August Play Days are here, and time to make hey nonny, nonny while the sun shines! Now’s the time to enjoy all the fun, enrichment and discovery that Shakespeare & Company offers at the height of summer. And this year we’re making a special effort to help you save every way we can.
Learn all the details right here about discounts and packages. And don’t forget about all the special events: Dennis Krausnick’s The Lear Project, The Actors Rehearse the Story of Charlotte Salomon, Riotous Youth and Young Company performances, plus Café & Croissant performances of The Ladies Man one morning each weekend.
So take a ‘Daycation’ with your family or a few friends, pack a picnic, or let us prepare one for you, and enjoy top-tier theatre at a price that will keep you grinning for the rest of the year! Choose your discount below and plan your August Play Day now. Your seat is waiting for you!
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Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal reviewed Othello, All’s Well That Ends Well, and The Ladies Man in a triad of acclaim. About Othello he said
Not all directors are alert to the comic aspect of Shakespeare’s tragedies, though, which is one of the many reasons why I was so impressed by Shakespeare & Company’s first attempt at Othello…this Othello is lean, clean, detailed but unfussy and fast on its feet.
And about The Ladies Man
Ms. Aspenlieder is one of the funniest actresses on the East Coast, and I can say no better of her performance as Mme. Suzanne Aubin, a loosely married lady with a widely roving eye…I can’t recall the last time I laughed so hard as I did at the look of glee that lit up her improbably mobile features when she warned the hapless Mr. Croy that ‘I zink my hass-boont sus-pecttts!‘
Read the full review at the Wall Street Journal online.
Shakespeare & Company is taking action to “Do But Greenly” (as Hamlet might put it) by conserving energy and reducing waste, all the while providing ways for our patrons to help out and save, as well.
Right now everyone is feeling the pinch at the gas pump and supermarket. Shakespeare & Company’s new “Do But Greenly” program can help save energy, reduce carbon footprint and fuel use, and help our staff and patrons keep green energy in their wallets this summer.
“Do But Greenly” encourages all our full-time and visiting staff and patrons to share the car ride whenever, wherever possible, to recycle at every opportunity and to cut back on waste. Thanks to our friends at Berkshire Bike and Board, we also now have a fleet of bikes on property to reduce our gas usage. And our staff is growing an organic garden on a sunny hillside next to our artist residence to help cut food costs and provide fresh vegetables to the Company kitchen.
If you have a green idea or suggestion for us to consider, leave a comment on this post!
How you can join us.
We’re also introducing a “Do But Greenly” ticketing program, so all our patrons can enjoy top-tier theatre and save money while they’re at it. We encourage everyone to call some friends, share the ride, take advantage of our “Do But Greenly” discounts and enjoy a very affordable summer with us.
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Milton Bass of the Berkshire Eagle sat for another chat with a Company member—this time Michael Toomey, who appears in The Ladies Man. Michael has worked with Shakespeare & Company since 1997 as an actor and education artist, and is a founding member of the Split Knuckle Theatre, a collaborative ensemble that has performed internationally.
Observing Michael Toomey in his role in “The Ladies Man” at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox did not prepare me for a close encounter with him off the boards. In the French farce adaptation, Toomey plays Bassinet, a bumbling idiot who lisps enough spit into the atmosphere to create a rainbow effect. His character doesn’t have even a slight conception of what is transpiring around him.
Read the entire article at Berkshires Week online.
Looking for a gift that will get you high marks on Father’s Day? How about a great gift that costs zero? For a limited time you can get two seats to The Ladies Man for the price of one, because we think everybody deserves to see this show (especially your Dad). Just mention code FD5068.
The play is based on the works of George Feydeau and uses every trick in the book to get audiences laughing hysterically beside laughing gas. And you’ll be chuckling all the way to bank. Two seats for the price of one! Mon dieu! That’s the best deal this side of the Moulin Rouge. But who deserves it more than your Dad?
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A limited number of seats are being set aside for this offer and will be sold on a first come, first served basis. This offer can expire without notification. A and B section tickets only. Offer valid only for tickets to The Ladies Man. Tickets must be purchased by June 20, 2008. Mention code FD5068.
Check out these clips from The Ladies Man, which opened last weekend in Founders’ Theatre. Click here to buy tickets now.
The Ladies Man is written by Charles Morey and directed by Kevin Coleman, with costumes by Govane Lohbauer, lighting design by Les Dickert, set design by Carl Sprague, and sound design by Michael Pfeiffer. The production stage manager is Hope Rose Kelly.
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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