Annette Miller, who plays the mother-in-law Madame Aigreville in The Ladies Man (opening tonight in Founders’ Theatre), was recently interviewed by Terry Byrne of the Boston Globe. She talked about her past roles at Shakespeare & Company, stretching her comic muscles, and enjoying chaos on stage.
I do think my character in ‘The Ladies Man’ is also larger than life,” she says by phone during a rehearsal break. “I’m a bastion of morality who gets caught in some compromising positions when I’m trying to prove to my daughter that her husband is a ladies’ man.”
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The Ladies Man has been in previews all week. The 2008-2009 performance season will officially begin with this Saturday night’s opening performance! Production photos (by Kevin Sprague at Studio Two) are available below.
A true French farce about a suave doctor whose young wife and fire-breathing mother-in-law suspect of infidelity, The Ladies Man features razor-fine, saucy language and whip-smart dialogue that make this comedy zing. Written by Charles Morey from Georges Feydeau’s Tailleur Pour Dames, and directed by Shakespeare & Company’s director of education Kevin Coleman. (Check out the video interview with Kevin Coleman.)
The Ladies Man plays at Founders’ Theatre through August 31. Click here to buy tickets.
The new Production and Performing Arts Center is nearing completion! Nick Puma and architect Stephan Green led the press on a tour of the facility, highlighting the building’s features and explaining the artistic goals of the new spaces.
When will you get your chance to see the new space in person? Will you come to see The Goatwoman of Corvis County, the first show to perform in the new Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, this August? Or will you come by to enjoy the public spaces? Either way, this dream is becoming a reality…
Shakespeare & Company’s Shakespeare In the Courts program was the subject of a three-part feature in the Albany Times Union. The Shakespeare in the Courts project, created seven years ago, took place last month in Pittsfield and North Adams. The feature included a slideshow and video of the rehearsal process.
The judge believes people can play many roles in life. His proudest role, though? Co-creator of Shakespeare in the Courts, with Kevin Coleman, the educational director of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass. The two met nearly 30 years ago, when Shakespeare & Company was new in town and Coleman asked to produce a student show at Lenox High, where Perachi was then the principal.
Follow the links to each article:
Part I (The hue of resolution)
Part 2 (A method springs from the madness)
Part 3 (Be not too tame; suit action to words + audio slideshow)
The audio slideshow can be accessed from Part 3 (by clicking the “multimedia” link in the left-hand column). The accompanying video can be viewed below: Continue reading ‘In the News: Shakespeare In the Courts, Albany Times Union’
The first show of our longest-ever season begins previews this Friday. The Ladies Man, a farce adapted from the works of Georges Feydeau by Charles Morey, is directed by Kevin Coleman (Shakespeare & Company’s Director of Education).
We interviewed Kevin (and peeked in on a rehearsal) to find out what makes farces work, why they’re so funny, and what kind of hi-jinx audiences can expect from The Ladies Man. (Video features actors Jonathan Croy, Julie Webster and Annette Miller in rehearsal.)
The Ladies Man begins previews this Friday, May 23rd. Buy tickets here.
Joe and David of WAMC’s Roundtable welcomed artistic director Tina Packer and associate artistic director Michael Hammond yesterday to discuss the upcoming season: how the plays are chosen, how Tina manages it all, and where Michael Hammond gets his hair cut.
You can listen to the segment at WAMC’s website.
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The Production and Performing Arts Center construction project was profiled today by Carrie Saldo on WAMC. Managing director Nick Puma and architect Stephan Greene were interviewed for the story, which was broadcast multiple times throughout the day.Click here to listen to the story at WAMC’s website, or listen below.
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