Bad News on Seating Capacity - Berkshires

I'm glad this is happening due to the uptick in cases in MA. I was there today and it was a goddamn mess. It was all very crazy, people did not where to go, tons of confusion and the actors looked less than confident. It was awful, sad, and I deeply regret going. My friend wanted to go so badly, she misses theater so much, but I told her "This ain't it" at the end.

Theater as we know and love it will hopefully open next year but not a second sooner, as it should be.

I declined a ticket to one of these productions, and as much as I'm missing live theater, I feel confident in that choice.

Barrington Stage is supposed to be presenting an indoor concert next Monday featuring 92-year-old Marilyn Maye -- I wonder what the chances of that actually happening are at this point.

Updated On: 8/14/20 at 08:43 AM

Lots of New Yorkers have summer homes in the Berkshires too, and those are often the people you find in the audiences of productions at Williamstown, BSC, BTG, etc.

The fact that there is no real regional approach to the Northeast is truly baffling. The states are the most interconnected of the entire country. I grew up in central-west Florida and leaving the state for anything but an extended trip was a rarity; in the Northeast, you regularly cross state lines, can do so quickly and easily even without a car, and can journey through several states in a few hours by train.

Updated On: 8/14/20 at 12:23 PM

Borders in the Berkshires are particularly tenuous. If you're in Williamstown, for example, you can drive 10 minutes in one direction from the center of town and be in New York state -- and drive 10 minutes in the other direction and be in Vermont.