The 2012 schedule at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield adds an interesting array of theatre to the Berkshires cultural calendar, including plays by or based on the work of such writers as Arthur Miller and William Golding, plus the musical favorite Fiddler on the Roof. BSC’s reputation for launching important and popular new plays shoud be bolstered by the world premiere of Dr. Ruth, All The Way, which is the first product of its New Works Commission program. Also new for the Barrington Stage Company’s 2012 season is its partnership with the Berkshire Museum where the BSC Youth Theatre production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Be Our Guest! will be staged. Barrington Stage Company tickets contact information.

Update: Performances of Dr. Ruth, All The Way now June 19 through July 21.

See also: Barrington Stage Company presents American movie musicals

Barrington Stage Company location & info.

• Mainstage: 30 Union Street, Pittsfield
• St. Germain Stage: 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield<
• Box Office: 413-236-8888 – Administration: 413-499-5446
• Website: barringtonstage.org

BSC Mainstage – Fiddler on the Roof

Barrington Stage Company’s 2012 schedule features Fiddler on the Roof, the Tony award winning play based on characters and stories created by Sholom Alecheim. Fiddler on the Roof is about the milkman Tevye and his family told by way of one of the most popular scores in the American theatre, Tradition, Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Sunrise, Sunset, and Far from the Home I Love..

• Jun 13, 2012 – Jul 14, 2012 – Press opening: Sun. June 17, 5pm
• Tues/Wed: 7pm – Thurs-Sat: 8pm – Sun 5pm | Wed/Fri: 2pm (excluding 6/13 and 6/15)
• Brad Oscar as Tevye and Joanna Glushak as Golde
• Book by Joseph Stein
• Music by Jerry Bock
• Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
• Directed by Gary John LaRosa; Music direction by Darren R. Cohen

BSC Mainstage – All My Sons

How far are you willing to go for the American Dream? Set in post-World War II, Arthur Miller’s landmark drama examines the relationships between fathers and sons and the price of living the American Dream. An explosive secret threatens to tear the family apart in this powerful play about the conflict between business ethics and taking responsibility for one’s actions.

• Jul 19, 2012 – Aug 4, 2012
• Press opening, Sunday, July 22 at 5pm
• Tues/Wed 7pm; Thurs-Sat 8pm; Sun 5pm; Wed/Fri 2pm (excl 7/20)
• By Arthur Miller
• Starring Jeff McCarthy, Lizbeth Mackay
• Directed by Julianne Boyd

BSC Mainstage – See How They Run

The third Mainstage play on BSC’s 2012 schedule is the 1945 British comedy See How They Run by Philip King. The play is an English farce about a young vicar’s wife who tries to fit into a small tightly knit town.

• Aug 9, 2012 – Aug 26, 2012
• Press opening, Sunday, August 12 at 5pm
• Tues/Wed 7pm; Thurs-Sat 8pm; Sun 5pm; Wed/Fri 2pm (excl 8/10)
• By Philip King
• Directed by John Rando

BSC Mainstage – Lord of the Flies

Barrington Stage Company’s fall production will be the New England premiere of one of the 20th century’s greatest novels, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams. Lord of the Flies has been named one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by TIME Magazine and ranked #25 out of 100 on the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list.

• Oct 3, 2012 – Oct 21, 2012
• Press opening, Sunday, Sunday, October 7 at 3pm
• Wed/Thurs 7pm; Fri/Sat 8pm; Sun 3pm; Wed matinees 10/10 and 10/17 at 2pm
• By William Golding
• Adapted by Nigel Williams

BSC Stage 2 – Lungs

2012 schedule at BSC Stage 2 opens with the New England premiere of Lungs by Duncan Macmillan, directed by Aaron Posner, who returns after his success with last season’s hit production of My Name is Asher Lev. Lungs is intimate drama about chance, change and consequence and how a couple deals with sex, parenthood, and responsibilities.

• May 23, 2012 – Jun 10, 2012 – Sunday, May 27 at 3pm
• Tues-Fri 7:30pm; Sat 4pm & 8pm; Sun 3pm;Select Thurs matinees 3pm
• By Duncan Macmillan
• Directed by Aaron Posner
• New England Premiere

BSC Stage 2 – Dr. Ruth, All the Way

Dr. Ruth, All the Way is the second production on the 2012 schedule at BSC Stage 2. It is a New Works Commission by Mark St. Germain, who wrote Freud’s Last Session, which is the longest-running hit play at Barrington Stage. The play tells the story of Karola Ruth Siegel, the girl who became “Dr. Ruth,” the pioneering radio and television sex therapist, but only after escaping the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joining the Haganah in Jerusalem as a scout and sniper.

• Jun 19, 2012 – Jul 21, 2012
• Press opening, Saturday, June 30 at 8pm
• Tues-Fri 7:30pm; Sat 4 and 8pm; Sun 3pm; Select matinees Thurs at 3pm
• By Mark St. Germain
• Directed by Julianne Boyd

Starring That 70’s Show’s Debra Jo Rupp

• World Premiere

BSC Stage 2 – The North Pool

The third production on the 2012 schedule at BSC Stage 2 is the East Coast Premiere of The North Pool, by Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Rajiv Joseph. Giovanna Sardelli, who staged the world premiere of Joseph’s Animals Out of Paper, directs The North Pool. Rajiv Joseph authored last season’s hit Broadway play Bengal Tiger at the Front Gate that starred Robin Williams.

• Jul 26, 2012 – Aug 11, 2012
• Press opening, Sunday, July 29 at 3pm
• Tues-Fri 7:30pm; Sat 4pm & 8pm; Sun 3pm; Select Thurs matinees 3pm
• By Rajiv Joseph
• Directed by Giovanna Sardelli

BSC’s Musical Theatre Lab – The Black Suits

The seventh season of Barrington Stage Company’s Musical Theatre Lab features a workshop production of the garage rock band musical The Black Suits. The musical tells the story of a high school garage band on suburban Long Island trying to win The St. Anne’s Battle of the Bands.

• Aug 16, 2012 – Sep 2, 2012
• Tues-Fri 7:30pm; Sat 4pm & 8pm; Sun 3pm; Select Thurs matinees 3pm
• Music and Lyrics by Joe Iconis
• Book by Joe Iconis and Robert Maddock
• Directed by John Simpkins

BSC Youth Theatre at Berkshire Museum – Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Be Our Guest!

BSC’s Youth Theatre production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will be a collaboration with the Berkshire Museum and presented in the Museum’s theatre. Auditions for Berkshire County youth will be held in March.

• Jul 25, 2012 – Aug 12, 2012
• Wed.-Sat. at 7pm; Tues/Thurs., Sat./Sun. at 2pm
• Music by Alan Menken
• Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
• Book by Linda Woolverton
• Directed and choreographed by Christine O’Grady

Barrington Stage Company tickets contact information

Single tickets will go on sale February 15, 2012. Subscriptions for the Mainstage and Stage 2 seasons are now available. Mainstage FlexPasses start $108 and Stage 2 Passes start at just $81. Groups of 15 or more should contact Group Sales at 413 236-8888 for additional discounts. Affordable Theatre For All Continues In 2012:

• BSC is bringing back the popular “15@15” – fifteen tickets to every Mainstage performance available on a first-come, first-served basis for $15 each.
• Low-priced previews continue at $15 and $20 for the first two performances on the Mainstage and $15 on Stage 2. Additional discounted tickets will be available for $35 and $40 at Fiddler on the Roof during the first week of performances.
• $15 tickets for youth 18 and younger will be offered again for all performances except Saturday evenings.
• BSC’s new membership program, #bsc35, continues in 2012 with $15 tickets available to select dates of Mainstage and Stage 2 performances for patrons ages 18-35.
• Senior discounted tickets to all Mainstage matinee performances are $38 and $25 for all Stage 2 matinees.

Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds centers on John James Audubon and his passion for birds, which drove him to create The Birds of America, a revolutionary work of science and art. More than thirty original Havell prints from The Birds of America paired with bird specimens from the Museum’s collection comprise the centerpiece of the exhibition, on view January 21 to June 17, 2012.

The Opening Day Celebration on Saturday, January 21, includes family-friendly activities from 10 a.m. to noon: build a Bowerbird house; participate in a Brainy Bird Quiz Show; or try the Audubon Art Station and create drawings and watercolors.

Two presentations will be offered: Days of Their Lives: the Life & Art of John James & Lucy Audubon will be given at 2 p.m. by Nancy Powell, curator of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove in Audubon, Pennsylvania, and at 4 p.m., Mill Grove & Audubon: Where It All Began, will be given by Jean Bochnowski, director of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove. All Opening Day events are free with museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children, museum members & children age 3 and under enjoy free admission.

An Opening Reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. when visitors can enjoy refreshments and view the new exhibition, Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds. Open to the public; Museum admission free after 5 p.m.

Berkshire Museum tickets contact information

• 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201
• 413-443-7171
• Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;Sun. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Closed Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day
• Berkshire Museum

Berkshire Museum has scheduled Beyond the Landscape, an exhibition by Bryan Nash Gill, from January 14 through May 28, 2012. The community is invited to meet the artist at an opening reception to be held on Saturday, January 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Gill creates abstract sculptures, works on paper, and installations that are inextricably bound to the materials and inspiration he finds in nature, working and living in a rural New England setting. Massive sections of tree trunks are cut and carved; branches and leaves are re-interpreted in bronze; and the growth rings on cross-sections of trees are inked and transferred to hand-made paper. This exhibition evokes a sense of place and speaks to an appreciation for the beauty of the distinctive landscape in our region of New England.

Berkshire Museum tickets contact information

• 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201
• 413-443-7171
• Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;Sun. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Closed Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day
• Berkshire Museum

Legendary local musician David Grover will play a concert of children’s music at legendary Cambridge coffee house Passim this Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at 10:30 am, along with his band Grover’s Gang. Grover was a founding member of one of Berkshire county’s favorite bands, Shenandoah, which led to a ten year stint with Arlo Guthrie, followed by Grover’s conversion to becoming a champion for children via music and his Big Bear Band, with Terry A La Berry and Kathy Jo, which toured the country with stops at venues such as the White House and Madison Square Gardens. Grover, either solo or w/ a band, is a fixture on Berkshires schedules with gigs at the Red Lion Inn Lion’s Den in Stockbridge and summer Saturdays at the Great Barrington Bandstand.