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Jewish Historical Museum | Charlotte Salomon
3:42pm Jun 9
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1:43pm Jun 2

with tenor Peter Davenport and Bill Barclay, guitar
Cole Porter aficionado and company artist Peter Davenport sings new versions of his favorite Porter songs from the catalog of a great American icon and one of the most importa...
Host:Shakespeare & Company
Time:10:15PM Thursday, July 2nd
Location:Shakespeare & Company - Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre Bar


Shakespeare & Company’s critically-acclaimed 2006 production of Hamlet returns to Founders’ Theatre for just 22 performances this summer (through August 28)...


Tene' Carter Miller Greetings Tony and Tina! It's Tene' Carter Miller (formerlly Tene' Carter), Just wanted to say hello and I pray all is well!


Karo Saw "Hamlet" on Saturday and it was wonderful. Can't wait to come back for Othello this week.


Shakespeare & Company It's a beautiful day for a show at the Rose Footprint Theatre! "Toad of Toad Hall" Part A at 12:30, Part B at 5:30. Not to mention "Hamlet" opening night in Founders'! Join us for great theatre and great Berkshires weather!


Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer (now on stage as Gertrude in Hamlet) is the subject of a profile that aired today on WBUR (Boston’s NPR station). Andrea Shea speaks with Tina about her roots in England, her intentions for starting Shakespeare & Company and her future plans...


A Celebration of Harold Pinter
A series of scenes and reflections on the work of Harold Pinter and his impact on modern theatre. Presided over by Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer and "Pinter's Mirror"...
Host:Shakespeare & Company
Time:5:30PM Sunday, June 28th
Location:Shakespeare & Company - Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre Studio 3


Shakespeare & Company "Hamlet" opens Saturday—our smash hit is back in Founders' for just a couple dozen performances all summer, so get your tickets now. Sunday: "Looking Into Pinter's Mirror", a celebration of the playwright and his impact on theatre. Join us!


WAMC’s Clarence Fanto speaks with Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer, Artistic Director Tony Simotes, and Company member (and actress in Golda’s Balcony, now on stage) Annette Miller about Othello, Golda’s Balcony, Pinter’s Mirror and much more in this interview that aired Monday...


Annette Miller is back on stage as Golda Meir in William Gibson’s Golda’s Balcony, playing just two more weeks in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. Her performance has been praised as “involving and enlightening” by Variety and “amazing” by the Boston Globe...


Shakespeare & Company is in the thick of it..."Toad of Toad Hall" opens tomorrow (rain or shine!), "Golda's Balcony" and "Pinter's Mirror" (with rave reviews!) continue in the Bernstein. Three shows at once is one thing—but we can't wait for seven!


The reviews are in for Pinter’s Mirror, three one-act plays by the master playwright Harold Pinter—”A Slight Ache”, “Family Voices” and “Victoria Station”...


Shakespeare & Company is gearing up for the final Diva Series entry: "Golda's Balcony" with Annette Miller—opening tomorrow!


Pinter’s Mirror, three short one-acts by the late playwright Harold Pinter, begins previews this afternoon before opening Saturday night...


Charlotte Salomon, oil 1940. Collection Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam © Charlotte Salomon Foundation Charlotte Salomon’s massive work Leben? Oder Theater? (Life? Or Theatre?) is being displayed in the collection of the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam...


Shakespeare & Company Check out Charlotte Salomon's work, including "Life? Or Theatre?" at the Jewish Historical Museum's website. Then check out "The Actors Rehearse the Story of Charlotte Salomon" to see what happened when Penny Kreitzer put the work on stage.
Source: www.jhm.nl
Charlotte Salomon was raised in a cultured German-Jewish environment. In January 1939, following Kristallnacht on 9 November 1938, she fled Berlin. She travelled to her grandparents in the South of France, who had left Nazi Germany back in 1933. ...


Shakespeare & Company wants everyone to see Penny Kreitzer in "The Actors Rehearse the Story of Charlotte Salomon" before it's too late.


The Actors Rehearse the Story of Charlotte Salomon is now playing in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. It features Penny Kreitzer in a myriad of roles in a true-to-life story about family, the artistic journey and the strength of the human voice...


Penny Kreitzer plays 14 characters in The Actors Rehearse the Story of Charlotte Salomon, playing through June 7. Check out the photos below, and head over to the Elayne P. Bernstein to catch the second installment in the Diva Series...


Shakespeare & Company
has a big weekend: closing performances of "Romeo and Juliet" (read the reviews: http://www.shakespeare.org/blog/2009/06/ romeo-and-juliet-is-nimble-high-spirited /, plus "The Actors Rehearse the Story of Charlotte Salomon".


Romeo and Juliet, which plays just one more weekend in the Bernstein Theatre, has received several excellent notices. Directed by Jonathan Croy, the production is a fresh and vibrant take on Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy, fresh from a sold-out New England Tour. Get tickets now...


Shakespeare & Company Friday Night Fall Festival Reunion: $10 tickets to "Romeo and Juliet" at 8:30 THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 5. Fall Festival students, one and all; cheer on your directors, meet up with your friends, make some new ones! Use code FFSRJ09 at Shakespeare.org or call 413-637-3353 for tickets!
Source: www.ovationtix.com


Shakespeare & Company is happy that there's one more performance of "Shirley Valentine" this September. This week's opening: "The Actors Rehearse the Story of Charlotte Salomon"!


This spring, the Shakespeare in the Courts program was expanded to three branches covering all of Berkshire County—North Adams, Pittsfield and Great Barrington. The last of these to perform, the Pittsfield group, presents their work this Thursday at Founders’ Theatre...













Shakespeare & Company Today: our 8th Annual Reading of the Declaration of Independence! Free for all at 3pm—followed by a traditional 4th of July barbecue at Founders'.