Educating Rita, at Berkshire Theatre Festival

Sept. 27, 2007 performance reviewed by Frances Benn Hall
That Willy Russell’s “Educating Rita” starring Jonathan Epstein and Tara Franklin, directed by Richard Corley, mounted on a fabulously versatile and detailed set, now again playing at the Unicorn Theatre, would be the icing on the cake on top of an outstanding summer season at the BTF, [...]

Review of Morning at Seven at Berkshire Theatre Festival

Aug. 4, 2007 performance reviewed by Frances Benn Hall.
Paul Osborn’s “Morning at Seven,” now playing at the Berkshire Theatre Festival under Vivian Matalon’s inspired direction, is probably the funniest play of the season with the audience repeatedly a-roar. And the joy is that it is not just a couple of comic characters bringing [...]

Review of Two-Headed at Berkshire Theatre Festival

July 27, 2007 performance reviewed by Frances Benn Hall
Having lived in the Berkshires for years, I have come to know that exciting and provocative plays are a staple of the Berkshire Theatre Festival’s Unicorn Theatre.
However, I went to Julie Jensen’s “Two-Headed” mainly to see again the two skilled actresses Corinna May and Diane Prusha [...]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at BTF

July 12, 2007 performance reviewed by Frances Benn Hall
Director Eric Hill’s production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest on the Berkshire Theatre Festival Stage is a contender for Best Play in a Berkshire season that has produced several gems already.

Jonathan Epstein and Linda Hamilton. Photos by Kevin Sprague.
Dale Wasserman’s play, produced on Broadway almost [...]

Love! Valour! Compassion! at Berkshire Theatre Festival

June 22, 2007 performance reviewed by Frances Benn Hall
Terrence McNally’s Love! Valour! Compassion!, which delighted (and shocked) New York theatre audiences in 1995 and won the Tony Award for Best Play of the Year, is still a bold choice for the Berkshire Theatre Festival’s opening offering - a dozen years later.

(David Adkins, [...]