We love The Colonial Theatre! It’s plush, intimate, and the acoustics are great.

Birchwood Inn friend and guest David Fleming has just announced the new calendar, June 2009-May 2010. And it’s hot!

Sure hits for June: The Producers; Mandy Patinkin with a passionate evening of popular song; Herman’s Hermits [Ellen is going to be singing "Henry the VIII" for days], !!!; and Girl’s Night: The Musical.

July’s program includes The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Bill Blagg III: A Night of Magic, and Gary Puckett.

August sizzles with Tom Chapin; Harry Chapin: A Grand Celebration in Song; Steven Ross: Live at the Algonquin; Andrea Marcovicci: Love Songs of WWII. Celebrate Woodstock at 40 with An Evening with Mountain.

Good stuff, Dave!

“Anyone game for a venture into the mountain air will find great pleasure in the Berkshire Theatre Festival.” New York Times

[It looks as though I'll be spending a number of times this summer sleeping on the floor of The Berkshire Theatre Festival since the program is exciting! Quinn]

The season opens June 18 with “Broadway by the Year,” the critically acclaimed cabaret series for the first time in the Berkshires. The summer season continues with “The Einstein Project,” “The Prison of Second Avenue,” “Ghosts,” “Candide” the musical), and “Sick.”

The theater season continues in the fall with “Red Remembers,” the world premiere of the life of announcer Red Barber, and ends 2009 with the annual production of “A Christmas Carol.”