Review of The Flight of the Earls, Albany Symphony at The Colonial Theatre

September 29, 2007 performance reviewed by Dave Conlin Read.
The Albany Symphony Orchestra traveled to The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield for a program that included the world premiere of The Flight of the Earls, a concerto for Bagpipe and Orchestra. Robinson McClellan, the composer, introduced the piece as an interpretation of a watershed event in the [...]

Review of James Taylor’s One Man Band at the Colonial Theatre

July 19, 2007 concert reviewed by Dave Conlin Read
What’s in a name? Hints, contradictions, teases…
James Taylor’s “One Man Band” Show is but a handy approximation, while Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre is so opulent “Imperial” would be a fitting moniker. Now, the two will forever be linked because Taylor rented the Colonial and brought in [...]

Christine Lavin and Kate Taylor, Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield

June 23, 2007 performance review by Dave Conlin Read.

Christine Lavin flipping in!

We went to a folk music concert at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, and a circus broke out! Christine Lavin, whose feeling about the label “folk singer” is evident in the name of her latest CD “folkZinger,” can be called the anti-folk-singer because so [...]