6 | Summer Previews 2022
Weekend Edition | Saturday & Sunday, May 28-29, 2022
BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY
A full return to indoor stages This summer, Barrington Stage Company will have eight productions — including four world premieres, the absurdist drama “Waiting for Godot,” classic musicals and a youth theater musical featuring two teen superheroes — split evenly among its two stages, the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage and the recently reopened St. Germain Stage. Three of the shows were postponed due to COVID. “We’re really thrilled to be working with the artists we planned to work with years ago, that we’re still very close with them and this is finally the culmination of their many, many years’ efforts,” said BSC Artistic Director and Founder Julianne Boyd in an Eagle interview announcing the season, the last under her direction before she retires at the end of September. Special Events Sunday, May 29: Joshua Henry Up Close; Broadway star Joshua Henry presents an encore performance to celebrate the return of cabaret to the Blatt Center. $60. 8 p.m. St. Germain Stage.
Aug. 11-14: Celebration of Black Voices. Come and join the festivities in a celebration of local Black artists, featuring a kickoff concert with the Brownskin Band, an Adult Talent Show with cash prizes, a Community Gospel Concert and a host of
Barrington Stage Company Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, 30 Union St., Pittsfield St. Germain Stage. Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden St., Pittsfield 413-236-8888, barringtonstageco.org
other events. All events are free and open to the public at Tartell Family Outdoor Stage at the Polish Community Club, 55 Linden St., Pittsfield. Reservations are strongly recommended.
Monday, Aug. 15: Andy Karl and Orfeh: Legally Bound. Together, Orfeh and Andy Karl have had an impressively long run as one of Broadway’s best couples. The sexy, funny and enormously talented duo will be joined by musical director Steven Jamail and their band for an unforgettable evening of chart-toppers, show-stoppers and high belting. $35-$75. 8 p.m. Boyd-Quinson Stage.
Sunday, Aug. 21: Grace McLean Lives in Concert. This award-winning actor-singer-songwriter will be returning to Barrington Stage to play her acclaimed original music, accompanying herself on her very own looping machine. Grace received a 2021 Jonathan Larson Award, and her musical In the Green earned her a 2020 Richard Rodgers Award. $45. 8 p.m. St. Germain Stage. Monday, Aug. 22: An Evening
PHOTO PROVIDED BY DANIEL RADER
Debra Jo Rupp in a scene from Barrington Stage Co.’s 2021 production of “Boca.”
with the Creators of” Come From Away.” Irene Sankoff and David Hein have earned awards and much acclaim for their work worldwide and are now bringing their music to Barrington Stage, sharing new songs, cut songs and untold stories from “Come
From Away,” and songs from their favorite composers. $45. 8 p.m. St. Germain Stage.
Onstage St. Germain Stage Tickets are $25–59. Preview performance tickets for musicals are $45 and all other previews are $35.
June 2-25: “Andy Warhol in Iran,” by Brent Askari. In 1976 Andy Warhol, the portrait painter of the rich and famous, traveled to Tehran to take Polaroids of the Shah’s wife. While there, Warhol encounters a young revolutionary who throws his plans into turmoil and makes him realize there is a world beyond himself. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
July 1-23: “ABCD,” a world premiere play by May Treuhaft-Ali and directed by Daniel J. Bryant. At two very different public schools in the same city — an underserved school on the verge of shutdown, and an elite magnet program nearby — pressure to perform well on standardized tests drives students and teachers to compromise their integrity. “ABCD” is a brutal dissection of the inequities in our public school system. When the joys and challenges of learning are reduced to a multiple-choice
