Stagestruck: ?Stories? by the ?Hatful?

Stagestruck: ?Stories? by the ?Hatful?

Two shows playing this weekend share a thematic thread: the elusive nature of truth and its potential for violent upheavals in families and friendships. A Hatful of Rain, in Stockbridge, is a volcanic 1950s drama set in the aftermath of war; Collected Stories, in...
One Woman, Seven Lives

One Woman, Seven Lives

“Guess what this is that I’m drawing,” says six-year-old Velda. “It’s Jesus.” “Man Enters Amish Schoolhouse and Opens Fire,” says the CNN headline. “Some woman came up to me in the grocery and said, ‘If you...
Stagestruck: What I Liked Best

Stagestruck: What I Liked Best

The most common question I hear grownups asking kids after a children’s theater performance is, “What part did you like best?” Sometimes the answer is “All of it,” sometimes it’s a noncommittal shrug, but very often there are one or...

Between the Lines: Deval?s Capital Management

At my house, the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance has some very tough decisions to make this fall, the most vexing of which involves the two old maple trees in the front yard. It may have been an apocryphal tale, but the home inspector we hired to...

From Our Readers

Casino Opposition “Selfish” Charlotte Burns’ and other anti-casino writers’ tirades are an attack on the voice of the people of Springfield, who voted in favor of a casino in their city. These writers are not residents of Springfield. While I...