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Review: "Man of La Mancha" at Barrington Stage

By Dan Shaw We all know that Barrington Stage Company’s formidable founder Julianne Boyd excels when she is directing musicals with dark themes —remember her productions of Carousel and Sweeney Todd? Now, with Man of La Mancha, which is set in a prison during the Spanish Inquisition, she has

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Bard's 'Oklahoma' Puts The Audience In The Action (Picnic Style)

Heading the cast are Damon Daunno, Allison Strong, Amber Gray and Mary Testa. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. By Robert Burke Warren Bard SummerScape’s upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved Oklahoma! offers some surprises, especially if you’ve already seen the musical in its typically broad theatrical glory.

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Author/Pilot Mark Vanhoenacker Captures the Magic of Flight

By Nichole Dupont Last year, on a flight from JFK to San Juan, my 11-year-old son was only concerned with two things. One, was I sure the hotel had a pool? And two, did I book him a window seat on the flight? Yes, and yes. I looked over his

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New Storyhorse Theater Presents Locals' Lives As Docudrama

By Jamie Larson Lyme disease is a thief. The painless, capricious bite of a tiny tick robs the buoyancy from the personal relationship we have with the natural beauty of our region, steals our health and strength, and, in an increasing number of cases, has taken the lives of people

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The Good Life: Documentary Finds True Happiness In The Shire

By Nichole Dupont The longer we live, the more essential it is to continue to drink from the elusive goblet of happiness. But where does the elixir come from? Documentary filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll (executive producer of "Born into Brothels" and director of "Who Does She Think

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The School: One Year And Art Five Decades In The Making

El Anatsui, “Stressed World" (as installed at The School, Kinderhook, NY). By Robert Ayers It has been almost exactly a year since Jack Shainman changed the contemporary art landscape in this part of the world by opening The School in Kinderhook, NY. On Sunday, May 17, he is throwing

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Season Preview 2015: RI's Can't-Miss Picks

Another summer, another embarrassment of riches when it comes to performing arts in the Rural Intelligence region. As usual, there's enough theater, music and dance (and just about everything else) to go around. Though we know the winter months offer their own pleasures, the arrival of the long-awaited

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Basilica Hudson's 24-Hour Drone: A Sound And Social Scene

Photo by Matt Charland By Jamie Larson A whisper, a warning, a quick snap or an unceasing tone — sound is elemental. Starting Saturday, April 25, at 3 p.m., the waterfront industrial cathedral that is Basilica Hudson will become a “temple of sound" as it embarks on a super

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The 'New Brooklyn' Redux, But This Time In Music

Looking out from Dope Jams, a vinyl mecca that moved from Brooklyn to Oak Hill, NY at the base of the Catskills. By Jaime Lowe It’s official: Brooklyn has migrated. These days, Brooklyn is more than just a borough in New York. For better or worse, it’s an

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BSO's Free Chamber Concert Is A Tease To Tanglewood Season

Poring over the 2015 Tanglewood season brochure is a pretty delicious activity, but it also leads to jonesing for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to get here already. You’ll have to wait until June for the entire orchestra to arrive, but a healthy contingent will be giving a (free) concert

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Donkey Inspiration: 'Travels With Missie — The Artists' View'

Missie (as Carousel Donkey), by Susan Edwards By Jeremy D. Goodwin Kevin O’Hara’s 1979 sojourn with a donkey named Missie has already been well documented. O’Hara, a lifetime Pittsfield resident (and quite proud of it, thank you very much!) who seems to have as many stories to

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WCMA Launches A First: 'Warhol By The Book'

Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol’s Index (Book), 1967 (pre-publication mock-up designer’s copy). Williams College Museum of Art, Gift of Richard F. Holmes, Class of 1946. © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. By Lisa Green Even now, 28 years after

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