We update Berkshires schedules and attractions frequently and within a few weeks we will begin posting reviews of performances from Tanglewood and other venues as the 2016 summer season gets underway. Summer theatre got its start in the Berkshires at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, MA was followed by the Williamstown Theatre Festival, then Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, and now featuring Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket is the leading summer venue for all genres of dance. The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Gt. Barrington, MA and the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield present a variety of performing arts, as does MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA.
Hancock Shaker Village names Jennifer Trainer Thompson President and CEO
Article by Dave Read Tell your friends: Facebook Twitter Hancock Shaker Village names Jennifer Trainer Thompson president and CEO, roles that she will assume when her current post as senior vice president at the MASS MoCA ends December 31.. Ms. Thompson has over 28 years of experience in arts administration and culture in the Berkshires…. read more
Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven’s Ninth at Tanglewood
August 28, 2016 Tanglewood concert review by Dave Read Tell your friends: Facebook Twitter Andris Nelsons conducted Beethoven’s Ninth at Tanglewood August 28, 2016, in a program that included Aaron Copland’s Quiet City, which gave the Boston Symphony Orchestra the opportunity to bid farewell to trumpeter Thomas Rolfs and English hornist Robert Sheena. Before proceeding… read more
Andris Nelsons conducts Acts I and II of Verdi’s Aida at Tanglewood
August 20, 2016, Article by Dave Read Tell your friends: Facebook Twitter BSO Music director Andris Nelsons conducted Verdi’s Aida, Acts I & II at Tanglewood, in the Koussevitsky Music Shed on Aug. 20, 2016, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, soloists Kristine Opolais, Violeta Urmana, Andrea Carè, Alfredo Nigro, Franco Vassallo, Morris Robinson, Kwangchul Youn,… read more
Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood
Aug. 7, 2016 article by Dave Read Tell your friends: Facebook Twitter The Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma, used the Koussevitsky Music Shed at Tanglewood like a high school during their Aug. 7, 2016 performance, presenting both lessons in social studies and the senior assembly. Eighteen years since being co-founded by Yo-yo Ma at… read more
2016 Tanglewood on Parade
Aug. 2, 2016 | Article by Dave Read Tell your friends: Facebook Twitter 2016 Tanglewood on Parade gala concert included four guest conductors, Stefan Asbury, Stephane Denave, Ken-David Masur, and Giancarlo Guerrero besides Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams, who also is a composer of movie scores, including Star Wars, an excerpt of which was… read more
Chick Corea Trio at Tanglewood
Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter Lenox, MA – The Chick Corea Trio, with Christian McBride on bass and Brian Blade on drums, performed a thrilling set of hyphen-free jazz before a capacity audience in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, bringing to a close one segment of a year-long 75th birthday celebration by the NEA Jazz… read more
Andris Nelsons leads BSO and violinist Augustin Hadelich at Tanglewood
Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter Lenox, MA – Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed was full on a rainy Saturday night for the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s program of Corigliano, Sibelius, and Beethoven, conducted by music director Andris Nelsons, and featuring violinist Augustin Hadelich. Mr. Hadelich, whose recovery in his mid-teens from severe burns is as heroic… read more
August 2016 Tanglewood schedule
v Pop, rock, jazz at Tanglewood June 2016 at Tanglewood July 2016 at Tanglewood August 2016 Tanglewood schedule is highlighted by many annual favorite soloists and programs, including the ever popular picnic event, Tanglewood on Parade, John Williams’ Film Night, Yo Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, and Gil Shaham. Yo Yo Ma makes another appearance this… read more
Barrington Stage Company 2016 schedule
Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter Barrington Stage Company’s 2016 summer season schedule includes Mainstage productions of American Son, The Pirates of Penzance, Tribes, and Camping with Henry and Tom. The BSC Mainstage season runs June 17 through October 23, 2016. Plays during 2016 at BSC’s St. Germain Stage will be Presto Change-O, Kimberly Akimbo,… read more
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2016 schedule
Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2016 schedule has 22 ticketed performances on the festival’s primary stages, the Ted Shawn and Doris Duke Theatres, as well as scores of other events and free dance presentations around the rustic 163 acre campus in Becket, MA. A particularly noteworthy aspect of the… read more
