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3 days ago | 
theberkshireedge.com | J. Peter Bergman
Million Dollar QuartetSharon Playhouse. Sharon, Conn. By Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux. Directed by Greg Santos. “You ain’t nothin’ but a . . .”If there is any energy left in northern Connecticut after a performance of this show that would be amazing.
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4 days ago | 
theberkshireedge.com | J. Peter Bergman
MagdaleneChester Theatre Company. Chester, Mass. By Mark St. Germain. Directed by Keira Naughton“People don’t give sheep enough credit.”Mark St. Germain has written a play about two of Jesus’s disciples who never got along meeting once again eighteen years after the crucifixion: Peter, not yet the rock of the church, and Mary Magdalene. They meet when he appears at her door after searching for her throughout the world of their day.
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1 week ago | 
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Guys and DollsMac-Haydn Theatre, Chatham, N.Y.Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon, lyrics and music by Frank Loesser; directed by Mandy Modic“So, sue me, sue me, what can you do me? I love you.”Hollywood songwriter Frank Loesser (They’re Either Too Young or Too Old” for Bette Davis) had come to Broadway with “Where’s Charley?” for Ray Bolger in 1948. It was a big hit.
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1 week ago | 
theberkshireedge.com | J. Peter Bergman
Hurricane DianeHartford Stage in Hartford, Conn.
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2 weeks ago | 
theberkshireedge.com | J. Peter Bergman
N/ABarrington Stage Company in PittsfieldWritten by Mario Correa, directed by Katie Birenboim“Horror movies end.”Two women meet in the older woman’s office, and the meeting does not go well. That scenario is repeated over and over for at least three years, and though they sometimes seem to agree on the basic things, their relationship continues along the same lines set up at the outset.
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2 weeks ago | 
theberkshireedge.com | J. Peter Bergman
How to NOT Save the World with Mr. BezosGreat Barrington Public Theater in Great BarringtonWritten by Maggie Kearnan, directed by Clay Hopper“I’m sorry. I’m really very sorry.”Maggie Kearnan’s play about the eponymous character is a fantasy, but a dark one, one that might hurt people, or elate people according to the sharp political divide which dominates our world today.
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2 weeks ago | 
theberkshireedge.com | J. Peter Bergman
At the WeddingHarbinger Theatre, Sand Lake Center of the Arts in Averill Park, N.Y.Written by Bryna Turner, directed by Chris Foster“Risk joy!”Every play teaches a lesson. Here “At the Wedding” goes beyond that and teaches us, through comedy, many things about the human condition and the various choices we all take into consideration in our lives.
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2 weeks ago | 
theberkshireedge.com | J. Peter Bergman
A Grand Night for SingingMusic and Lyrics by Rodgers & HammersteinDirected by Eoghan Hartley“We have nothing to remember so far.”Five singers are presenting an amalgam of songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II taken from their 11 shows written between 1943 and 1959 at the Mac-Haydn Theatre in Chatham, N.Y. This 1993 show was arranged by Fred Wells under the supervision of actor Walter Bobbie.
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3 weeks ago | 
theberkshireedge.com | J. Peter Bergman
Eisenhower: This Piece of GroundBarrington Stage Company in PittsfieldWritten by Richard Hellesen, directed by Peter Ellenstein“If we expected the world to give freedom to all, we couldn’t just give freedom to some.”We sometimes forget what a word or phrase means.
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3 weeks ago | 
theberkshireedge.com | J. Peter Bergman
The Elephant ManBerkshire Theatre Group in StockbridgeWritten by Bernard Pomerance, directed by Eric Hill“Help! Me!!”A creature that more or less stands upright like a man, speaks two words in an emphatic tone, and changes history in the 1880s: Thus begins the story of John Merrick, the Elephant Man, a sideshow freak in London, refused an exhibition permit in Brussels and abandoned by his greedy keeper.
