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LENOX – Stop me if you've heard this one: A woman who is lonely or stifled by personal circumstances either discovers or rediscovers life when a charming stranger awakens long-dormant passions.

“The Great Gatsby” is an inherently musical work. So much of what lingers in the mind's ear from F. Scott Fitzgerald's slender 1925 novel are the auditory sensations Fitzgerald evokes.

GLOUCESTER – When Harold Pinter's “Betrayal” premiered in 1978, much was made of the way he reshuffled the usual dramatic timeline by beginning his

Theater usually leaves the scary stuff to the movies. But “ Paranormal Activity ” is very much a work of the stage, its foundational origins

While his wife, Angie, was a minor character, Sal's callous treatment of her — and her winding journey to independence — made Angie a memorable figure in the HBO series

To be re-watching “Succession” amid the ongoing battle over Paramount's $110 billion bid to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery is to experience, once again, the sensation of life imitating art.

Texting, talking, and generally ignoring the rest of the crowd, audience members seem to have forgotten that live entertainment is a communal experience.

PITTSFIELD – By this point, the coming-of-age story is such well-traveled terrain it's exceptionally difficult to create a work within that genre that feels truly fresh.

NEW YORK — Late in the uproarious proceedings of “The Rocky Horror Show” at Studio 54, Frank-N-Furter, a cross-dressing mad scientist, offers up a lugubrious lament: “It's not easy having a good time.”

The performer recalled working with the late legend on the ‘9 to 5' musical