Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

Met Opera Live in HD: Mozart’s Così fan tutte
2026-10-04 13:00 (America/New_York) | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS–
$25 / $10 ages 21 and under (plus processing fees)
ConnectorCare/WIC/EBT Card to Culture*
Met Member & Mahaiwe Bravo Circle Sale:
Friday, July 17 at noon
Mahaiwe Member Sale:
Wednesday, July 22 at noon
Public Sale:
Friday, July 24 at noon
This screening is an encore per Mahaiwe scheduling.
The Met: Live in HD season kicks off with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love, one of the composer’s most sublime creations. Phelim McDermott’s “colorful, inventive” (The New York Times) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotional—and literal—thrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley reprises his portrayal of the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the witty maid Despina.
*We accept ConnectorCare/WIC/EBT cards! Four free tickets to movies or HD broadcasts per individual. Thank you to the donors who make this possible.

Nicole Zuraitis Quartet
2026-10-03 20:30, 2026-10-03 17:30 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
TICKETS
65 General Admission (plus processing fees)
Café table seating
Member Sale:
Wednesday, May 27 at noon
Public Sale:
Thursday, May 28 at noon
Nicole Zuraitis is a two-time Grammy-winning and six-time Grammy-nominated jazz singer-songwriter, producer, pianist, arranger, New York-based bandleader and winner of the prestigious American Traditions Vocal Competition Gold Medal. With a "heart as big as her remarkable voice," (Jazz Police), Nicole has positioned herself as one of the top artists and "prolific songwriters" (Broadway World) to watch in jazz and beyond, or as she likes to call it, The Modern Songbook.
As a recording artist, Nicole has released seven albums as leader, and her sixth album, How Love Begins, co-produced with eight-time Grammy winner Christian McBride, won Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards and features all original music. She is the only person ever to have won this award who wrote and arranged the entire album herself. Her live album Live at Vic's Las Vegas, which she produced, wrote and arranged featuring Tom Scott, Keyon Harrold, Rachel Eckroth, Idan Morim, Sam Weber and Dan Pugach, was nominated for two Grammys in 2026. Nicole's latest studio album, The Devil I Knew, produced by Larry Klein, is out July 2026.

London’s National Theatre in HD: The Playboy of the Western World
2026-10-02 19:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$17 / $10 ages 21 and under (plus processing fees)
ConnectorCare/WIC/EBT Card to Culture*
At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone
Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when, on a normal day, a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father.
Instead of being shunned, the killer Christy Mahon becomes a local hero. The welcome murderer wins hearts and races as he beds himself into village life. That is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…
Caitríona McLaughlin (Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin) directs Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting story of youth and self-discovery.
Please note: This production contains graphic depictions of violence and injury, references to murder and violence, sexual references, complex family relationships and alcoholism.
*We accept ConnectorCare/WIC/EBT cards! Four free tickets to movies or HD broadcasts per individual. Thank you to the donors who make this possible.

Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Mozart's Così fan tutte
2026-10-01 17:30 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
JOIN
FREE
Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.
Use the following link at the date and time of the lecture to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88641101777
Composer and librettist Scott Eyerly brings a fresh approach to the Mahaiwe’s Met lectures. He combines his experience as a teacher at The Juilliard School with a wide range of creative accomplishments – from his comic opera My Life Online, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe, to his musical comedy Pooch, produced in workshop at Seagle Music Festival. Eyerly’s lively talks are drawing novices and cognoscenti alike.

César Orozco & SonAhead
2026-09-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
RESERVA

FREE, Reservations required
In conjunction with Festival Latino of the Berkshires
SonAhead is the latest project of Cuban-Venezuelan pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger, violinist, and educator Cesar Orozco, who is also a 2025 Latin Grammy winner for Best Arrangement. In addition to his work on piano, arrangements, and compositions, Orozco takes center stage as the lead vocalist, marking an exciting new chapter in his career.

The name SonAhead speaks to its essence: a fusion of Cuban son—a foundational genre for what we now recognize as salsa—infused with elements of modern jazz, electronic music, and Cuban timba, a vibrant style that emerged in the 1990s which has deeply influenced Orozco since his teenage years. Listeners will find echoes of legendary timba groups like NG La Banda, El Médico de la Salsa, and Isaac Delgado woven throughout the music of SonAhead.

While stepping into the role of lead vocalist may seem novel to those who have followed Orozco’s career as a pianist over the past two decades, it’s not his first foray into this territory. During his studies at the National School of Arts (ENA) in Cuba, he formed his own band, serving as bandleader, arranger, composer, and vocalist.
Gratis; se requiere reserva
En colaboración con el Festival Latino de los Berkshires
SonAhead es el último proyecto del pianista, vocalista, compositor, arreglista, violinista y educador cubano-venezolano César Orozco, quien también es ganador del Latin Grammy 2025 al Mejor Arreglo. Además de su trabajo en piano, arreglos y composiciones, Orozco ocupa el rol protagónico de vocalista principal, marcando un nuevo y emocionante capítulo en su carrera. El nombre SonAhead habla de su esencia: una fusión de son cubano—un género fundamental de lo que hoy reconocemos como salsa—impregnada con elementos de jazz moderno, música electrónica y timba cubana, un estilo vibrante que surgió en los años 90 y que ha influido profundamente en Orozco desde su adolescencia. Los oyentes encontrarán ecos de legendarios grupos de timba como NG La Banda, El Médico de la Salsa e Isaac Delgado entretejidos en la música de SonAhead. Aunque asumir el papel de vocalista principal pueda parecer novedoso para quienes han seguido la carrera de Orozco como pianista durante las dos últimas décadas, no es su primera incursión en este terreno. Durante sus estudios en la Escuela Nacional de Artes (ENA) de Cuba, formó su propia banda, desempeñándose como director de banda, arreglista, compositor y vocalista.

Los Lonely Boys
2026-09-25 20:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$34 – $69 (plus processing fees)
Mahaiwe Member & Youth Discount Event
$34 Limited Upper Balcony
$49 Reserved
$59 Preferred
$69 Premium
For Los Lonely Boys—brothers Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza—family has always been at the heart of their music.
Hailing from San Angelo, Texas, the Garzas created their own bluesy “Texican rock & roll” sound and turned it into a global sensation. Their breakthrough came when Willie Nelson’s nephew discovered their demo; Willie soon booked them for Farm Aid and recorded with them at his studio. Their 2003 debut album, Los Lonely Boys, re-released by Epic, featured the No. 1 hit “Heaven,” which earned them a Grammy and spent 76 weeks on the Billboard Top 200, selling over two million copies.

They’ve collaborated with legends like Carlos Santana and Willie Nelson, played iconic venues, and supported global causes.
Los Lonely Boys continue to write, record, and tour with renewed passion. Their 2024 release, Resurrection (BMG), blends their signature Texican rock & roll with elements of soul and roots music, earning critical acclaim and energizing live audiences. More than two decades after their debut, they remain a vital force in music, proving their story is still unfolding.
Opening act: Lisa Morales
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Nine Days Acoustic
2026-09-19 20:00 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
TICKETS
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$35 General Admission
Café table seating
Formed on Long Island, New York, Nine Days was built on the creative partnership of John Hampson and Brian Desveaux. Combining heartfelt lyrics with catchy melodies, the band quickly rose through the ranks of the local music scene, gaining national attention with the release of The Madding Crowd. Anchored by the infectious charm of “Absolutely (Story of a Girl),” the album resonated with listeners worldwide, blending earnest storytelling with the buoyant energy of the era.

Indigo Comedy Night with Matt Goldich
2026-09-18 20:00 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
TICKETS

$35 General Admission (plus processing fees)
Café table seating
18+
With host Thomas Attila Lewis and featured support
Matt Goldich is a longtime writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers. He has also performed stand-up multiple times on Late Night and has appeared in numerous sketches on the show as well. Matt’s debut stand-up special No Questions Asked was released in 2024. His stand-up has also been featured on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, as well as his albums No Questions Asked and The Matt Goldich Guarantee, which are regularly featured on Sirius XM Radio. As a writer, Matt has also written for many other shows, including The Late Show with David Letterman, the Emmy Awards, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He has also won two Daytime Emmys and been nominated for five Primetime Emmys and five Writers Guild of America Awards. Matt has appeared on Comedy Central’s @midnight and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Berkshire Opera Festival: Lucia di Lammermoor
2026-08-28 19:30 - 22:15, 2026-08-25 19:30 - 22:15, 2026-08-22 13:00 - 15:45 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

Tickets start at $20 (plus processing fees)
Join dramaturg Cori Ellison for a free pre-show lecture on Saturday, August 22 at 12pm. (Admission included with a ticket to that performance.)
Lucia di Lammermoor reigns as the crown jewel of bel canto opera! Set amid the foggy moors and ancient castles of Scotland, Donizetti’s masterpiece tells the tragic story of Lucia, whose forbidden love for her family’s sworn enemy drives her to the brink of madness. When her brother forces her into a loveless marriage, Lucia’s heart—and mind—shatter in one of opera’s most unforgettable scenes. Renowned for its breathtaking drama and virtuosic singing, Lucia di Lammermoor remains one of the most celebrated works in the operatic canon, a timeless showcase of the full power and passion of the human voice.
Duration: 2h, 45min. (Including one intermission.)
Sung in Italian with projected English translations
Cast
Christine Lyons – Lucia
Terrence Chin-Loy – Edgardo
Dean Murphy – Enrico
Stefan Egerstrom – Raimondo
Luke Norvell – Arturo
Featuring the BOF Orchestra and Chorus
Creative Team
Brian Garman – Conductor
Jonathon Loy – Stage Director

Berkshire Opera Festival – Divinest Sense: The Madwomen of Opera
2026-08-18 16:00 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
TICKETS

FREE with reservations
Dramaturg Cori Ellison examines opera’s most famous mad scenes and the extraordinary heroines who continue to captivate audiences.

Indigo Comedy Night with Mike Lebovitz
2026-08-15 20:00 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
TICKETS

$30 General Admission (plus processing fees)
Café table seating
18+
With host Thomas Attila Lewis and featured support from Kay Goutos
Mike Lebovitz began his comedy career at the age of six with clowning classes at the local JCC. He’s been delighting crowds with his intoxicating brand of wild-eyed humor ever since. Lebo’s irreverent bar-stool philosophy careens from topic to topic like a runaway freight train with dubious couplings. Audiences have described the experience as “spontaneous,” “joyful’ and “slightly terrifying.”

Lebo cut his teeth in Chicago (not as painful as it sounds), where he was a regular at Zanies Comedy Club, The Laugh Factory and Comedy Bar Chicago. He co-founded the popular showcase, Comedians You Should Know, which he brought to New York City in 2016. It has since become the weekly go-to spot to see comedy legends and up-and-comers rock the same mic.
Internationally, Lebo has offended olfactory bulbs in Montreal as a “New Face” of the 2013 Just For Laughs, and he won The Montreux Comedy Festival competition in Switzerland. He’s been featured on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, and HBO’s The Deuce. His debut album, Two Slob Household is available on all platforms; be sure to check out his Don’t Tell Special, School vs. Sleep: The Eternal Struggle on Peacock, Amazon Prime and YouTube.

Ari Hest
2026-08-14 20:00 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
TICKETS
$35 General Admission (plus processing fees)
Café table seating
Ari Hest has crafted a unique path in music – independently building a loyal following through relentless college touring, then on to major label albums, and then reimagining listener engagement through fan-driven projects like “52” and his Patreon-powered “The Treehouse Project.”

A Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter (best folk album, 2017) who began his career two decades ago, he’s performed both in the U.S. and abroad with artists like The Indigo Girls, Martin Sexton, Judy Collins and Suzanne Vega.
Many of Ari’s songs have appeared on TV and film – The Path, The Lincoln Lawyer, Private Practice, Army Wives, and One Tree Hill to name a few.
Ari’s newest endeavor, “The Treehouse Project,” has him writing, recording and releasing a song on his Patreon every two weeks since early 2022. Based on the votes of his subscribers, he remixes the 10 favorite songs from each year and releases an album. The project is currently in its fourth year and is approaching 100 original songs.

Wizard Academy!
2026-08-09 16:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
RESERVE–
FREE with reservations
The bumbling Professor Hackensneeze (David Engel) makes a visit from the Realm of Mysteries to teach children 4 to 12 the secrets of their innermost powers. Join this loony professor of Wizardry as he leads children on a zany day-in-the-life of a ‘Wizard In Training’ (W.I.T). During “Wizard Academy!” children will have their brain, eyes and reflexes tested with fun challenges and illusions that stir up the primal forces of their imaginations with instruction on potions, wand etiquette, and levitation. Hallmarks of this riotous family-friendly show are madcap sound effects, slapstick antics, talking Trolls and a visit from his furry Sidekick Mortimer. Presto Hilarioso! Children encouraged to attend in costume. Ages 4+
David Engel is a veteran family entertainer and sailor who tours his eccentric clown-theatre acts and inspirational arts in education shows to performing arts center, festival and educational institutions nationwide.
Sponsored by Highland Street Foundation’s August Adventures 2026

Lala Tamar & Friends featuring Yacouba Sissoko
2026-08-08 20:30, 2026-08-08 17:30 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
TICKETS

$43 General Admission (plus processing fees)
Café table seating
Member Sale:
Wednesday, June 3 at noon
Public Sale:
Friday, June 5 at noon
Lala Tamar is what happens when Moroccan soul and Brazilian beats meet on the dancefloor. A singer songwriter, poet, guimbri player, dancer and world traveler, Lala Tamar stirs ancient North African rituals into fresh, feminine alchemy. She sings in Arabic, Amazigh and Portuguese making music that feels like flipping through your grandmother’s photo album while dancing in a poppy dreamscape.

Lala made history as the first artist to record a contemporary album in Haquetia and one of the first women to introduce the Guimbri to new musical worlds. She’s shared stages with North African greats like Karim Ziad, Khadija El Warzazia, and Mehdi Nassouly, and recently made her Lincoln Center debut in NYC.
With her new original album in the making, written mainly in Darija, Lala takes you on an intimate feminine Moroccan dive, an up-beat tribute to her ancestry. Lala invites you to join her world: a place of play and poetry, softness and strength, where music isn’t just heard… it’s remembered.
The ensemble explores the sounds of a caravan moving through the Sahara, shaabi grooves from Agahadir and Algiers, African strings, Arab ornamentations, music for ceremonies of healing, trances and spells of connection, poetry pulled from distant centuries. It is an unforgettable evening of friendship, love and humanity that transcend borders.
Master kora player Yacouba Sissoko devotes his musical gift to expand the awareness of West African history and culture, spread the word of peace, and empower his listeners to take charge and realize their imagined futures. His performances have a magical effect on audiences as he skillfully transforms the traditional songs and stories of his forefathers into modern day messages of peace, love, and harmony. Yacouba was born to a well-known Djeli family in Kita, Mali. For centuries, Djelis have been the musical storytellers, a position that is inherited through a family bloodline. Highly respected within their communities, they are the keepers of the factual history and the fictional fables of past rulers, nobles, social groups and families. The kora, a 21-stringed plucked instrument with a gourd resonator, is the traditional instrument accompanying their songs. At the age of 9, Yacouba started learning the kora and the oral traditions associated with it from his grandfather. By 15, he was touring the country sharing the stories passed down through his family for centuries. He attended the National Institute of the Arts in Bamako, where he immediately caught the attention of the music world there and began touring with noted artists and ensembles such as Ami Koita, Kandia Kouyate, the Raoul Fulero Ensemble, and l’Ensemble National du Mali (the orchestra that both his mother and grandmother sang with). Rooted to give back to the community, Yacouba offers cultural programs and benefit concerts all over the world. He continues to blend his virtuosity effortlessly with other musical styles, ranging from Indian ragas to Appalachian tunes. Currently, Yacouba can be seen performing regularly with Regina Carter and his own band, SIYA.

100 Years of Movies: The American President (1995)
2026-08-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS$8 / $5 ages 12 and under (plus processing fees)
ConnectorCare/WIC/SUN Bucks/EBT Card to Culture*
The American President is a political romantic comedy about President and widower Andrew Shepherd's (Michael Douglas) struggle to balance his professional, political and personal life. In the mix are his Chief of Staff (Martin Sheen), his Senior Advisor (Michael J. Fox) and a high-powered lobbyist (Annette Bening). Directed by Rob Reiner with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, the film was the inspiration for Sorkin's hit series, The West Wing. (Rated PG-13, 1h 54min.)
100 Years of Movies is back! This popular film series celebrates over a century of movies at the Mahaiwe and once again features introductions by director Deborah Reinisch. Join as we highlight the careers of beloved stars lost this past year through 9 titles also programmed with America's 250th anniversary in mind: Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Big Sleep (1946), All About Eve (1950), North by Northwest (1959), The French Connection (1971), The Godfather (1972), All the President's Men (1976), The Right Stuff (1983), and The American President (1995). For the latest schedule, visit mahaiwe.org/100years.
Want to make sure these movies are appropriate for you or your family? Review the title on Common Sense Media.
*We accept ConnectorCare/WIC/SUN Bucks/EBT cards! Four free tickets to movies or HD broadcasts per individual. Thank you to the donors who make this possible.

New York Theatre Workshop's Mind the Gap
2026-08-07 19:00 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
Workshop: Monday, August 3 through Friday August 7
RESERVE FOR PERFORMANCE
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APPLY TO WORKSHOP
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New York Theatre Workshop’s Mind the Gap returns to the Mahaiwe this summer, August 3-7. The intergenerational workshop will take place in the Indigo Room all week long, culminating in a free public performance in that space on Friday, August 7 at 7pm.
Mind the Gap is a weeklong performance workshop that brings together youth and elders to explore identity, legacy, and empathy through storytelling and theatre-making. Participants work in intergenerational pairs and as a full ensemble to develop original performance pieces based on their lived experiences. The program culminates in a final invited sharing where participants perform their collaboratively devised work.
To apply, visit mahaiwe.org/applymtg. Applications are open through July 10 at 5pm. Youth participants are supported through $250 stipends.
Mind the Gap is facilitated by New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW). NYTW Teaching Artists Noor Hamdi and Psacoya Guinn will lead this year’s workshop.
Noor Hamdi
Noor Hamdi is a New York based actor, teacher, and writer. He’s performed on Broadway (Skin of Our Teeth, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz), Off-Broadway (including Cartography, directed by Kaneza Schaal), regionally, and internationally, as well as in various short films (including Sherman, directed by Darine Hotait) and TV. Noor is always happy to popularize queer and SWANA narratives, and especially the intersection of the two, and is currently performing his solo show 2014. They’re also a clown, circus artist, polyglot, gamer, and eternal academic.
Emma Yaniger
Emma Yaniger (she/her) — Emma is a theatremaker, educator, singer, and writer. She earned her BFA in Drama (Musical Theatre & Physical Theatre) at NYU Tisch. Emma is a founding member of Soft Brain Theatre Company, a collaborative ensemble of clowns who devise original musicals and plays together. A recent addition to the NYTW team, she’s thrilled to exercise her passion for empowering others through theatre through programs like Mind the Gap.
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New York Theatre Workshop is a community of artists and audience members who believe in the transformative power of theatre. For 40 years, NYTW has cultivated a space where our common humanity is affirmed—where audiences are both challenged and delighted by the daring vision of our artists.
Mind the Gap at the Indigo Room is made possible by the Mahaiwe’s Performing Arts Education Sponsors: Adams Community Savings Bank, Beacon Bank Foundation, Berkshire Money Management, Bulkley Richardson, Golub/Price Chopper/Market 32 Foundation, Lee Bank Foundation, and NBT Bank.

2026 Gala: Anthony Roth Costanzo
2026-08-02 20:00 - 21:30 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
SHOW-ONLY TICKETS
Performance-only Tickets: $75 – $100 (plus processing fees)
For Gala dinner packages, visit mahaiwe.org/gala or contact Mahaiwe Director of Advancement Diane Wortis at diane@mahaiwe.org or 413-644-9040 x123.
Honoring Former Board Chair Margaret Deutsch
Grammy-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo began performing professionally at the age of 11 and has since appeared in opera, concert, recital, film, and on Broadway. He is the General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia, and the Artistic Director of SongStudio at Carnegie Hall. He has appeared with many of the world’s leading opera companies and orchestras including the Metropolitan Opera, Opera National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Real Madrid, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, and NDR at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, among others. He has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Versailles, Madison Square Garden, The Hollywood Bowl, Kabuki-Za Tokyo, The Guggenheim, The Park Avenue Armory, and Joe’s Pub.
Costanzo stars in the Metropolitan Opera’s recording and DVD of Akhnaten, which won him a Grammy Award, and his solo album ARC was nominated for a Grammy, as was his recording of the title role in John Corigliano’s Lord of Cries. Constanzo collaborated with cabaret legend Justin Vivian Bond on the album Only an Octave Apart. His future projects include a new solo album and a forthcoming book.
As a producer, he has created projects for The Paris Opera, The New York Philharmonic, The BBC Proms, WQXR, and St. Ann’s Warehouse, among others. Costanzo graduated with honors from Princeton University and the Manhattan School of Music. A winner of the Met Opera National Council Auditions and Operalia, Costanzo also has an Honorary Doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music, and he has been a visiting fellow at Oxford University and a distinguished visiting scholar at Harvard University.
Costanzo’s performance will include pianist Bryan Wagorn.
https://mahaiwe.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/gala2026_STD_3.mp4

An Evening with Heather Headley
2026-07-31 20:00 - 21:30 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS–
$55 – $95 (plus processing fees)
Mahaiwe Member & Youth Discount Event
Member Sale:
Wednesday, April 15 at noon
Public Sale:
Friday, April 17 at noon
$55 Limited Upper Balcony
$65 Reserved
$79 Preferred
$95 Premium
Members receive $5 off each ticket
$15 ages 30 and under (visit the Box Office or call 413-528-0100, Wed – Sat, 12-4pm)
“Heather Headley is among the top singers with a vocal that absolutely astounds with its intensity… This woman is one of the great entertainers of the day, on record and on stage” –Billboard Magazine
Tony and Grammy Award winner Heather Headley considers her multi-faceted career a blessing. She was born and spent most of her childhood on the beautiful Caribbean island of Trinidad. The family moved to the United States in the early ‘90s where Heather’s love for the arts continued.
In 1997 Heather won the role of Nala in the original Broadway cast of the Elton John and Tim Rice’s hit Tony winning musical The Lion King. While still in The Lion King, Heather was asked to audition for the title role in the writing duo’s next Broadway venture together, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida. Her portrayal of the Nubian princess, Aida, won her the praise of critics and the prestigious Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. In addition to other awards, she also received the coveted Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. That year she was listed as one of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People and Essence Magazine’s 30 Women To Watch. In 2012 Heather made a triumphant return to the stage, starring in The Bodyguard in London’s West End, where she gained the critics praise and a new fan base overseas.
Heather continued her musical success on the pop charts with her 2002 debut album on RCA Records, This Is Who I Am which featured productions by several top-flight producers. Two songs, “He Is” and the album track “I Wish I Wasn’t,” both emerged as Top 5 R&B and Dance chart hits. Heather earned numerous accolades for This Is Who I Am, including Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Heather returned in January 2006 with In My Mind, her long-awaited second solo album. The opening title tune single became Heather’s first number one hit, topping the Dance and R&B charts.
In 2009 Heather released Audience of One for which she won the Grammy Award for the Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album. In 2012 she released Only One In The World, an album that featured songs that Heather wrote as well as some of her favorite covers. To the audience’s and critics’ delight, Heather made her return to Broadway in 2016 starring in the Tony Award-winning The Color Purple, in the role of Shug Avery. In 2018, Heather had a recurring role on Chicago Med playing the formidable Gwen Garrett. In 2021 Heather won the critics’ praise for her role of the Witch in the New York City Center’s production of Into The Woods. Heather can currently be seen as a series regular on the Netflix series Sweet Magnolias.
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100 Years of Movies: The Right Stuff (1983)
2026-07-30 19:00 - 22:30 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS$8 / $5 ages 12 and under (plus processing fees)
ConnectorCare/WIC/SUN Bucks/EBT Card to Culture*
The Right Stuff is an epic American story about sending the first Americans into space. Sam Shepard stars as test pilot Chuck Yeager who broke the sound barrier, only to find himself yesterday’s news with the ascent of the camera-ready Mercury 7 astronauts. Additional cast includes Ed Harris as John Glenn and Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard. (Rated PG, 3h 13min.)
100 Years of Movies is back! This popular film series celebrates over a century of movies at the Mahaiwe and once again features introductions by director Deborah Reinisch. Join as we highlight the careers of beloved stars lost this past year through 9 titles also programmed with America’s 250th anniversary in mind: Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Big Sleep (1946), All About Eve (1950), North by Northwest (1959), The French Connection (1971), The Godfather (1972), All the President’s Men (1976), The Right Stuff (1983), and The American President (1995). For the latest schedule, visit mahaiwe.org/100years.
Want to make sure these movies are appropriate for you or your family? Review the title on Common Sense Media.
*We accept ConnectorCare/WIC/SUN Bucks/EBT cards! Four free tickets to movies or HD broadcasts per individual. Thank you to the donors who make this possible.

Half an Evening with David Rasche
2026-07-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
TICKETS

$47 General Admission (plus processing fees)
Café table seating
Member Sale:
Wednesday, June 3 at noon
Public Sale:
Friday, June 5 at noon
David Rasche, star of HBO’s Succession and ABC’s Sledge Hammer! and local resident, is pleased to bring his performance Half an Evening with David Rasche to the Indigo Room in a delightful evening of painful memories and personal insults that are tied together with a collection of original songs that he originally wrote himself and were written by him originally. Some of these songs have never before been sung in public, perhaps for good reason. Some are love songs, some comedic, some are bittersweet, some just bitter. He is not above a cheap joke, and nothing is beneath him. Songs will include the bossa nova favorite “Sand Up in My Crack,” the enchanting jazz waltz, “I Wish I Was Married to Your Wife,” the historic actor/prison/chain gang song, “Never Going to Work Again,” and not many more. The songs are musical, and short enough to accommodate the most limited attention span. Someone else will be playing the piano, so don’t worry. This show will be just long enough that exactly when you are thinking, “It’s time to go,” the last song will be finishing and your coat will be waiting for you at the door. “Thank God, David Rasche is finally doing a show,“ someone might have said, maybe. It’s a performance you will be happy to have seen.
David Rasche began his career at Chicago’s famed Second City, where he worked with John Candy, Bill Murray and others. His many TV appearances include Columbo and VEEP, and, most recently, Dying for Sex, with Michelle Williams. He has also appeared in movies, such as In the Loop, directed by Armando Iannucci, who also did VEEP, and About My Father with Robert DeNiro. He has appeared both on Broadway and off.

Branford Marsalis Quartet
2026-07-24 20:00 - 21:30 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS
$69 – $99 (plus processing fees)
Mahaiwe Member & Youth Discount Event
$69 Reserved
$79 Preferred
$99 Premium
Members receive $5 off each ticket
$15 ages 30 and under (visit the Box Office or call 413-528-0100, Wed – Sat, 12-4pm)
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award winner, and Tony and Emmy Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics. After receiving Grammy nominations on its last two albums, Upward Spiral and The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, the Quartet made its Blue Note Records debut with the release of Belonging, a full album interpretation of Keith Jarrett's 1974 ECM album of the same name. The New York Times commented "Marsalis has tackled imposing jazz masterworks before…but at its best, his 'Belonging' goes deeper…it's a performance that both honors and amplifies." John Zeugner captured the impact of the Quartet in a review of a live performance, calling it "casually confident, professional, cerebral, and supercharged with energy. The Branford Marsalis Quartet…was all of those adjectives and more."

100 Years of Movies: All the President's Men (1976)
2026-07-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$8 (plus processing fees)
ConnectorCare/WIC/SUN Bucks/EBT Card to Culture*
All the President’s Men (1976) is a political thriller about the Watergate scandal. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman play the Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who broke the story. The film is directed by Alan J. Pakula with an Oscar-winning screenplay by William Goldman. (PG, 2h 18min.)
100 Years of Movies is back! This popular film series celebrates over a century of movies at the Mahaiwe and once again features introductions by director Deborah Reinisch. Join as we highlight the careers of beloved stars lost this past year through 9 titles also programmed with America’s 250th anniversary in mind: Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Big Sleep (1946), All About Eve (1950), North by Northwest (1959), The French Connection (1971), The Godfather (1972), All the President’s Men (1976), The Right Stuff (1983), and The American President (1995). For the latest schedule, visit mahaiwe.org/100years.
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*We accept ConnectorCare/WIC/SUN Bucks/EBT cards! Four free tickets to movies or HD broadcasts per individual. Thank you to the donors who make this possible.

Berkshire Opera Festival: Behind the Curtain
2026-07-22 16:00 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
TICKETS

FREE with reservations
Row seating
Please join Berkshire Opera Festival for a presentation and discussion of BOF’s upcoming mainstage production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. This free public preview event will be led by BOF Co-founders, Artistic Director Brian Garman and Director of Production Jonathon Loy, as they pull back the curtain on the history, story, and magic of this iconic opera. This is a perfect introduction for opera aficionados or newbies!

The W.E.B. Du Bois Center at UMass Amherst & The Du Bois Freedom Center Present - The Immortal Child: A Concert and Reading Celebrating the Friendship of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and W.E.B. Du Bois
2026-07-21 19:00 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
RESERVE

FREE with reservations
The W. E. B. Du Bois Center at UMass Amherst and The Du Bois Freedom Center Present a special evening celebrating the lives, works, and friendship of American scholar-activist W. E. B. Du Bois and the British composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The two first met in 1900 at the first Pan-African Conference in London and shared a bond centered on the celebration of Black history, culture, and identity. They forged a firm friendship which lasted until Coleridge-Taylor’s untimely death in 1912. The event will begin with a group reading of ‘The Immortal Child’ from W. E. B. Du Bois’, Darkwater (1920), which he penned in memory and tribute to his late friend.
This reading will be followed by a performance of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp Minor, which displays both his virtuosity as a performer and his adoption of musical motifs and ideas from the African Diaspora. Our evening will conclude with an opportunity for audience members to engage in questions and conversation with the musicians and representatives from both the W. E. B. Du Bois Center at UMass Amherst and the Du Bois Freedom Center.
MUSIC PERFORMANCE:
Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10 / Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1895)
I. Allegro energico
II. Larghetto affettuoso
III. Scherzo. Allegro leggiero
IV. Finale. Allegro agitato
MUSICIANS:
Hannah Berube – Clarinet
Hannah Collins – Cello
Clara Lyon – Violin
Hyobi Sim – Violin
Elijah Wilson – Violin
Featured musicians come with experience from the Lydian String Quartet, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, New England Repertory Orchestra, and A Far Cry.
W.E. B. Du Bois (1868 – 1963) Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts three years after the end of the American Civil War, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois rose to prominence initially as a scholar and then as an international leader in the fight for social justice and racial equality. Du Bois gained his undergraduate degree from Fisk University before becoming the first Black man to gain a PhD from Harvard University.
His early work in the emerging science of sociology helped establish this discipline in American academia and brought Du Bois to Atlanta University in the 1890s. It was here, however, that Du Bois once again encountered the violent racism of the American South which brought the realization that scholarship alone would not be enough – he must become a public intellectual leader as well. In 1903 Du Bois published the sensational volume of essays, The Souls of Black Folk, which remains a classic of American literary depictions of Black life in America. He helped found the Niagara movement in 1905 and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. He was the editor of the NAACP’s mouthpiece, The Crisis, for almost a quarter of a century.
Du Bois travelled the world advocating for the rights of the oppressed everywhere. He helped convene the Pan-African Congresses following the First World War and he was active in the struggle for peace during the Cold War. He died in 1963 in Accra, capital of the newly-independent Ghana. Throughout his long life, Du Bois never stopped producing writing and scholarship that continues to inform and inspire in equal measure long after his passing. The University of Massachusetts Amherst are proud to be the custodians of Du Bois’s archival papers which reside in the Robert S. Cox Special Collections & University Archives Research Center.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) Born in Holborn, Central London, in 1875 to an English mother and a father who originally came from Sierra Leone, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor rose to fame as a composer in his early twenties. One of his most notable pieces from his early career was Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast, which he debuted in 1898. His influences were many, but included traditional African music and Coleridge-Taylor took great pride in his own African heritage. In 1900 he participated in the First Pan-African Conference, held in London, as the youngest delegate. It was here that he met, and formed a friendship with, W. E. B. Du Bois.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor wrote the Clarinet Quintet in response to a remark by his composition professor that it would be impossible to write a piece for the instrumentation that was not influenced by Johannes Brahms’ monumental Clarinet Quintet. In 1895 while still a student at the Royal Academy of Music, Coleridge-Taylor rose to the challenge, creating a work using a highly skilled and daring treatment of the instrumentation that drew upon his own rich musical heritage. The first documented 17 performances of Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet in the United States occurred in 1906 on his second US tour. Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed the work on a program alongside selections from his Op. 57 Sorrow Songs and Op. 59 Twenty-four Negro Melodies. Coleridge-Taylor accompanied the great Black American composer and baritone Harry Burleigh, who had famously succeeded in bringing spirituals to the American classical music stage. Notably, Coleridge-Taylor donated proceeds from this performance to Atlanta University, where W. E. B. Du Bois was teaching.

Tanglewood, Mahaiwe & DOC NYC present: All the Music in the World – World Premiere / Talkback with Emanuel Ax & Joseph Levy
2026-07-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS
$20
Tanglewood, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, and DOC NYC proudly present the co-world premiere of All the Music in the World, a revealing look at one of the world’s greatest pianists—Emanuel Ax, a celebrated virtuoso still contending with stage fright—as he embarks on his 50th year of performing, while wrestling with the idea of stepping away from the spotlight. This film is a portrait of an artist who has spent five decades at the pinnacle of classical music, offering an intimate look at the life of a virtuoso. Helping to tell that story are Ax’s longtime friends and collaborators, including Yo-Yo Ma, John Williams, Itzhak Perlman, Leonidas Kavakos, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Andris Nelsons, Alisa Weilerstein, and Rafael Payare. The feature-length (83 minutes) documentary film is directed by Joseph Levy and a talkback with Mr. Ax and Mr. Levy will follow the screening.

Tom Papa: Grateful Bread Tour
2026-07-18 19:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$40 – $89 (plus processing fees)
Mahaiwe Member & Youth Discount Event
$40 Limited Upper Balcony
$49 Reserved
$69 Preferred
$89 Premium
Members receive $5 off each ticket
$15 ages 30 and under (visit the Box Office or call 413-528-0100, Wed – Sat, 12-4pm)
With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country, finding success as an actor, host, and author, in film, TV, radio and podcasts as well as on the live stage.
The comedian has had 5 highly rated stand-up specials over the years, and he has recently released his 6th stand-up special, Tom Papa: Home Free as a Netflix Original on October 29, 2024. Papa holds nothing back in his third Netflix special as his kids are finally out of the house and it’s just him, his wife, and a bunch of animals ready to return to their glory days. Tom has seen a lot over the years from close calls with a pachinko ball to late night 7-Eleven runs and he’s sharing all his thoughts as he parties on into the next stage of life. His other critically acclaimed specials include What A Day!, Tom Papa: You’re Doing Great!, Human Mule, Freaked Out, and Tom Papa Live in New York City, two of which were directed by Rob Zombie.
On June 6, 2023, Tom released his highly anticipated third book, We’re All In This Together… So Make Some Room. The book compiles comedic essays that aim to unite us through our stupidity. Every mistake has already been made, and this should bring us great comfort as we join together in our fight for survival, or at least in our attempt to get through the day. Whether we like it or not, we’re all in this together.
In 2020, Tom released his second book, You’re Doing Great! – And Other Reasons To Stay Alive, which was the follow-up to Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas both released by St. Martin’s Press, making “Summer Must Read” lists from Parade Magazine to The New York Post. Tom is also a contributing writer to The New Yorker magazine.
Tom’s highly rated podcast, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa, features Tom and his guest eating, drinking, and celebrating the true meaning of breaking bread with insightful, revealing, and always funny conversations. He also hosts the popular daily Netflix radio show, What A Joke With Papa And Fortune, on Sirius XM Channel 93 and the monthly show, Come To Papa Live, on Channel 94.
Tom has starred in many fan-favorite films including Paper Spiders where he starred opposite Lili Taylor, The Informant! opposite Matt Damon, Analyze That opposite Robert De Niro, and The Haunted World of El Superbeasto opposite Paul Giamatti, where Tom voiced the title character. He can also be seen alongside Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in the HBO film, Behind the Candelabra, which was directed by Steven Soderbergh and won 11 Emmys.
On TV, Tom hosted the NBC series, The Marriage Ref, which ran for two seasons and had a recurring role opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus on the CBS series, The New Adventures of Old Christine.
Opening Act: Steven Rogers
