ArtsBeat TV/Radio 7/01/22

PROGRAM NOTE: Tomorrow, 8AM on ArtsBeat TV/Radio from WCPC15 and 89.5fmWSKB. ABCD world premiere at Barrington Stage. Meet its playwright May Treuhaft-Ali. And Talya Kingston previews WAM Theatre’s MisCast. Watch! Listen! Stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nN77t1B2a4

Pioneer Valley Radio ArtsBeat 6/28/22

New ArtsBeat on Pioneer Valley Radio. Jayne Atkinson hosts WAM’s Miscast; Once at Berkshire Theatre Group, Pippin at Playhouse on Park, and arts news for WMass and No.CT. segment begins at: 7:28 https://pioneervalleyradio.podbean.com/e/brad-shepard-today-tuesday-june-28-2022/

Westfield News/MassLive ArtsBeat 6/27/22

Westfield News/MassLive ArtsBeat 6/27/22. Summer theatre full tilt. A menu of offerings at Chester Theatre, Barrington Stage, Berkshire Theatre Group, Great Barrington Public, plus Hamilton in Hartford. https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2022/06/arts-beat-chester-theatre-season-opens-with-jane-austen-remix.html

Athenaeum Spotlight 6/29/22

PROGRAM NOTE: NEW Athenaeum Spotlight WED from WCPC15 and 89.5fm/WSKB. Guy McLain talks about the current exhibit featuring art by Ruth Kjaer, including a video of the acclaimed exhibit. Watch! Listen! Stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W4GTUbgwWc

Pioneer Valley Radio Review: Ain't Mosbehavin

Now on Pioneer Valley Radio. ArtsBeat reviews Barrington’s Stage’s Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller musical. All sizzle and sass. https://pioneervalleyradio.podbean.com/e/brad-shepard-today-wednesday-june-22-2022

ArtsBeat TV/Radio 6/24/22

PROGRAM NOTE: NEW ArtsBeat TV/Radio FRI 8AM from WCPC15 and 89.5fm/WSKB. Ashley Fedigan previews the Talcott Mountain Music Festival season, and meet David Toole, Andrea Goss and Andy Taylor from “Once” at Berkshire Theatre Group. Watch! Listen! Stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOaNwOfrWb8

Pioneer Valley Radio ArtsBeat 6/21/22

New ArtsBeat on Pioneer Valley Radio. Hamilton at the Bushnell, MOSSO sings Sondheim, Pride@Prejudice at Chester and arts news for WMass and No.CT. segment begins at: 5:18 https://pioneervalleyradio.podbean.com/e/brad-shepard-today-tuesday-june-21-2022/

Westfield News/Mass Live ArtsBeat 6/21/22

Westfield News/MassLive ArtsBet 6/21/22. Pippin at Playhouse on Park, Anne of Green Gables at Goodspeed, Sondheim at MOSSO and arts news for WMass and No.CT. https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2022/06/arts-beat-award-winning-performers-join-mosso-for-sondheim-concert.html

On The Mark TV/Radio 6/22/22

PROGRAM NOTE: NEW On The Mark WED from WCPC15 and 89.5fm/WSKB. CISA’s Claire Morenon talks about locally grown food, and Peter Cowles takes us behind the scenes at Studio 120. Watch! Listen! Stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXyylAQ-AV4

Pioneer Valley Radio Review. Kiss My Aztec at Hartford Stage

New on Pioneer Valley Radio. My review of Hartford Stage’s “Kiss My Aztec”. Simply put, “I laughed my Aztec off”. segment begins at: 6:20. https://pioneervalleyradio.podbean.com/e/brad-shepard-today-wednesday-june-15-2022/ .

ArtsBeat TV/Radio 6/17/22

PROGRAM NOTE. NEW ArtsBeat TV/Radio FRI AM from WCPC15 and 89.5fm/WSKB. MOSSO celebrates Stephen Sondheim on June 23 at Symphony Hall. Meet conductor Tim Stella and Broadway’s Florence Lacey as they talk about Broadway and Sondheim. Watch! Listen! Stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlmyPXQgTCg

Pioneer Valley Radio ArtsBeat 6/14/22

New ArtsBeat on Pioneer Valley Radio. Two solo shows at Great Barrington Public Theater (one with Sharon Lawrence), Hartford Stage’s Melia Bensussen new play in Boston, an opera about Malcolm X. And Tanglewood’s open. segment begins at: 5:00 https://pioneervalleyradio.podbean.com/e/brad-shepard-today-tuesday-june-14-2022/

Westfield News/MassLive ArtsBeat 6/13/22

Westfield News/MassLive ArtsBeat 6/13/22. TheaterWorks Hartford's new season, Sharon Lawrence is Katherine Graham at Great Barrington Public Theatre, and arts news for WMass and No.CT. https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2022/06/arts-beat-symphony-musicians-will-stage-tribute-to-sondheim.html

On The Mark TV/Radio 6/15/22

PROGRAM NOTE: NEW On The Mark WED from WCPC15 and 89.5fm/WSKB. Backstage at Old Sturbridge Village with Jim Donahue, and author Hillary Johnson on “The Why”, the historic ME/CFS call to arms. Watch! Listen! Stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T6Olbt35S8

ArtsBeat TV/Radio 6/10/22

PROGRAM NOTE: New ArtsBeat FRI 8AM from WCPC15 and 89.5fm/WSKB. Julianne Boyd recaps her long tenure at Barrington Stage, and Tara Wilson Noth talks about her new play, “B.R.O.K.E.N code B.I.R.D switching”, premiering at Berkshire Theatre Group. Watch! Listen! Stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ1fqFvJDtU

ArtsBeat on Pioneer Valley Radio 6/07/22

New ArtsBeat from Pioneer Valley Radio. TheaterWorks announces its new season plus a Jacques Lamarre premiere. An Iliad at Shakespeare & Company. Steven Schoenberg performs at the 1794 Meeting House, and arts news for WMass and No.CT. segment begins at: 6:25. https://pioneervalleyradio.podbean.com/e/brad-shepard-today-tuesday-june-7-2022/

Westfield News/MassLive ArtsBeat 6/06/22

Westfield News/MassLive ArtsBeat 6/06/22. Secondo premieres at TheaterWorks. Betty and the Patch premieres at The Majestic. An iliad at Shakespeare & Company and arts news for WMass and No.CT. https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2022/06/arts-beat-half-price-tickets-return-to-berkshire-box-offices.html

Athenaeum Spotlight 6/08/22

PROGRAM NOTE: NEW Athenaeum Spotlight with Guy McLain, WED from WCPC15 and 89.5fm/WSKB. Guy McLain and Mark G. Auerbach chat with Alexandra Kennedy from the Eric Carle Museum, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Watch! Listen! Stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubAFJoWYqWE

ArtsBeat TV/Radio 6/03/22

PROGRAM NOTE: NEW ArtsBeat tomorrow 8AM from WCPC15 and 89.5fm/WSKB. Jacques Lamarre’s new play Secondo premieres at TheaterWorks this summer, and his frequent collaborator, Jeffrey Roberson, creator of Varla Jean Merman, talk about Varla’s new show at TheaterWorks. Watch!Listen! Stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEkhpjCib4o