Shakespeare & Company actress Elizabeth Aspenlieder has won the Elliot Norton Award for “Outstanding Solo Performance” for her performance in Theresa Rebeck’s Bad Dates (directed by Adrianne Krstansky) at Shakespeare & Company and Merrimack Repertory Theatre this winter. The Elliot Norton Awards are the highest honor bestowed for theatre work in the Greater Boston area. (This year’s nominees and winners.)
“I wake up every day surprised and happy to be doing what I love doing, which is acting—but in close second is living here in the Berkshires and working with Shakespeare & Company—so I also feel incredibly lucky about where I’m doing what I love.” Aspenlieder says.
Elizabeth will be appearing as the Marquise de Merteuil in Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses this winter, directed by Tina Packer in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. Continue reading ‘Elizabeth Aspenlieder wins the Elliot Norton Award’
Boston-area friends of Shakespeare & Company will now get their chance to see Elizabeth Aspenlieder’s “bravura performance” as Haley Walker in Theresa Rebeck’s Bad Dates, playing at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre for three weeks, March 19-April 12.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre, “the best kept secret of the Merrimack Valley”, is just thirty minutes from Boston in the heart of historic downtown Lowell, MA.
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.
Capital News 9’s Vince Gallagher visited Shakespeare & Company yesterday to meet Elizabeth Aspenlieder and find out a little bit about performing Bad Dates.
Check out the story at the Capital News 9 website. (Don’t miss the video!)
Bad Dates is now open in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. Berkshirefinearts.com says, “Aspenlieder sparkles…alternately hilarious and heartbreaking…audiences will love it”. Check out her latest video blog–direct from the Bad Dates opening night party. (To check out video blog number 3, visit the Bad Dates mini-site.) Buy tickets now.
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