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Art, Music, and Magic: MASS MoCA Announces Sweeping Summer 2025 Lineup — Comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member Sarah Sherman.

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Art, Music, and Magic: MASS MoCA Announces Sweeping Summer 2025 Lineup

Cultural Mecca MASS MoCA will draw many devotees this year with a huge slate of events and exhibitions.

By Jamie Larson

Leadership Changes at Two Major Columbia Arts Institutions

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Leadership Changes at Two Major Columbia Arts Institutions

Hudson Hall's Tambra Dillon says goodby. Vallejo Gantner says hello to PS21.

By Jamie Larson

Adrienne Truscott's Provocative Performance "Masterclass" at Bard College — Adrienne Truscott and Feidlim Cannon star in the provocative parody "Masterclass" at Bard's Fisher Center.

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Adrienne Truscott's Provocative Performance "Masterclass" at Bard College

"A skewering of the patriarchal performing world and, in turn, the greater world around it."

By Peter Aaron

Sexy, Bloody, Blockbuster Opera, "Giulio Cesare" At Hudson Hall — R.B. Schlather, director of Giulio Cesare.

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Sexy, Bloody, Blockbuster Opera, "Giulio Cesare" At Hudson Hall

Director R.B. Schlather brings an unapologetically fun update to a Handel classic.

By Rich Volo

Laughing Through his Outrage: Comedian Patton Oswalt in Great Barrington March 22 — Patton Oswalt

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Laughing Through his Outrage: Comedian Patton Oswalt in Great Barrington March 22

Oswalt plans to punch up when performing at the Mahaiwe.

By Mike Cobb

Bard SummerScape Announces Summer 2025 Line-up

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Bard SummerScape Announces Summer 2025 Line-up

The vibrant, annual slate of performances keeps the summer alive at the Fisher Center in Northern Dutchess.

By Jamie Larson

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Founder Kathy Evans Bows Out: Search for New Director Begins — Kathy Evans

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Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Founder Kathy Evans Bows Out: Search for New Director Begins

After more than a decade of championing new musicals Evans seeks a successor.

By Jamie Larson

A Stage for New Voices: The Great Barrington Public Theater — Janelle Farias Sando in Night At The Speakeasy. Photo by Kat Humes

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A Stage for New Voices: The Great Barrington Public Theater

In the busy Berkshire theater community, the Great Barrington Public Theater stars in a supporting role.

By Jamie Larson

It Takes Two Villages To Create “Replacing Prancer," A New Holiday Play — A portion of the "Replacing Prancer" cast: Tom Truss, Willy Welch, Jordyn Cormier, Joan Coombs, and Sam Reilly. Photo: Amy Brentano

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It Takes Two Villages To Create “Replacing Prancer," A New Holiday Play

Dewey Hall and The Foundry collaborate on a holiday premiere by local playwright Tom Truss.

By Editor

The Arthur Miller Society Holds a Conference, “'Death of A Salesman' At 75” in The Playwright’s Beloved Town, Roxbury, CT — Arthur Miller in his writing studio, 1963 © Inge Morath / Magnum Photos

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The Arthur Miller Society Holds a Conference, “'Death of A Salesman' At 75” in The Playwright’s Beloved Town, Roxbury, CT

The day-long conference will explore the play’s genesis and enduring impact at the Minor Memorial Library in Roxbury, CT.

By Anne Pyburn Craig

Adams Theater Presents A Staged Reading, “The Refuseniks,” About Soviet Jewry

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Adams Theater Presents A Staged Reading, “The Refuseniks,” About Soviet Jewry

The play is a dramatized story of the real Refuseniks, Russian Jews who were refused exit visas in the face of antisemitism.

By Julia Dixon

Taylor Mac and Heather Christian Tackle Clarence Thomas in Musical Theater

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Taylor Mac and Heather Christian Tackle Clarence Thomas in Musical Theater

The theater artists will speak on creativity and perform from their work in progress at the New Marlborough Meeting House.

By Hannah Van Sickle