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Berkshire Theatre Group 2016 schedule

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Berkshire Theatre Group 2016 schedule features productions on three stages in Pittsfield and Stockbridge, MA. The 2016 lineup features new and old plays, including Fiorello, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Little Shop of Horrors, The Stone Witch, Beauty and The Beast, Constellations, the American debut of The Bakelite Masterpiece, plus the Berkshire Opera Festival’s presentation of Madama Butterfly.

The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield

  • Encore! An Evening to Celebrate High School Musicals
  • directed by Travis G. Daly
  • Friday, May 13 at 7pm

  • Dr Bill Thomas’ Age of Disruption Tour
  • 2:30pm: Disrupt Dementia Interactive Multimedia Workshop
  • 7pm: Aging: Life’s Most Dangerous Game
  • Tuesday, May 17

  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • book and lyrics by Howard Ashman
  • music by Alan Menken
  • directed by Ethan Heard
  • choreography by Parker Esses
  • choreography by Michael Callahan
  • July 6 – July 23

  • Beauty and The Beast
  • music by Alan Menken
  • lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
  • book by Linda Woolverton
  • directed by Travis G. Daly
  • music direction by Mark Gionfriddo
  • choreography by Kathy Jo Grover
  • August 11 – 19

  • Berkshire Opera Festival Presents, “Madama Butterfly”
  • August 27, August 30 and September 2 at 7:30pm

Fitzpatrick Main Stage, Stockbridge

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • by Tennessee Williams
  • directed by David Auburn
  • June 22 – July 16

  • The Stone Witch
  • Judd Hirsch, in a World Premiere
  • by Shem Bitterman
  • directed by Steve Zuckerman
  • July 29 – August 20

Unicorn Stage, Stockbridge

  • Fiorello!
  • book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott
  • music by Jerry Bock
  • lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
  • directed by Bob Moss
  • choreography by Michael Callahan
  • June 15 – July 23

  • Constellations
  • by Nick Payne
  • directed by Gregg Edelman
  • with Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat
  • August 3 – 27

  • The Bakelite Masterpiece – American Premiere
  • by Kate Cayley
  • directed by Kristen van Ginhoven
  • with David Adkins and Corrina May
  • a co-production with WAM Theatre
  • Sept. 29 – Oct. 23

Berkshire Theatre Group contact info., map, directions:

  • Colonial Theatre
  • 111 South St.
  • Pittsfield, MA 01201
  • 6 East St. & 83 E. Main St.
  • Stockbridge, MA 01262
  • 413-997-4444
  • TheColonialTheatre.org

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2016 Tanglewood schedule highlights

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The 2016 Tanglewood schedule, running from June 25-September 3, is highlighted by Boston Symphony Orchestra programs featuring performances in the Koussevitsky Music Shed by Andris Nelsons, Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Yefim Bronfman, Christoph von Dohnányi, Charles Dutoit, Renée Fleming, Paul Lewis, Yo-Yo Ma, Kristine Opolais, Dawn Upshaw, and Yuja Wang. There will be Boston Pops concerts, including one with guest artist Seth MacFarlane, with Keith Lockhart conducting, and the ever popular John Williams’ Film Night. Perhaps the newest news related to Tanglewood is that concerts of Fridays and Saturdays evenings, as well as Tanglewood On Parade, will begin at 8PM, instead of 8:30!

A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood 2016

Garrison Keillor and Andra Suchy at Tanglewood, June 26, 2010
Garrison Keillor and Andra Suchy at Tanglewood, June 26, 2010
The June 25, 2016 live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion, with Garrison Keillor, is bound to be one of the most popular events in Tanglewood history, because it will mark the end of Keillor’s tenure hosting the program that he created in 1974. Chris Thile, who has been guest hosting for some time, becomes host for the 2016-17 season. Since 2000, the program has been a Tanglewood staple; as Keillor told the audience during the 2000 show, Tanlewood is where he and his wife had their second date. We’ve attended all but one of the sixteen local episodes of the show, skipping only 2007 version to catch the Bob Dylan Show at Bethel Woods. See related articles here: A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood.

2016 Ozawa Hall concert

The 2016 schedule of Ozawa Hall concerts includes performances by Jordi Savall, the Chick Corea Trio, Chanticleer, and the Emerson String Quartet. The 2016 Tanglewood season will also feature the BSO’s summer music academy, Tanglewood Music Center in orchestra, chamber music, and recital performances throughout the summer. Other Tanglewood highlights include a semi-staged performance of Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins and the U.S. premiere of George Benjamin’s Dream of the Song, part of the 2016 Festival of Contemporary Music, scheduled to run July 21-25, under the direction of Pulitzer prize-winning American composer Steven Stucky. A full schedule of Popular Artist concerts, including performances to take place on July 3 and 4, among other dates, will be announced in the New Year.

Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble opens Tanglewood schedule on June 22, 2012
Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble opens Tanglewood schedule on June 22, 2012
Also on the 2016 Tanglewood schedule are the the Tanglewood Brass Spectacular! with members of the Boston Pops Brass and Percussion sections joined by the Boston Crusaders, Phantom Regiment, Blue Coats, and Cadets on July 6; two performances by Yo Yo Ma – first with the Silk Road Ensemble on Aug. 8 and then with the BSO on Aug. 27. Another popular radio show, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, stages a program for later broadcast on Sept. 1. Here’s an article, photos, and video from last year’s Tanglewood Brass Spectacular!.

The Silk Road Ensemble, which was founded by Yo Yo Ma and others at Tanglewood, last appeared here in 2012, in a performance filmed by PBS: Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble at Tanglewood. The next in a series of classic movies screened with live orchestral accompaniment will be ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ with Orchestra on Aug. 26; John Williams’ score performed live by the Boston Pops.

Tanglewood 2016 pop, rock, jazz schedule

June 2016 at Tanglewood

July 2016 at Tanglewood

August & September 2016 at Tanglewood

Tanglewood concerts June 2016

June 17 | 7 pm Shed | Dolly Parton

June 18 | 7 pm Shed | Earth, Wind & Fire

June 19 | 2:30pm Shed | Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds

July 1 | 8 pm Shed | Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration

July 2 | 7 pm Shed | Bob Dylan and His Band, Mavis Staples

July 3 & 4 | 7 pm Shed | James Taylor with his All-Star Band

July 10 | 2:30 pm Shed | Boston Pops with very special guest Seth MacFarlane

July 31 | 8 pm Seiji Ozawa Hall | Chick Corea Trio featuring Christian McBride and Brian Blade

August 13 | 8 pm Shed | John Williams’ Film Night

August 23 | 7 pm Shed | Train with Andy Grammer

August 26 | 8 pm Shed | “Raiders of the Lost Ark” with Orchestra

August | 8 pm Shed | Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma

September 1| 8 pm Shed | Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

September 2 | 8 pm Shed | The Boston Pops with the B-52s

Tanglewood grounds map

Tanglewood grounds mapHere is a dynamic map of the Tanglewood grounds, with photos and information for such points of interest as Aaron Copland Library, Highwood Manor House, The Glass House, and The Lion’s Gate.

How to get to the Berkshires

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2016 Tanglewood tickets

Tickets for the 2016 Tanglewood season, $12-$124, go on sale January 24 starting at 10 a.m. through Tanglewood’s website, www.tanglewood.org, SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200, and at the Symphony Hall Box Office at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA. Tanglewood brochures with complete programs and information on how to order tickets will be available in early February by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org. 2016 Tanglewood schedule – PDF.

Pop, rock, jazz schedule Tanglewood 2016

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Tanglewood law audience Tony Bennett Lady Gaga concert, June 30, 2015; photo:Dave ReadThe Pop, rock, jazz schedule Tanglewood 2016, also known as the Popular Artist Series, is as noteworthy and diverse as any in the venue’s long history. This year’s lineup includes many noteworthy shows. Brian Wilson, co-founder and genius composer of the Beach Boys, among the first rock bands to play Tanglewood, returns for a perofrmance of Pet Sounds June 19. A day earlier, Earth, Wind & Fire make their 2nd appearance; jazz great Chichk Corea returns for a Juky 31 concert in Ozawa Hall along with Christian McBride and Brian Blade; the earnest troubadour Jackson Browne, who set an attendance record here in the early 70s rturns June 21. Local favorite and current attendance record-setter James Taylor plays shows July 3 & 4, and, for the 17th year in a row, Garrison Keillor will return to host a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion on June 25. Since Keillor has announced his resignation as host following this season, this promises to be an especially memorable show, if not his final Tanglewood appearance.

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June 2016 at Tanglewood

July 2016 at Tanglewood

August & September 2016 at Tanglewood

Tanglewood 2016 pop, rock, jazz schedule

June 17 | 7 pm Shed | Dolly Parton

June 18 | 7 pm Shed | Earth, Wind & Fire

June 19 | 2:30pm Shed | Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds

June 21 | 7 pm Shed | Jacksone Browne

June 24 | 8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall | Chris Botti

June 25 | 5:45 pm Shed | A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor

July 1 | 8 pm Shed | Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration

July 2 | 7 pm Shed | Bob Dylan and His Band, Mavis Staples

July 3 & 4 | 7 pm Shed | James Taylor with his All-Star Band

July 10 | 2:30 pm Shed | Boston Pops with very special guest Seth MacFarlane

July 31 | 8 pm Seiji Ozawa Hall | Chick Corea Trio featuring Christian McBride and Brian Blade

August 13 | 8 pm Shed | John Williams’ Film Night

August 23 | 7 pm Shed | Train with Andy Grammer

August 26 | 8 pm Shed | “Raiders of the Lost Ark” with Orchestra

August | 8 pm Shed | Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma

September 1| 8 pm Shed | Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

September 2 | 8 pm Shed | The Boston Pops with the B-52s

About Tanglewood: box office, tickets, getting there, nearby hotels

Tickets for the 2016 Tanglewood season, $12-$124, go on sale January 24 starting at 10 a.m. through Tanglewood’s website, www.tanglewood.org, SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200, and at the Symphony Hall Box Office at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA. Tanglewood brochures with complete programs and information on how to order tickets will be available in early February by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org. 2016 Tanglewood schedule – PDF.

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Getting around the Tanglewood campus

The Tanglewood campus, summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center comprises several hundred acres in the towns of Lenox and Stockbridge. It is the location of the Koussevitsky Music Shed and Ozawa Hall, where hundreds of thousands attend concerts and a variety of events, including picnics. We always advise new visitors to arrive early and take their daily walking exercise wandering the beautiful Tanglewood grounds.

Here is a dynamic map of the Tanglewood grounds, with photos and information for such points of interest as Aaron Copland Library, Highwood Manor House, The Glass House, and The Lion’s Gate.

June 2016 Tanglewood schedule

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June 2016 Tanglewood schedule opens with Dolly Parton and includes Earth, Wind & Fire, Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds, A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor, trumpeter Chris Botti, and a program of Bach cantatas and motets conducted by John Harbison. Please stay tuned because it woud not be unlikely for the Boston symphony Orchestra to announce more concerts for June 2016 at Tanglewood.

Pop, rock, jazz at Tanglewood

July 2016 at Tanglewood

August & September 2016 at Tanglewood

Tanglewood concerts June 2016

June 17 | 7 pm Shed | Dolly Parton

June 18 | 7 pm Shed | Earth, Wind & Fire

June 19 | 2:30pm Shed | Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds

June 21 | 7 pm Shed | Jacksone Browne

June 24 | 8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall | Chris Botti

June 25 | 5:45 pm Shed | A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor

June 27 | 8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall | Tanglewood Music Center: Bach Cantatas and Motets, John Harbison, conductor

2016 Tanglewood tickets

Tickets for the 2016 Tanglewood season, $12-$124, go on sale January 24 starting at 10 a.m. through Tanglewood’s website, www.tanglewood.org, SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200, and at the Symphony Hall Box Office at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA. Tanglewood brochures with complete programs and information on how to order tickets will be available in early February by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org. 2016 Tanglewood schedule – PDF.

How to get to the Berkshires

Follow this link for Berkshires travel information, including public transportation within Berkshire county and Amtrak and Peter Pan bus schedules.

Getting around the Tanglewood campus

The Tanglewood campus, summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center comprises several hundred acres in the towns of Lenox and Stockbridge. It is the location of the Koussevitsky Music Shed and Ozawa Hall, where hundreds of thousands attend concerts and a variety of events, including picnics. We always advise new visitors to arrive early and take their daily walking exercise wandering the beautiful Tanglewood grounds.

Here is a dynamic map of the Tanglewood grounds, with photos and information for such points of interest as Aaron Copland Library, Highwood Manor House, The Glass House, and The Lion’s Gate.

July 2016 Tanglewood schedule

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Pop, rock, jazz at Tanglewood

June 2016 at Tanglewood

August & September 2016 at Tanglewood

July 1, 2016

10am Seiji Ozawa Hall
TMC String Quartet Marathon

July 1, 2016

8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration
Warren Haynes, Boston Pops

July 2, 2016

2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
TMC String Quartet Marathon

July 3, 2016

10am Seiji Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center: Chamber Music Brass, Winds, and Percussion Extravaganza

July 3, 2016

8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
James Taylor with His All-Star Band

July 4, 2016

8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
James Taylor with His All-Star Band

July 6, 2016

7pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Tanglewood Brass Spectacular!
Members of the Boston Pops Brass and Percussion Sections
Boston Crusaders
Phantom Regiment
Blue Coats
Cadets

Following the extraordinary success of their 2015 concert, members of the Boston Pops brass and percussion sections again join forces with several of America’s leading drum-and-bugle corps for another spectacular evening.

July 7, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall, director and viola da gamba
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo

Folias, Antiguas and Criollas: From the Ancient to the New World

July 8, 2016

8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Opening Night
Jacques Lacombe conducts Ravel, Saint-Saëns and Prokofiev featuring Joshua Bell, violin

RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

July 9, 2016

2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

The BSO’s Tanglewood Family Concert provides an engaging and educational concert experience especially for children ages 3-8 and their families. Pre-concert activities begin at 12:30pm. $12, free for kids under 18

July 9, 2016

8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Nadine Sierra, soprano
Jean-Francis Monvoisin, tenor
Stephen Powell, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Children’s Chorus
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
RAVEL Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
ORFF Carmina burana

July 10, 2016

2:30pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Seth MacFarlane, soloist

Seth MacFarlane joins Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops in a swingin’ symphonic serenade of classic songs from the ’40s and ’50s. His rich baritone voice is infectious, reflecting his love of the Great American Songbook.

July 10, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Conductor to be announced
TMC Conducting Fellows

July 12, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary Season of the Emerson String Quartet

HAYDN The Complete Op. 76 Quartets (Nos. 1-6)

July 13, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Emerson String Quartet
Renée Fleming, soprano

BRAHMS Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
WELLESZ Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Op. 52, for soprano and string quartet
BERG Lyric Suite, for soprano and string quartet

July 14, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
The Knights
Alexandra Sopp, flute
Christina Courtin, vocalist

The Times, They Are A-Changin’
GREENSTEIN Flute Concerto
HAYDN Symphony No. 64, Tempora mutantor (“Times Chang’d”)
KAHANE Crane Palimpsest
HAGGART/BAUDUC “The Big Noise from Winnetka”
Cat STEVENS/P.P. ARNOLD “The First Cut is the Deepest”
The TROGGS (arr. C. JACOBSEN) “Wild Thing”
Bob DYLAN (arr. The Knights) “The Times They Are A-Changin'”

July 15, 2016

8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin

ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Symphony No. 25
Violin Concerto from Serenade in D, K.250, Haffner
Symphony No. 39

July 16, 2016

2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

Young Artists Orchestra Lawrence Loh, conductor
WAGNER Overture to Die Meistersinger
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

July 16, 2016

8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano

STRAUSS Metamorphosen
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

July 17, 2016

2:30pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)

July 17, 2016

2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

Young Artists Wind Ensemble
David J. Martins, conductor
Program to include works by COPLAND, DAHL, DUKAS, McTEE, NELSON, SALFELDER, and alumnus Jonathan NEWMAN

July 18, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
TMC Conducting Fellows
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Program to include
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

July 20, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

François Leleux, oboe
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Lynn Harrell, cello
Emanuel Ax, piano

SAINT-SAËNS Oboe Sonata in D, Op. 166
MOZART Duets from The Magic Flute, for oboe and violin
DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G minor
BRITTEN Phantasy, Op. 2, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello
MOZART Oboe Quartet in F, K.370

July 21, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

Festival of Contemporary Music, Steven Stucky, Festival Director
TMC Fellows
LUTOS?AWSKI Chain 1
SALONEN Five Images after Sappho for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
LINDBERG Marea
STUCKY Chamber Concerto (East Coast premiere)

July 22, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

Festival of Contemporary Music, Steven Stucky, Festival Director
PHIBBS String Quartet No. 1 (US premiere)
ABRAHAMSEN Schneebilder for piano quartet
CURRIER Deep-Sky Objects for soprano, string quartet, piano, electronics, and video
DENNEHY One Hundred Goodbyes (Céad Slán) for string quartet and soundtrack

July 22, 2016

8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
DVO?ÁK Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

July 23, 2016

2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

Festival of Contemporary Music, Steven Stucky, Festival Director
The Fromm Concert
The Fromm Players
OGONEK Falling Up
WHITE Learning to See
JALBERT L’Oeil écoute
CROCKETT Whistling in the Dark
LEVERING Cloches II
GEE New work for voice, violin, viola, and double bass (world premiere, TMC commission)

July 23, 2016

8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Raquel Lojendio, soprano

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
FALLA The Three-cornered Hat (complete)

July 23, 2016

10am Seiji Ozawa Hall

Festival of Contemporary Music, Steven Stucky, Festival Director
HILLBORG Brass Quintet
DEAN Sextet (Old King in Exile)
HARVEY Song Offerings
BOULEZ Dérive
DONATONI Arpège
MELTZER Variations on a Summer Day (world premiere)

July 24, 2016

2:30pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Veronika Eberle, violin

GINASTERA Variaciones concertantes?
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

July 25, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra – program TBA

July 27, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

Chanticleer

“Over the Moon” – The moon-the symbol in song, story, poetry, and legend of powerful and mysterious energy, which determines and regulates so much of life on our planet.

July 28, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

Danish String Quartet

NØRGÅRD Quartet No. 1, Quartetto breve
MENDELSSOHN Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127

July 29, 2016

8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K.595
MAHLER Symphony No. 9

July 30, 2016

2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Young Artists Orchestra and Chorus
Paul Haas, conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 6

July 30, 2016

8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin

CORIGLIANO Fantasia on an Ostinato
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

July 31, 2016

2:30pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano

ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Piano Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 1

July 31, 2016

8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Chick Corea Trio featuring Christian McBride and Brian Blade

July 2016 Tanglewood schedule exemplifies all that makes the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshires one of the world’s most popular and most impotant music venues. On the pop side of the ledger, local resident James Taylor returns with his All Star Band for another 4th of July concert 9and one the day before!), whereas the classical column lists appearances by such luminaries as Joshua Bell, Renee Fleming, Pinchas Zukerman, Emerson String Quartet, and BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons. Jazz fans welcome return engagements with Chick Corea and Christian McBride.

2016 Tanglewood tickets

Tickets for the 2016 Tanglewood season, $12-$124, go on sale January 24 starting at 10 a.m. through Tanglewood’s website, www.tanglewood.org, SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200, and at the Symphony Hall Box Office at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA. Tanglewood brochures with complete programs and information on how to order tickets will be available in early February by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org. 2016 Tanglewood schedule – PDF.

Tanglewood grounds map

Tanglewood grounds mapHere is a dynamic map of the Tanglewood grounds, with photos and information for such points of interest as Aaron Copland Library, Highwood Manor House, The Glass House, and The Lion’s Gate.

How to get to the Berkshires

Follow this link for Berkshires travel information, including public transportation within Berkshire county and Amtrak and Peter Pan bus schedules.

Williamstown Theatre Festival 2016 schedule

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April 25, 2016 Article by

2016 Williamstown Theatre Festival schedule includes highlights such as Marisa Tomei in The Rose Tattoo, June 28 – July 17; Connie Ray and Andrew Weems in the world premiere comedy Romance Novels For Dummies, July 20 – July 31. Actors appearing in Williamstown during 2016 include: Christopher Abbott, Katie Lee Hill, Lindsay Mendez, Constance Shulman, Justin Long, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Grace Gummer, Roe Hartrampf, Stephen Kunken. The cast for An American Daughter, August 3 – August 21, includes Deborah Rush, Kate Walsh, Darren Pettie, and Will Pullen.

WTF Main Stage | The Rose Tattoo | June 28 – July 17

  • The Rose Rattoo
  • By Tennessee Williams
  • Directed by Trip Cullman
  • June 28 – July 17
  • With Christopher Abbott, Katie Lee Hill, Lindsay Mendez, Darren Pettie, Portia, Will Pullen, Constance Shulman, Marisa Tomei

Trip Cullman directs Marisa Tomei in this new production of The Rose Rattoo, by Tennessee Williams, Tony Award for Best Play in 1951. After retreating in grief, widow Serafina (Tomei) revives and rejoins the world when the hot-blooded trucker Alvaro (Christopher Abbott) arrives at her doorstep. Passion, gossip, music and mystery fill the air in this steamy Gulf Coast town, where possibility and promise ignite.

WTF Main Stage | Romance Novels For Dummies | July 20 – July 31

  • Romance Novels For Dummies, World Premiere
  • By Boo Killebrew
  • Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
  • July 20 – July 31
  • With Justin Long, Connie Ray, Andrew Weems

Sisters Liz and Bernie couldn’t be more different: Liz is a good, Southern stay-at-home mom; Bernie is a flailing actress smoking and swearing her way through New York City. But when Liz is suddenly widowed, she and her young daughter move in with Bernie to start again. While Bernie challenges all of Liz’s assumptions about life, love and raising a child, Liz goes out on a series of internet dates which eclipse the grief, fear and gentility she’s known for so long. Can Liz compel her own story to end like a romance novel?

WTF Main Stage | An American Daughter | August 3 – August 21

  • An American Daughter
  • By Wendy Wasserstein
  • Directed by Evan Cabnet
  • August 3 – August 21
  • With Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Grace Gummer, Roe Hartrampf, Stephen Kunken, Darren Pettie, Will Pullen, Deborah Rush, Kate Walsh

When the President of the United States nominates Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes (Kate Walsh) to the position of Surgeon General, the excavation of her past triggers a scandal that threatens her confirmation. As partisan politics play out, Lyssa’s deep personal relationships and impressive career trajectory hang in the balance. Evan Cabnet directs Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Wendy Wasserstein’s prescient 1997 play about the cost one woman pays when she dares to have it all.

WTF Nikos Stage 2016 schedule

Featured on the Nikos Stage at Williamstown in 2016: Gregg Mozgala (Downsizing Camus), Rebecca Naomi Jones (American Idiot) and Wendell Pierce (“The Wire,” WTF’s 2008 Broke-ology) can be seen in the World Premiere Cost of Living (June 29 – July 10); Carson Elrod (Peter and the Starcatcher), Sue Jean Kim (Bachelorette), Brían F. O’Byrne (Doubt) who replaces the previously announced Michael Stuhlbarg and Laila Robins (“Homeland”) make up the cast of the World Premiere sci-fi comedy thriller The Chinese Room (July 13 – July 23); Jerry Dixon (If/Then), Jose Llana (The King and I), Katie Lee Hill, Stephen Wallem (“Nurse Jackie”) and Noah Zachary (Dear Edwina) will appear in the World Premiere musical Poster Boy (July 27 – August 7); and closing out the summer are the previously announced Tony and Emmy Award nominee Alfred Molina and Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee Jane Kaczmarek in the American Premiere of And No More Shall We Part (August 10 – August 21).

WTF Nikos Stage | Cost Of Living | June 29 – July 10

  • Cost Of Living, World Premiere
  • By Martyna Majok
  • Directed by Jo Bonney
  • June 29 – July 10
  • With Rebecca Naomi Jones, Gregg Mozgala, Wendell Pierce

Cost Of Living is about four very different people, in four very different circumstances, each trying to get by. Eddie (Wendell Pierce), an unemployed truck driver, reunites with his ex-wife Ani after she suffers a devastating accident. John (Gregg Mozgala), a brilliant and witty doctoral student, hires over-worked Jess (Rebecca Naomi Jones) as a caregiver. As their lives intersect, Majok’s play delves into the chasm between abundance and need and explores the space where bodies — abled and disabled — meet each other.

WTF Nikos Stage | The Chinese Room | July 13 – July 23

  • The Chinese Room, World Premiere
  • By Michael West
  • Directed by James Macdonald
  • July 13 – July 23
  • With Carson Elrod, Sue Jean Kim, Brían F. O’Byrne, Laila Robins

The Chinese Room is a sci-fi comedy thriller by Irish playwright Michael West. A visionary in the field of artificial intelligence, Frank (Brían F. O’Byrne) has built a humandroid to preserve his wife Lily’s (Laila Robins) memory — because she is losing hers. But when he is ousted from the company he founded, he must race to save his life’s work. As Frank scrambles to protect his property, his legacy and the technology he invented, the play examines how far we will go to preserve what we love.

WTF Nikos Stage | Poster Boy | July 27 – August 7

  • Poster Boy, World Premiere
  • Music and Lyrics by Craig Carnelia
  • Book by Joe Tracz
  • Movement by Danny Mefford
  • Directed by Stafford Arima
  • July 27 – August 7
  • With Jerry Dixon, Katie Lee Hill, Jose Llana, Stephen Wallem, Noah Zachary

Inspired by actual events surrounding the 2010 suicide of Tyler Clementi, a college student who brought national attention to cyber-bullying, Poster Boy is a new American musical. A community of gay men in an online chat room come together to discover what drove one of their own to take his life. This play lays bare the complexity of protecting our privacy, identity and humanity in the digital era.

WTF Nikos Stage | And No More Shall We Part | August 10 – August 21

  • And No More Shall We Part, American Premiere
  • By Tom Holloway
  • Directed by Anne Kauffman
  • August 10 – August 21
  • With Jane Kaczmarek, Alfred Molina

When Pam (Kaczmarek) becomes terminally ill, she and her husband Don (Molina) must face the most difficult decision yet in their long and loving marriage. With passion, fear, strength and even humor, they grapple with how, and if, to say goodbye.

Williamstown Theatre Festival tickets, Box office, nearby hotels, and directions

Single tickets for the 2016 Williamstown Theatre Festival season are now available at wtfestival.org and by phone at 413-458-3200 x 17. The WTF Box Office will open in June at which point tickets may be purchased online, by phone, or in person at the ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance Box Office at 1000 Main St (Route 2), Williamstown, MA 02167.

  • 1000 Main St. – Rt. 2
  • Williamstown, MA 01267
  • Box office – 413-597-3400
  • web: wtfestival.org

Hotels in Williamstown, MA

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