Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare & Company’s 2009 educational tour, has begun its journey to schools and venues across New England (plus New York and New Jersey). The seven-member cast of education artists will perform the show over 70 times in over 60 communities, for over 200 schools. The cast includes Benjamin Brinton, Paul D’Agostino, Kaitlin Henderson, Alyssa Hughlett, Kelley Johnston, Sean Kazarian, and Daniel Kurtz. Check out the video preview, and mark your calendars for the Tour’s May 8 finale in Founders’ Theatre.
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Lifestyle store Homeward Bound will present the best of their new spring clothing from Chan Luu, Odd Molly, Elm & Kensie after the final performance of Bad Dates on March 8 at 2pm. The event is free to all, and includes champagne, cosmos, munchies served by Xicohtencatl plus great raffles and prizes. And don’t miss Elizabeth Aspenlieder, star of Bad Dates in her runway debut!
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Bad Dates is “A date night both funny and poignant.” (The Wall Street Journal). “…a bravura performance…vibrantly alive from the first pair of pumps Aspenlieder straps on.” (Albany Times-Union). “…a warm, inviting balm for these troubled days and chilly winter nights.” (The Berkshire Eagle). Check out the video below. Buy tickets.
The rave reviews are pouring in for Elizabeth Aspenlieder in Bad Dates. Here’s the latest, from Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal:
On paper it’s a cleverly written, overly cute one-woman romcom — and so it remained on stage when I saw Julie White perform it at Playwrights Horizons six years ago. But Elizabeth Aspenlieder, a splendid stage comedienne whose zany acting is part of what makes Shakespeare & Company the best theater troupe in the Berkshires, has miraculously contrived to turn Ms. Rebeck’s modest little show into a poignant slice of urban life that also happens to be drop-dead funny.
Read the full review. Read more reviews at the Bad Dates mini-site.
STAA president Philp Sneed (Colorado Shakespeare Festival) and Tina Packer (Shakespeare & Company). Photo: Danny Kurtz.
Shakespeare & Company this week hosted the annual conference of the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America. Comprised of over 60 Shakespearean theatres across the US, Canada and even the UK and Mexico, STAA provides a forum for artistic and managerial leadership to discuss ideas and share methods of work, resources and information.
This year’s conference was attended by over 150 artists and managers and was hosted in Shakespeare & Company’s new Production and Performing Arts Center and the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. It was a tremendous honor for Shakespeare & Company to host so many leaders in the field at our home.
WAMC (listen), Capital News 9 (watch the video) and the Berkshire Eagle all visited us during the conference. Check out their stories at their websites. Listen to the WAMC story below.
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