Highlights from May 2012 Berkshires arts and entertainment schedules follow, including links to the cultural organizations and venues that are presenting these concerts, plays, movies, lectures, dance performances, art exhibitions.
Legend – for easy scanning:
- Stage – Live – on stage
- Music – Live in concert
- Screen – Movie or video presentation
- Art – Visual art exhibition
Barrington Stage Company May 2012 schedule
Lungs – May 23, 2012 – Jun 10, 2012 – St. Germain Stage
Barrington Stage Company presents the New England Premiere of Lungs, running May 23, 2012 – Jun 10, 2012 at St. Germain Stage (formerly Stage 2). By Duncan Macmillan, Directed by Aaron Posner, cast includes Brooke Bloom and Ryan King.
Showtimes: Tues-Fri 7:30pm; Sat 4pm & 8pm; Sun 3pm; Additional matinee Thurs., June 7 at 3pm; Please note: eve. perf. on 5/26 is at 7:30pm.
- Mainstage: 30 Union Street – St. Germain Stage: 36 Linden Street
- Box Office: 413-236-8888 – Administration: 413-499-5446
- Website: barringtonstage.org
Berkshire Museum May 2012 schedule
- Exhibition – Beyond the Landscape, sculpture by Bryan Nash Gill – through May 28, 2012
- Exhibition – Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds – through June 17, 2012
- ExhibitionCandid Birds: Photography from the Berkshire Museum Camera Club – through June 3, 2012
- Berkshire Museum Little Cinema schedule:
- May 2 – Detachment
- May 4, 5, 6, 7 – Boy
- May 6 – The Bright Stream
Berkshire Museum tickets contact information
- 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201
- 413-443-7171
- Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;Sun. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Closed Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day
- website: berkshiremuseum.org
Berkshire Theatre Festival May 2012 schedule
- No events listed
Berkshire Theatre Festival tickets contact information
- PO Box 797, Stockbridge, MA 01262
- Box Office – 413-298-5576 ext. 33
- website: BerkshireTheatre.org
Clark Art Institute May 2012 schedule
- Exhibition – Clark Remix – February 12, 2012 – January 1, 2014/li>
- May 8 – 1pm – Met Live in HD:The Met in HD Wagner’s Dream
- May 10 – 1pm – Met Live in HD:The Met in HD Das Rheingold
Encore Performance - May 15 – 1pm – Met Live in HD:The Met in HD Die Walkure
Encore Performance - May 17 – 1pm – Met Live in HD:The Met in HD Siegfried
Encore Performance - May 18 – 1pm – Met Live in HD:The Met in HD Gotterdammerung
Encore Performance - May 620 – 3pm – Victor Hill Concert
Clark Art Institute tickets contact information
- 225 South Street – Williamstown, MA 01267
- 413-458-2303
- Galleries open daily – Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- web: clarkart.edu
Colonial Theatre May 2012 schedule posted here
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- May 5 – 8pm – Colin Hay
- May 12 – 8pm – Rhythmic Circus
- May 18 – 8pm – Changes in Latitudes: Jimmy Buffet Tribute
- May 19 – 8pm – Guitar Jam IV
- May 20 – 4pm – Studio One Dancers Concer 2012
- May 22 – 7:30pm – Dark Star Orchestra
- May 26 – 8pm – Bettye LaVette
The Colonial Theatre tickets contact information
- 111 South St. – Pittsfield, Mass 01201
- 413-997-4444
- TheColonialTheatre.org
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center May 2012 schedule
- May 5 – 8pm – Comedy for the Causes
featuring Comedian Bobby Collins - May 14 & 22 – Met Opera Ring Cycle: Encore Title Series With Documentary Film
See the schedule/li> - May 7 & 11 – 8pm – Wagner’s Dream
- May 12 – 7pm – To Kill A Mockingbird
- May 18 – 8pm – This American Life, “Live in HD”
- May 19 – 6pm – CEWM – The Daedalus Quartet: Beethoven, Schubert and Berg/span>
- May 26 & 27 – 8pm – Noche Flamenca Presents Ramas de Olivo
- May 31 – June 3 – 2012 Berkshire International Film Festival
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center tickets contact information
- 14 Castle Street – Great Barrington, MA 01230
- Box Office: 413-528-0100
- Mahaiwe.org
MASS MoCA May 2012 schedule
- May 4 7 5 – MCLA Dance
- May 18 – 8pm – Oceanic Verses
- May 26 – 5:30pm – Oh, Canada – Opening
- May 26 – 9pm – Dance Party with Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene
MASS MoCA tickets contact information
- 87 Marshall St.; North Adams, MA 01247
- Fall, Winter, Spring Hours: 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. closed Tuesday
- Phone: 413.MoCA.111
- Web: massmoca.org
Shakespeare & Company May 2012 schedule
- May 4 – 7pm – Shakespeare & Young Company
- May 5 – 7pm – Macbeth
- May 6 – 4pm – Shakespeare & Young Company
- May 25 – 8:30pm – Cassandra Speaks
- May 26 – 8:30pm – Cassandra Speaks
- May 27 – 3pm – Cassandra Speaks
- May 31 – 8:30pm – Cassandra Speaks
Shakespeare & Company tickets contact information
- 70 Kemble Street
- Lenox, MA 01240
- phone: 413-637-1199
- www.shakespeare.org