Like the rest of the theater world, the Williamstown Theatre Festival has spent a year shut down. But that gave it the chance to put a season’s worth of adapted-for-audio productions online with Audible Originals, where you can reach them without a three-hour drive to northwestern Massachusetts.
As with any theater season, some plays are better than others, though all feature first-rate casts (some of them with big names), as well as top-notch sound effects and interesting post-show interviews with playwright, director or both. As a whole, it’s quite an achievement.
And the full seven-play season is included with an Audible Plus online membership, $7.95 a month.
Berkshire Theatre Critics Association to Resume Operations
The Berkshire Theatre Critics Association, after a year of expectation, will resume its exploration of all things theatrical in the Berkshire Region.by BWW News Desk
The Berkshire Theatre Critics Association, after a year of expectation, will resume its exploration of all things theatrical in the Berkshire Region which the group identifies as all of Berkshire County, Southern Vermont including Dorset and Weston, Eastern New York State from Schenectady and Catskill to the Mass border, Northern Connecticut, and the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts.
Member critics will once again be reviewing shows and writing articles about the many theater companies in this region and the Association will be resuming its annual award ceremony, know as The Berkies, in November. The Association counts as a Season any play, musical, revue or other theatrical forms that open between October 1 and September 30 of the following year.
PITTSFIELD â After losing all or much of last season because of the coronavirus pandemic, the leaders of five major Berkshire performing arts organizations say they plan to bounce back this summer with a creative mix of indoor, outdoor and virtual programming that they believe will help them remain long-term, viable members of the local economy.
âI see this summer as an experiment in many different ways that will inform how we come back,â said Pamela Tatge, executive director and artistic director of Jacobâs Pillow Dance Festival in Becket.
The leaders or representatives of the Pillow, Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire Theatre Group, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Williamstown Theatre Festival took part in Fridayâs discussion, a virtual town hall that was moderated by 1Berkshire President and CEO Jonathan Butler.