Berkshires theatre, dance, arts, and concert reviews
Berkshires theatre reviews
Review of The Liar at Shakespeare & Co., Lenox, MA
Review of The Liar, at Shakespeare & Co.
Feb. 9, 2013 performance reviewed by Ann St. Clair.
Christmas is past, but Shakespeare & Co. has given…
The 39 Steps at Shakespeare and Co.
The 39 Steps at Shakespeare and Co.
September 30, 2012 matinee performance reviewed by Frances Benn Hall
The plot of this play now gracing…
Satchmo at the Waldorf at Shakespeare and Co.
Satchmo at the Waldorf at Shakespeare and Co.
August 25, 2012 matinee performance reviewed by Frances Benn Hall
Terry Teachout's Satchmo at…
Review of The Tempest at Shakespeare and Company
The Tempest at Shakespeare and Company
July 28, 2012 Matinee reviewed by Frances Benn Hall
It is with joy that one can cheer Olympia…
Jacob’s Pillow reviews
Les Ballet Trocadero de Monte Carlo at Jacob’s Pillow
Aug. 11, 2010 performance reviewed by Jocelyn McGrath.
The Trocs are simply magnificent, as only a troupe of alternative-reality Russian divas can…
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at Jacob’s Pillow
July 21, 2010 performance reviewed by Jocelyn McGrath.
Serenade/The Proposition (2008) is the second piece in a three-part series of…
Les Ballet Jazz de Montréal at Jacob’s Pillow
June 30, 2010 performance reviewed by Jocelyn McGrath.
To the average dance layperson, "ballet jazz" may sound like an oxymoron, two diametrically…
Nina Ananiashvili, State Ballet of Georgia at Jacob’s Pillow
June 23, 2010 performance reviewed by Jocelyn McGrath.
Nina Ananshvili has worked practically every day of her life to make ballet look effortless…
James Taylor concert reviews
James Taylor at Tanglewood July 2 – 4, 2012
James Taylor at Tanglewood July 2 - 4, 2012
By Dave Conlin Read
The Koussevitsky Music Shed at Tanglewood is a holy place in the minds of…
James Taylor, Amy Grant, Vince Gill at Tanglewood
Review of July 2011 concerts by James Taylor, and guests Amy Grant and Vince Gill at Tanglewood.
James Taylor with the Boston Pops and John Williams at Tanglewood
James Taylor with the Boston Pops and John Williams at Tanglewood
July 1, 2011 performance reviewd by Dave Conlin Read.
The Boston Pops tuned…
James Taylor and friends at Tanglewood Ozawa Hall
June 30, 2011 performance reviewed by Dave Conlin Read
James Taylor and Friends was the billing for the first of the four James Taylor concerts at…
Bob Dylan theatre concert reviews
Bob Dylan appears with Joan Baez at Boy’s Club Pittsfield, Mass.
Bob Dylan first performed in the Berkshires on August 17, 1963 as Joan Baez's unannounced guest at the Boy's Club in Pittsfield, one of three…
Bob Dylan show Mullins Center Nov. 19, 2010
Nov. 19, 2010 concert reviewed by Dave Conlin Read.
Attending an episode of the Bob Dylan Show is like pulling your car over to the curb in the…
Bob Dylan at the White House
Bob Dylan at the White…
Bob Dylan video
Here's a clip from BobDylanTV's Channel (that's what they call it), from a Rolling Thunder Revue show at the Music Hall (now Wang Theatre) in Boston,…
Arlo Guthrie concert reviews
Arlo Guthrie and family concert Colonial Theatre Pittsfield, MA
Nov. 19, 2011 concert reviewed by Dave Conlin Read.
Arlo Guthrie and Family entertained a near-capacity audience at the Colonial Theatre in…
2009 A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood
Review of June 27, 2009 live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor at Tanglewood, with guests Arlo Guthrie, Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, Heather Masse, and Martin Sheen.
Arlo Guthrie interviewed Nov. 1998 at The Guthrie Center
Arlo Guthrie talks about his former plans for developing his business in downtown Pittsfield in the late 1990s, being named Arlo, and introducing Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue to Mama Frasca and the Dream Away Lodge.
Review of Arlo Guthrie concerts in Pittsfield and Springfield, MA
Review of back-to-back Arlo Guthrie concerts in Pittsfield and Springfield, MA.
