WIth a mission to showcase Berkshire talent, the region’s newest theater company, Great Barrington Public Theater (GBPT) opens its second season with a new, different kind of play from prolific writer Mark St. Germain, well-known to Berkshire audiences. (One of the Barrington Stage theaters in Pittsfield is named after him.) A versatile playwright, St. Germain, had never written anything autobiographical, but covid changed everything. Says his character played by Berkshir

Rarely do dramatic productions of regional theaters, particularly those with a seasonal focus, produce a Broadway-class production that is ready as-is to transfer to New York, but such is the case with Barrington Stage’s exemplar presentation of Joseph Doughertry’s “Chester Bailey". All the elements - a riveting narrative, beautifully composed language, stellar performances, and most sensitive scenery, lighting and sound design - combine in seamless harmony. “Chester Baile

Chester Theater Company's production of “Title and Deed’, staged under a tent at field’s edge in Hancock Shaker Village, is a master class of playwriting for Will Eno, acting for James Barry and direction for Kiera Naughton. Eno’s single character, Man, enters, appearing almost like a homeless person (which he is), carrying a beat-up travel bag, having cleared entry into an unknown country. Business or pleasure? “Neither” he says. If this sounds like the 70 minute play is s

Whether you’re an obsessed Gershwin aficionado or a casual fan of the American songbook, Barrington Stage Company’s “Who Could Ask for Anything More: The Songs of George Gershwin” is the perfect tonic to our anno horribilis. Based on a concept by BSC artistic director Julie Boyd and Darren Cohen, the musical revue smartly curates over two dozen Gershwin songs, deftly melding his most popular standards with seldom performed gems, each stylishly performed by a fine cast of