Pittsfield, MA – World class performers are on tap for International Guitar Night, the premier traveling guitar festival. They include world renowned guitarists Brian Gore, Martin Taylor, Solorazaf and Celso Machado who will be in the Berkshires for one-night-only at Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 8pm.

International Guitar Night brings together the world’s foremost acoustic guitarists to perform their latest original compositions and exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting. Sponsored by Acoustic Guitar Magazine, it is the only production of its kind to have grassroots origins. Ever since its beginning in 1995 in a converted laundromat in the California Bay Area, IGN has featured the best performing guitar composers from around the world. Since the beginning, audiences have cherished the friendly informal ambiance of the performances. Participants have relished the chance IGN affords to express reverence for one another, and to collaborate rather than compete. The unique brand of “guitar positivity” the forum provides has helped make IGN the most successful guitar showcase of its kind.

Each tour, IGN founder Brian Gore invites a new cast of guitar luminaries to join him for special evenings of solos, duets and quartets that highlight the virtuosity and diversity within the world of acoustic guitar. At the Colonial, Brian will be joined by jazz legend Martin Taylor from Scotland with his smooth chord/melody stylings; Solorazaf, a great Madagascar guitarist and singer with a unique rhythmic sense, and renowned Brazilian composer and guitarist, Celso Machado.

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This Russian pet circus offers more than pet tricks. If you’re unprepared, just expecting to see a happy-go-lucky M.C. introducing talented pets, just be aware that this story takes a deep, dark turn. And if you are scared of clowns (coulrophobia)or foreign accents (Xeniaphobia) just focus on the fuzzy cats.

Pittsfield, MA – The Popovich Comedy Pet Theater will delight audiences of all ages with amazing circus skills of extraordinarily talented and rescued pets at 2pm on Tuesday (February 19) at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Colonial Theatre. The Eleanor Sonsini Animal Shelter and the Berkshire Humane Society will be in attendance to help raise awareness about animal adoption.

Tickets to the Popovich Comedy Pet Theater are $15. Contact the Colonial Ticket Office at 111 South Street, Pittsfield by calling 413-997-4444. Tickets can also be bought online at www.berkshiretheatregroup.org. The Ticket Office is open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 10am-2pm or on any performance day from 10am until curtain.

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February 17 the Blues Brothers go from screen to stage as Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty become Jake and Elwood for an evening

Pittsfield, MA – The Official Blues Brothers Revue brings true Blues Brothers humor, music and mayhem to Berkshire Theatre Group’s Colonial Theatre on Sunday, February 17 at 7:30pm.

Tickets to the Official Blues Brothers Revue are $25-$40. Contact the Colonial Ticket Office at 111 South Street, Pittsfield by calling 413-997-4444. Tickets can also be bought online at www.berkshiretheatregroup.org. The Ticket Office is open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 10am-2pm or on any performance day from 10am until curtain.

The characters of Jake and Elwood Blues, created by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in 1978, were initially imagined as front men for a fictitious American blues and soul band. Since their film debut in 1980, the irreverent characters have resonated with people around the world and the Blues Brothers have catapulted into a cultural phenomenon and musical, comedic, and cinematic legend.

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By Larry Murray

“Power Balladz” celebrates the best music of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s with a show that is part “Wayne’s World”-like comedy, part interactive game show and part ultimate rock and roll concert. According to Backstage, this interactive concert experience is “For anyone who wants to relive a time when music was loud and the hair was big.” It’s more fun than a revival of “Cats,” too.

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UPDATE: Due to the expected snowstorm, this performance has been postponed til 7:30pm on Thursday, July 25.