“Funny Girl,” the musical about comedienne Fanny Brice which made young Barbra Streisand a star, comes to The Bushnell June 18-23. “Funny Girl,” significantly different from its movie adaptation, features a book by Isobel Lennart, revised by Harvey Fierstein, and music and lyrics by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill. Michael Mayer directs. The score features “People,” “Don’t Rain on My Parade” and “I’m the Greatest Star.” Katerina McCrimmon, seen in Hartford Stage’s “Ah Wilderness,” plays Fanny, Melissa Manchester (“Don’t Cry Out Loud” and “Midnight Blue”) plays her mom, and Stephen Mark Lucas plays Nicky Arnstein. For details: www.bushnell.org.
The 77th annual Tony Awards, honoring the best and brightest of Broadway, takes place on June 16. They’ll be broadcast live on CBS. Check local listings. For background on the nominees: www.tonyawards.com.
“The Man Who Came to Dinner,” George S. Kaufman’s and Moss Hart’s classic comedy farce about egotism, entitlement and celebrity, will be presented by the Easthampton Theater, June 20-23 at Williston Theatre, Payson Avenue, in Easthampton. Eva Husson-Stockhamer directs. Larry Picard plays “the man who came to dinner.” For details: www.easthamptontheater.com.
Tim Eriksen, Grammy-nominated fiddler and banjo player, opens the Porter Phelps Huntington Museum’s Wednesday Folk Tradition Series at the museum in Hadley, on June 12. His music ranges from the heartbreaking to the rollicking, weaving a tapestry of shape note hymns, ballads, traditional fiddle and banjo, Balkan love songs and striking originals. For details: www.pphmuseum.org.
The Bushnell and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra announced a partnership with Paciolan, a leading platform for ticketing, fundraising, and marketing technology solutions for live entertainment venues. Paciolan will now provide both organizations mobile ticketing, fundraising, marketing automation, and CRM solutions, enhancing the patron experience through a single integrated platform.
Jeremy Harris will be the inaugural creative director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Creative Collective, a new artistic leadership model that will ensure boundary-breaking and diverse programming, create new opportunities for emerging artists, and foster shared ownership of the creative vision for the festival. For details: wtfestival.org.
The Mahaiwe is celebrating the 100th anniversary of motion pictures with some special screenings of vintage movies. Film director and educator Deborah Reinisch for a century of movies at the Mahaiwe, 1914 through 2014. Deborah will introduce a classic film from each decade, each dated 10 years apart, highlighting what was going on in Hollywood, the Berkshires and the world. Screenings include the silent Charlie Chaplin film “Tillie’s Punctured Romance” (1914) and Buster Keaton comedy “The Navigator” (1924) in a double feature on June 7; Frank Capra’s “It Happened One Night” (1934) on Friday, June 21 — Clark Gable starring opposite Claudette Colbert in this early romantic comedy about a reporter’s pursuit of a runaway heiress. The Mahaiwe will screen film noir “Double Indemnity” (1944) on July 13; and Elia Kazan’s crime drama “On the Waterfront” (1954) on July 26. Remaining titles are to be announced. Also: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the swing revival band, will come to Great Barrington for a live performance on July 12.
The Bicycle Film Festival, which celebrates bicycles in all forms, lands in the Berkshires at the Stationery Factory in Dalton on June 16. BFF is designed to appeal to cyclists of all ages and interests from mountain bikers to long-distance racers and everyone in between. The festival brings local audiences a full range of documentaries, narratives, and animations by award-winning directors and emerging talents — all sharing equal billing. To view the trailer: vimeo.com/937931405. For details: www.bicyclefilmfestival.com.
“Descarga Hipnótico,” an East Coast Premiere presented by Bahué, features hypnotic works for voice and vibraphone on June 15 in Robyn Newhouse Hall of the Community Music School of Springfield. The lineup boasts new music by renowned and emerging composers Ney Rosauro, Orlando Jacinto García, Jorge Sosa, Jimena Maldonado, a unique improvisation by the Bahué duo, and the world premiere of “Tucum” by Axel Retif. For details: www.bahueduo.com/schedule.
The Hampshire Music Club has a weekly newsletter, “Good News,” with the most comprehensive classical music listings around. For details: hampmusicclub.org.
The LAVA Center in Greenfield presents a free concert with Lee Mixashawn Rozie and Nina Gross performing a combination of traditional Native vocal music and jazz fusion on June 13. For details: www.thelavacenter.org.
Mark G. Auerbach studied theater at American University and the Yale School of Drama. He has worked for arts organizations nationwide and reported on the arts for print and broadcast. Mark produces and hosts “ArtsBeat,” “Athenaeum Spotlight” and “On the Mark” for WCPC, Channel 15 in Westfield, and WSKB 89.5 FM. His “Arts Beat” column appears Mondays in The Westfield News. He’s a regular contributor to Pioneer Valley Radio and a member of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association.
