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Williamstown Theatre Festival

Broken English

by Ralph Hammann August 16, 2012

In what is easily the most fascinating premise of many a theater season, Katori Hall brilliantly exploits a rare medical condition, Foreign Accent Syndrome, to deliver a brittle and affecting satire of race and class ...

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Direct Emotions, Obstructed Views

by Ralph Hammann August 8, 2012

In keeping with its reputation for producing Russian plays, the WTF has dusted off a classic with the world premiere of a new translation that reveals it to be as timely as it was when ...

Williamstown Theatre Festival Main Stage

Whaddabloodclot!

by The Staff August 2, 2012

Having a stroke, whaddaya think that’s funny? Well, yes—if it causes the extremely rare Foreign Accent Syndrome, as it does in Katori Hall’s Whaddabloodclot! Making its world premiere at Williamstown Theater Festival on Aug. 8 ...

Williamstown Theatre Festival Nikos Stage

Mugs

by James Yeara July 5, 2012

The laughs come regularly at Williamstown Theatre Festival’s 2012 season-opening Main Stage production. This isn’t surprising: Oscar Wilde was a genius, and The Importance of Being Earnest is his comic masterpiece. It’s a damned funny ...

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Best of 2011: Theater

by The Staff January 5, 2012

Critic: James Yeara Best of 2011 1. Crowns Capital Repertory Theatre Crowns was the type of show that created a new community that hummed, swayed, and looked for hats all of its own. This was a show that deserved ...

The Way We Were

by Kathryn Geurin August 4, 2010

Our Town is a play about simplicity. Simple words about simple people drifting through the simple acts of their daily living. And it’s a play about significance—about the import of those simple acts, about the ...