by Chris Rohmann | Oct 22, 2013 | Stage
In 1913, composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky electrified the ballet world with The Rite of Spring, a brash, iconoclastic piece that broke all the prevailing rules, scandalized Parisian ears and set the rest of the 20th century in motion. In...
by Pete Redington | Oct 22, 2013 | Stage
Bill Maher tends to say things a bit bluntly. A few weeks ago, on his weekly HBO show Real Time, he suggested that California would lead the way to a modern, liberal American society because, with 40 million residents, the Golden State is by itself the eighth largest...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 22, 2013 | Stage
A world-premiere musical about what dolls get up to when no one’s looking. A fragmentary play about a fragmenting mind. A French farce about an insatiable liar. And a performance installation about fat. That diverse menu of productions is under the lights this...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 22, 2013 | Stage
The third annual Double Take Fringe Festival romps through a variety of underused spaces and architectural curiosities this weekend in downtown Greenfield. The eight mini-productions range from a Chekhov farce to a Tennessee Williams parody, from improvisational...
by Advocate readers | Oct 22, 2013 | News
Where’s the Outrage Against Casinos? I empathize with Tom Vannah’s article about his favorite fishing spot being off limits due to the rising population in his town (“Crowd Control,” October 1, 2013). I live in Palmer. I have to live every day...