In Berkshires

Wednesday February 1, 2012 When the curtain comes down on Moliere’s "The Learned Ladies" on March 25, Tina Packer will start packing up to head to Boston to direct a play for Shakespeare & Company alumnus Allyn Burrows, the artistic director of the Actors Shakespeare Project.   Full Story

Photo by Kevin Sprague

Wednesday February 1, 2012 As the author of several books, the director of nearly every play in the Shakespeare canon, the founding artistic director of Lenox’s Shakespeare & Company and the writer of an ambitious five-part series of plays celebrating all of the Bard’s heroines, Tina Packer just may be as learned as they come in theater circles.   Full Story

Olympia Dukakis will star in Shake & Co.’s production of “The Tempest” this summer. The company is going to try shorter runs in the hopes of luring more celebrities (and audience members).

Wednesday February 1, 2012 Get ‘em while they’re hot. That is the message from Shakespeare & Company, which plans to announce dates for its summer 2012 season soon and begin selling tickets on Feb.   Full Story

’Memento Mori: The Art and Commerce of Gravestones in Bennington County’ and featuring stones such as the one of the late Rev. Jedidiah Dewey, will be on display at the Bennington Museum in February.

Wednesday January 25, 2012 The Bennington Museum takes a break from visitors once a year, in January, but that doesn’t mean it stops working.   Full Story