Arts: the week ahead

July 07, 2011
  • Prolific printmaker ISOLNA LMONTA: MIND, BODY & SOUL Lmonta, a printmaker, is one of Cubas most prolific artists. Her prints are influenced by the Afro-Cuban religion Santera. Figures in her work are imprinted with plants, coins, feathers, architecture, lace, and buttons. Pictured: Los novios o amores de Compay Segundo. Through Aug. 7. Galera Cubana, 460 Harrison Ave. 617-292-2822, www.lagaleriacubana.com
Prolific printmaker ISOLNA LMONTA: MIND, BODY & SOUL Lmonta, a printmaker,…

THEATER

THREE HOTELS There’s probably a bigger, better play locked within the monologue structure of Jon Robin Baitz’s drama about a married couple reckoning with the cost of the moral compromises they’ve made, but the searching performances by Steven Weber and Maura Tierney take us deep into the couple’s troubled souls. ThroughJuly 24. Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown. 413-597-3400, www.wtfestival.org

GUYS AND DOLLS Under the direction of John Rando, this exhilarating, buoyantly brassy production showcases a talented cast that knows how to make the most of Frank Loesser’s matchless score. Through July 16. Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfield. 413-236-8888, www.barringtonstageco.org

THE MEMORY OF WATER A smart and piercing, if overstuffed comedy-drama about the ripple effects of loss. Three sisters (well played by Corinna May, Kristin Wold, and Elizabeth Aspenlieder) sift through their own lives, the intricacies of their relationships to one another, and the enduring puzzle of their newly deceased mother. Through Sept. 4. Shakespeare & Company, Lenox. 413-637-3353, www.shakespeare.org

DON AUCOIN

THE MOST HAPPY FELLA An outstanding cast in an intimate production, alternately wrenching and playful, of Frank Loesser’s big-hearted musical about the unlikely love story of an aging grape farmer in Napa Valley, Calif., and his young mail-order bride, circa 1927. Through July 17. Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester. 978-281-4433, www.gloucesterstage.org

TERRY BYRNE

GOING TO ST. IVES Riveting performances by Gretchen Egolf and Myra Lucretia Taylor drive Lee Blessing’s 2005 parable about Western blindness to the tragic turmoil in post-colonial Africa. Through Saturday. Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfield. 413-236-8888, www.barringtonstageco.org

SANDY MACDONALD

WOMEN OF WILL: THE COMPLETE JOURNEY, PARTS I-V In this stunning five-part dramatic sequence, Tina Packer, along with her acting partner Nigel Gore, offers persuasive evidence that Shakespeare was always singularly concerned with women’s place in a male-dominated world. Through Sunday. Shakespeare and Company, Lenox. 413-637-3353, www.shakespeare.org

DAVID PERKINS

DANCE

ECHOES Jennifer Hardy, Josh Hilberman, Jessica Howard, and Rebecca Midler are the featured choreographers in Green Street Studios’ Emerging Artists Award Program, mentored by David Parker and Lorraine Chapman. Pieces range from the eclectic tap invention of Hilberman to Hardy’s take on the emotionally wrought gestural language of opera. July 8-9. $15-$20. Green Street Studios, Cambridge. 617-864-3191, www.gssemergingartists.blogspot.com

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