WELCOME TO ONE MAN'S VIEWS ON THE BERKSHIRE REGIONAL THEATRE SCENE
BERKSHIRE BRIGHT FOCUS.com
Reviewing theatre in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
and theaters within driving distance in New York State (including New York City ),
Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts
YEAR ROUND
Our seasons begin Oct 1 and end September 30
Scroll down to region sections for new reviews
and
see at bottom of page: CD/Music reviews
For reviews for 2018-2019 see blue pages below;
For older reviews go to Archives
2021 SEASON
This is going to be a terrific season: Live Theater is BACK!!
Starting this week (June 3) there will be new reviews every few days. Please check back to see what is available and what is worthwhile. Every state in our region (Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Vermont) is going to be presenting
new work and new works.
It promises to be very exciting.
Keep tuned to this site.
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE?
Click on the links in each region (the most recent at the top) below;
then make up your own mind about what to see.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY/REGION THEATRES
including:
Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire Opera Festival, Berkshire Playwrights Lab, Berkshire Theatre Group, Chester Theatre, Cranwell, Emergent Ensemble, GhostLit Theatre, Great Barrington Public Theatre, Northampton Academy of Music, Pauline Productions, Shakespeare and Company, St. James Place, The Stables at Edith Wharton's The Mount, Studio One, The Town Players, WAM Theatre, Whitney Center for the Arts-Pittsfield, Williamstown Theatre Festival
Oct 1 2019 - Sep 30, 2021
The Christoper Boy's Communion
Becoming Othello:A Black Girl's Journey
The Importance of Being Earnest
Who Could Ask For Anything More?
Chonburi International Hotel & Butterfly Club
The Hills Are Alive with Rodgers & Hammerstein
10x10 New Play Festival - 2020
VERMONT AND CONNECTICUT THEATRES
Including:
Bennington Community Theatre, Dorset Theatre Festival, Goodspeed Musicals, Hartford Stage, Living Room Theatre, Northern Stage, Oldcastle Theatre, Sharon Playhouse, Weston Playhouse
Oct 1, 2019 - Sept 30, 2021
Ambassador of Love: Celebrating Pearl Bailey
You Have the Right to Remain Dead
Water, Water, Everywhere
Billy Elliot
NEW YORK STATE
THEATRES
including:
The Actors' Ensemble, Albany Civic Theatre, Ancram Opera House, Bridge Street Theatre, Broadway and Off- Broadway, Capital Rep, Copake Theatre Company, Hubbard Hall, MacHaydn Theatre, Proctors Schenectady, PS21, Sand Lake Center for the Arts, Schenectady Civic Players, Theater Barn, Theater at the Grange, Walking the Dog
Oct 1, 2019 - Sept 30. 2021
Exiled: The Evolution of Kurt Weill
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised)E
Ethel Waters: His Eye is On the Sparrow
The Irish...And How They Got That Way
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Stupid F*%cking Bird
Your Best One
Once On This Island
The Band's Visit
The Snow Queen
Live from WVL Radio Theatre: It's a Wonderful Life
The Inheritance
Pinocchio: All Strung Out
Spamilton, An American Parody
The Subject Was Roses
The Cemetery Club
Sweeney Todd
Current Archives: 2018-2019
Berkshire County + Massachusetts
Vermont and Connecticut