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Review by Jenny HansellThere was a moment at the beginning of the Barrington Stage Company production of West Side Story where Riff, the leader of the Jets gang, takes…

Review by Macey Levin Photograph by Emma K. Rothenberg-WareThe American theater in the 1930s was populated by a pantheon of major playwrights: Eugene O’Neill, Elmer…

Review by Gail M. BurnsShe Loves Me is the very definition of the word “charming.” It premiered on Broadway in 1963, in the heyday of Big Book Musicals, and while it…

OpeningLiminal @ Cynthia Reeves Gallery, North Adams. Photographic works by David Burdeny and Georg Küttinger. Opens Saturday, August 18. (Through September 30)human @…

Review by Barbara Waldinger Photograph by Sarah SuttonSouth Africa is the ONLY African country where gay marriage is legal. At the same time, the common South African…

Review by Barbara Waldinger Photograph by Carolyn BrownFrankie Addams, a lonely, 12-year-old girl whose brother Jarvis and his fiancée Janice are about to get…

Review by Lisa JarischAs filling as the first slice of wedding cake and almost twice as sweet, The Wedding Singer literally heads down the aisles of Chatham's…

Review by Gail M. Burns Photograph by Angus McCulloughThe title is the same, but the play, and the playwright, are different. Lucy Caldwell has adapted Anton…

Review by Fred Baumgarten Photograph by Hilary ScottThe best way to appreciate Leonard Bernstein’s 1983 opera, A Quiet Place, is through the music. At Tanglewood in…

A middle-aged Englishwoman, identified only as Homebody, tries in vain to remember the name of her anti-depressant: “a portmanteau chemical cocktail word confected by…

Review by Macey LevinIf a family says their life is trouble-free, it’s a fiction. The word “dysfunction” was invented to describe the dynamics of the Bechdel family of…

Peter Kazaras has been involved with Leonard Bernstein’s seldom performed opera A Quiet Place since its world premiere at the Houston Grand Opera in 1983 when he sang the…

OpeningUndiscovered Country @ Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham. Works by Marie-Claude Giroux, Jim Holl and Arthur Sordillo. Opening reception: Saturday, August 11, 4-6pm.…

Hang onto your hats! Actress Judy Rosenblatt is Peggy Guggenheim in Woman Before a Glass, a play by Lanie Robertson, coming to Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre for three…

Review by Barbara Waldinger Photograph by Eloy GarciaIn a recent interview with The Times Union, Nicole Ricciardi, director of Shakespeare & Company’s current…

Review by David BrickmanI went out of my way recently to see a show by a favorite artist at a favorite venue, and it was well worth the trip. Jenny Hutchinson's work…

Review by Macey Levin Photograph by Eloy GarciaThe first Chinese woman to arrive in America was Afong Moy in 1834; she was 14 years old. Her father sent her here…

The theater scene is hopping! None of our regular Berkshire On Stage critics was able to fit a trip to Mac-Haydn Theatre in Chatham to see "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"…

Review by David BrickmanYou've heard Richard Butler - he's the lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs, with the wonderful bass/baritone voice featured on the hits "Love…

Review by Jenny HansellIt was a profoundly intense experience to watch the film West Side Story on a huge screen with the Boston Symphony Orchestra playing the score,…

OpeningCuckoo's Call @ Eclipse Mill Gallery, North Adams. Painting and sculpture by Wayne Hopkins and Cathy Wysocki that push figuration into strange territories. Opening…

Review by Roseann Cane Photograph by Joey MoroThe only way to truly understand the impact of a crisis is to put a face on it, to humanize it, to make it accessible on…

Review by Barbara WaldingerWilted spinach salad with warm bacon dressing; seared wild salmon with a Bengali onion chutney; seared asparagus with olive oil, salt and…

Review by Macey Levin Photograph by Daniel RaderThere was woman, born to a Jewish father and Catholic mother in Warsaw, Poland, in 1898. In Petrograd Russia, she…

Review by Gail M. BurnsImagine sitting in a beautiful, verdant shaded dell on a perfect Berkshire summer’s evening. Even though busy Route 7 is in walking distance of…

OpeningHeads and Tails @ MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams. A career retrospective covering four decades of images by photojournalist Charles Giuliano. Opening reception:…

Review by Barbara Waldinger Photograph by Daniel RaderHenrik Ibsen is a tough act to follow. At the end of his 1879 masterpiece, A Doll’s House, audiences gasped as…

OpeningKeepers of the Flame: Parrish, Wyeth, Rockwell and the Narrative Tradition @ Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge. More than 85 works by American and European…

Review by Macey Levin Photograph by Carolyn BrownPlaywright James Anthony Tyler’s work has been performed in several off-Broadway and regional theaters including the…

Review by Gail M. BurnsThe original London production of The Mousetrap, which opened in 1952, is STILL running; and there are endless amateur stagings every year all…

Review by Barbara WaldingerThe local go-to venue for big, splashy summer musicals is usually Chatham’s Mac-Haydn Theatre. The tiny stage is characteristically…

Review by Barbara WaldingerImagine a production of Macbeth without the witches. No “When shall we three meet again?” No “Double, double toil and trouble: Fire, burn;…

Review by Roseann Cane Photograph by Doug LiebigThere are rare occasions when audience hooting, hollering and foot-stomping add to the enjoyment of a night of…

C’mon. A children’s play? By David Mamet??Hudson Valley kids (and their adults) will soon get a chance to see that this is no joke. The playwright far better known for…

OpeningA Menagerie of Whimsey: The Art of William B. Schade @ Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany. Works by Albany native William B. Schade including prints,…

Review by Macey Levin Photograph by Carolyn BrownMartin O’Reilly is divorced, his son won’t speak to him, he’s probably going to be fired from a job he doesn’t like…

Review by David BrickmanIt can be easy to forget that the Albany International Airport Gallery is one of the premier contemporary art venues of Greater Nippertown,…

Review by Macey LevinThere’s a nostalgic musical diversion currently receiving its world premiere at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Fitzpatrick Main Stage in Stockbridge.…

Johnny Cash was a singular force in American music. A gospel-rooted country singer there at the birth of rock and roll; an inventive, influential songwriter; and an…

OpeningContemporary Sculpture At Chesterwood: 40 YRS @ Chesterwood, Stockbridge. An exhibition of 12 outdoor sculptures, the majority of which are kinetic, including works…

Review by Roseann Cane Photograph by Carolyn Brown“Fruitful introversion is possible only when there is also a relation to the outside.” – C.G. JungThe world…

Shakespeare & Company presents William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, directed by Obie Award-winning director Melia Bensussen. Company veterans Jonathan Croy and Tod Randolph…

Review by Barbara WalldingerDirections for a perfect production of The Cake: start with a brilliant, sensitive and brave playwright (Bekah Brunstetter), add a director…

OpeningHappinessisthespace betweensorrows @ BCB Art, Hudson. New paintings and works on paper by Richard Butler, perhaps better known for his work in The Psychedelic Furs.…

Review by Macey LevinCabaret, first produced in 1966, is set in 1929-1930 as the Nazi Party under the leadership of Adolf Hitler is growing into a major…

OpeningSecond Annual Regional Juried Photo Show @ Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. Works in both color and black and white by 21 photographers on the theme of…

Review by Roseann Cane Photograph by Emma Rothenberg-WareA screen descends, and on it a political television commercial appears. We hear the voice of Senator Charles…

Review by Roseann Cane Photograph by Daniel RaderWhat do you get when you bring together a thoroughly brilliant cast of singing, dancing actors, a preternaturally…

OpeningFields Opening Day 2018 @ Art Omi, Ghent. Concurrent openings will inaugurate the inclusion of works by Tamar Ettun, Rachel Hayes, Lonnie Holley, Sara Greenberger…

A thrilling, empowering, and spiritual experience awaits audiences on Saturday evening June 16th when Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre hosts its 2nd Annual performance of…

Berkshire Theatre Group presents Emmy Award-nominated Jason Odell Williams’ provocative and humorous Church & State. Directed by Charlotte Cohn (founding producer of…

Review by Roseann Cane Photograph by Sarah KozmaA small number of American musicals seem inseparable from the actors who originated the lead roles. For devotees of…

Review by Gail M. BurnsI am all in favor of community theaters taking risks. And while The Importance of Being Earnest is not generally a risky play to present – if…

OpeningWomen Artists in Paris, 1850-1900 @ The Clark, Williamstown. This exhibition showcases the remarkable artistic production of women artists working in Paris during…

Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theater in downtown Pittsfield is proud to present the world premiere of the new musical, The Royal Family of Broadway.…

Review by Roseann CaneTyphoid fever, a life-threatening bacterial illness, is still fairly common throughout the world, with about 5,700 cases developing annually in…

‘T’ Space Gallery, Rhinebeck. A new and permanent installation by sculptor Richard Nonas of a 900-foot straight line of 80 railroad tie units spanning the dips and rises…

Review by Barbara WaldingerFor its first production of the 2018 season, Shakespeare & Company in Lenox dispenses with kings, queens and wars, instead seeking a…

Review by Barbara WaldingerChatham's Mac-Haydn Theatre, celebrated for its spectacular musical revivals, opened its 50th season with the Tony Award-winning Damn…

OpeningA Cold Hole + Assembled Audience @ MASS MoCA, North Adams. In these two new installation-based commissions, artist Taryn Simon activates the rituals of applause and…

Proctors and The Times Union have revealed nominees for the 2018 High School Musical Theatre Awards at Proctors.For the second annual contest, 23 schools participated (up…

OpeningTravelogue @ The School, Kinderhook. A survey exhibition of works by Radcliffe Bailey that incorporate found objects and photographs into textured compositions that…

What happens to artists when they allow themselves – knowingly or unknowingly – to become cogs in a propaganda machine? This and other fascinating and complex moral and…

This summer, Saratoga Shakespeare Company will celebrate its 18th season in the Forest of Arden and on the fields of war with two of Shakespeare's most enduring plays, As…

OpeningThe Bower Bir-d @ Green County Council on the Arts, Catskill. This retrospective of works by the late Norman Hasselriis includes dozens of his whimsical and…

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century in Chatham presents Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, a staged reading by Nancy Rothman. This one-woman play is a tribute to the…

Albany Pro Musica Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra close their 37th season at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall at 3pm on Sunday, May 6 with two major works of symphonic…

OpeningEllsworth Kelly: Plant Lithographs @ Bershire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge. This first major exhibition in the Garden's Center House Leonhardt Galleries features…

Review by David BrickmanOne of the hidden gems on the local art scene is the Yates Gallery at Siena College. Tucked into the second floor of the college's Standish…

The fifth play of Schenectady Civic Players‘ 90th anniversary season, The School for Lies by David Ives and directed by Chris Foster, opens on Friday (May 4) and plays…

The national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I will make its Schenectady premiere at Proctors in Schenectady on…

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century in Chatham welcomes the Jamal Jackson Dance Company to their new state-of-the-art theater at 8pm on Friday & Saturday…

OpeningBeacon Open Studios @ Beacon. The weekend kicks off with a party and exhibition at Oak Vino Wine Bar on Friday, April 27, from 6-9pm, followed by two days of open…

At 7:30pm on Friday (April 27), EMPAC at RPI in Troy will present Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Bang on a Can co-founder David Lang’s orchestral work, darker. The…

.Broadway legend and two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone returns to Proctors in Schhenectady with Don’t Monkey with Broadway at 8pm on Friday (April 27). Tickets are…

A Greater Nippertown songwriting team that's been together for 50 years is premiering their first musical at The Addy at Proctors in Schenectady this weekend from…

Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre invites audiences to experience ENCORES!, a special one-time only performance by the legendary Flo Hayle on the BST Mainstage at 2pm on…

Live theater returns to PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Friday-Sunday (April 20-22) when the Actors’ Ensemble presents The Gun Show by E.M. Lewis. Leaning…

OpeningDifferential Ratio @ Matteawan Gallery, Beacon. Steve Rossi's recent collages address current political issues in the U.S. by juxtaposing disparate images that are…

Review by Roseann CaneWritten as a soul soother for his beloved England, which was recovering from The Blitz and devastated by the continuing casualties of World War…

OpeningShow 3: Remnants @ Lapham Gallery, Glens Falls. Works in acrylic and mixed media by Andrew Dines installation by Sharon Kingsbury and acrylic paintings by Katrin…

In seven pieces ranging from magical realism to comic satire, Natural/Not Natural takes us from the wild winds of the Costa Rican cloud forest to the elephants of…

Long-anticipated renovation and construction on Universal Preservation Hall will begin soon, following New York State’s recent announcement of a $750,000 Restore New York…

OpeningWarhol: Unidentified @ CCS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson. An exhibition of 83 photographs by Andy Warhol whose subjects are currently unidentified. These photographs…

Innovative humorist Dirck Toll returns for his first Greater Nippertown show in three years to present another series of hilariously out-of-the-ordinary stories, this time…

“There was a pile of virgin paper on my left and a box of carbons on my right … I fixed the paper into the machine and started. Blithe Spirit. A Light Comedy in Three…

At 7pm on Thursday (April 5), choreographer Ni’Ja Whitson presents the dance performance A Meditation on Tongues at EMPAC at RPI in Troy. A Meditation on Tongues is…

“Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts / Oh Lordy, how they did love...”What begins as a one-night-stand turns into a tug of war between a short-order cook who sees a…

OpeningTransactional Days @ Collar Works, Troy. Works that invite the viewer to engage with them through theatre, performance and installation, with performing and…

With New York State’s Monday announcement of a $1.8 million Restore New York Communities Initiative grant to the City of Albany through Empire State Development, Capital…

OpeningStephanie Bernheim: Pixels and Particulates @ Hudson Hall, Hudson. Using glass windows, Pine Plains oilcloth, simple mechanical devices, printers and camera phones,…

Review by David BrickmanThe 40th Annual Photography Regional, which recently opened at Sage College of Albany's Opalka Gallery, is quite unlike any of the 39 that came…

OpeningLiliana Porter and Ana Tiscornia @ Art Omi, Ghent. Works by two artists who have resided together and shared studio space for decades: Liliana Porter works across…

By David BrickmanIf you were ever in a dorm room in the 1970s, you know the artwork of Alphonse Mucha. The master of French Art Nouveau was a staple of the softer side…

The cast of The Humans first national tour at Proctors in Schenectady will feature Richard Thomas as Erik, Pamela Reed as Deirdre, Daisy Eagan as Brigid, Lauren Klein as…

Back by popular demand at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall at 3pm on Sunday (March 4)! Join Albany Pro Musica & Pro Musica Pops for another tour de force performance…

Children and families of all ages are invited when Opera Saratoga’s “Opera to Go” artists perform the children’s opera, The Ugly Duckling, at the Saratoga Arts Center in…

OpeningAesthetic Movement @ Lapham Gallery, Glens Falls. Works by Christian Hires, Deborah Austin, Victoria Palermo and Mitchell Liner. Opening reception: Friday, March…

On Friday (March 2), EMPAC at RPI in Troy will present the world premiere of echo/archive, a performance collaboration between choreographer Elena Demyanenko and filmmaker…

Adirondack Theatre Festival has announced its 24th season – the fourth for Producing Artistic Director, Chad Rabinovitz. Rabinovitz will again bring an entire season of…