Three months into Broadway’s shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Paulson, a theater reporter for The New York Times, got a call from a theater in western Massachusetts — they planned to put on “Godspell,” a well-loved and much-performed musical from 1971, in the summer.
Today, we explore how, in the face of huge complications and potentially crushing risks, a regional production attempted to bring theater back to life.
The Daily Staff
September 4, 2020
The New York Times
By: Scout Swonger (They/Them/Theirs) The grounds Berkshire Theatre Group operate on were once inhabited by the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of the Mohican Nation. The Munsee people were gradually driven from this … Read On
By: Scout Swonger On May 22nd, Berkshire Theatre Group is honored to be re-dedicating the property on Wendell Ave. formerly known as the Thadeus Clapp House in the name … Read On
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