Arts Beat: ‘Magic Treehouse’ lands in Western Mass. with pupil actors

Goodspeed Musicals has introduced its 2023 season, which incorporates such in style “backstage” musicals as “Gypsy” and “Dreamgirls.” “Gypsy,” with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephewn Sondheim, and e-book by Arthur Laurents, inform the story of Gypsy Rose Lee and her sister June, who’re pushed by way of vaudeville by their powerhouse of a mother. Jenn Thompson directs. “Dreamgirls,” with e-book and lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Kreiger, tells the story of a woman group stepping to the highest of the Billboard charts. A stage musical model of the basic “Summer time Inventory,” and a brand new musical, “The 12,” are on faucet. For particulars: www.goodspeed.org.

BTG Performs 2022-23, a Berkshire Theatre Group program, will tour a brand new play with music, “Magic Tree Home: The Knight at Daybreak,” in Western Massachusetts. Primarily based on Mary Pope Osborne’s e-book of the identical identify, the play consists of e-book by Jenny Laird, music and lyrics by Randy Courts, further lyrics by Will Osborne, staging by Kathy Jo Grover, and music path by Erin M. White. The forged members are Berkshire County faculty actors. For particulars: www.berkshiretheatrewgroup.org.