neill's comi…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 4:42pm on April 24, 2019[SHARE]

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Hartford Stage Announces Casting for "The Flamingo Kid" Hartford Stage has announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere musical The Flamingo Kid, helmed by…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 4:21pm on April 17, 2019[SHARE]

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach The Springfield Symphony Celebrates The Golden Age of Broadway on March 9 "There is no tune like a showtune" wrote Broadway composer Jerry Herman, and The Springfield Sym…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 4:38pm on February 27, 2019[SHARE]

Review: "Detroit '67" at Hartford Stage by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Hartford Stage is presenting Dominique Morriseau's Detroit '67, a co-production with New Jersey's McCarter Theatre,in a partnership which gave us Murder on The Orient Exp…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 9:08am on February 24, 2019[SHARE]

Review: Storm Large's Holiday Ordeal at The UMass Fine Arts Center by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Storm Large, the Massachusetts born-and-raised chanteuse., rocker, singer/songwriter, actress, and frequent vocalist of Pink Martini, returned to the Valley with her back…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 7:11am on December 6, 2018[SHARE]

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Theaterworks Presents "The Legend of Georgia McBride" Matthew Lopez's The Legend of Georgia McBride is a new play catching the attention of theatres coast-to-coast, and T…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 3:54pm on March 14, 2018[SHARE]

Arts Beat Extra: Darko Tresnjak, Hartford Stage Artistic Director, to Step Down After 2018-19 Season by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Darko Tresnjak will step down as Hartford Stage’s Artistic Director at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season. Tresnjak has served as the Tony Award-winning theatre's…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 9:09am on March 9, 2018[SHARE]

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Think Summer! Chester Theatre Company Announces Season Producing Artistic Director Daniel Elihu Kramer has announced Chester Theatre Company’s 2018 Summer Season, w…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 4:11pm on March 7, 2018[SHARE]

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Think Summer! Chester Theatre Company Announces Season Producing Artistic Director Daniel Elihu Kramer has announced Chester Theatre Company’s 2018 Summer Season, w…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 4:11pm on March 7, 2018[SHARE]

Review: "Cabaret" at The UMass Fine Arts Center by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach History repeats itself in musical theatre, as the Roundabout Theater's award-winning production of Cabaret visits the UMass Fine Arts Center for one performance.  Dire…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 7:19am on March 7, 2018[SHARE]

Review: "Cabaret" at The UMass Fine Arts Center by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach History repeats itself in musical theatre, as the Roundabout Theater's award-winning production of Cabaret visits the UMass Fine Arts Center for one performance.  Dire…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 7:19am on March 7, 2018[SHARE]

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Think Summer! CT. Rep Announces Nutmeg Summer Series Terrence Mann has announced the three-musical summer season for the Connecticut Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Summer Ser…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 3:56pm on February 28, 2018[SHARE]

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Think Summer! CT. Rep Announces Nutmeg Summer Series Terrence Mann has announced the three-musical summer season for the Connecticut Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Summer Ser…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 3:56pm on February 28, 2018[SHARE]

Review: "The Bodyguard" at The Bushnell by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach I watched the film version of The Bodyguard for the first time over the weekend, and like many of the reviewers covering the film in 1992, felt that the score was beyond-…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 7:36am on February 21, 2018[SHARE]

WSU to present student production of Carrie: the Musical by Westfield Newsroom

by Taylor Choquette, intern, WSU ’18 WESTFIELD – On March 1-3, the Musical Theatre Guild at Westfield State University will be putting on their production of Carrie: the Musical.…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 7:02am on February 19, 2018[SHARE]

Arts Beat Extra: Berkshire Theatre Group Announces 90th Season by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach PITTSFIELD – Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and its Artistic Director and CEO Kate Maguire  have announced the line-up for Berkshire Theatre Group's 90th Anniv…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 5:01pm on February 15, 2018[SHARE]

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Rags Gets A Goodspeed Makeover Rags, the famed 1986 musical flop, had a lot of promise going for it, when it opened in Boston enroute to Broadway. It featured a book by J…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 4:44pm on September 20, 2017[SHARE]

Arts Beat Extra: Westfield's Joshua Burrage to Make Broadway Debut in Cats by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Westfield native Joshua Burrage, who joined the national tour of the Broadway musical Newsies shortly after graduating from Westfield High School in 2014, has been cast i…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 2:20pm on August 7, 2017[SHARE]

Review: "Finding Neverland" at The Bushnell by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach The national national tour of the Broadway musical Finding Neverland is playing the Bushnell this week, and it's a first rate version of the recent Broadway production th…

SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 7:08am on August 2, 2017[SHARE]