Ninety Years Young: Berkshire Theatre Group Celebrates Its Birthday
A sold-out crowd helped Berkshire Theatre Group celebrate its 90th birthday on July 1, 2018.
Playwright Lee Kalcheim and Julia Kalcheim
- Katie Brumfield for BTGIt’s oddly fitting that a 90th anniversary gala would be held on a 90-degree day, and yet it didn’t dampen the spirits of a sold-out crowd celebrating Berkshire Theatre Group’s birthday at its Stockbridge, Mass. campus. On Sunday, July 1, after cocktails, guests were treated to the opening night performance of Lee Kalcheim’s Coming Back Like a Song! inside the (fully air-conditioned) Fitzpatrick Main Stage. While not technically a musical, the play is jam-packed with full songs and snippets penned by its real-life composer characters: Irving Berlin (David Garrison), Harold Arlen (Philip Hoffman) and Jimmy Van Heusen (David Rasche). A sit-down dinner followed, and included a musical performance by the cast of BTG’s Tarzan, a short film tribute to the Theatre’s history, and a champagne toast. Happy birthday, Berkshire Theatre Group!
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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