Press Contacts:
Rebecca Brighenti, (413) 448-8084 x11
becky@berkshiretheatregroup.org
www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org
Colleen Hughes, (413) 448-8084 x15
colleen@berkshiretheatregroup.org
www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org
For Immediate Release, please: Thursday, May 9, 2013
Sherri James Buxton Performs with the Bob Shepherd Trio, Charles Neville and Paul Green to Benefit
Community Resources for People with Autism
Pittsfield, MA – Sherri James Buxton and Friends, featuring the Bob Shepherd Trio, Charles Neville and Paul
Green, is a live concert at The Colonial Theatre on June 1 at 8pm to benefit Community Resources for People
with Autism. At 6pm there will be a pre-concert VIP reception in The Colonial Theatre lobby, catered by Shiro
with wines from Kelly's Package Store. Those who purchase the VIP reception tickets will also be treated to
pre-show entertainment by Dominic Annand on the piano.
Tickets to Sherri James Buxton and Friends are $35 or $50 for the show plus the VIP reception. 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.
Local favorite, Sherri James Buxton, returns to The Colonial Theatre for her third solo performance. From jazz
and cabaret to Broadway and pop, her versatility and vocal technique will delight audiences. Sherri James
Buxton got her first professional break at the age of seventeen when she was cast as The Girl in an off
Broadway production of The Fantasticks. She was in the original Broadway production of Look to the Lilies and
has performed at The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and Kansas City Starlight Theatre. Her musical theatre
credits include Carousel, Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, She Loves Me, Flower Drum Song and The King and I.
As a recording artist for RCA, she recorded Sweet Talkin’ Guy.
As a jazz singer, Sherri took part in the International workshop, Jazz in July, where she performed with Sheila
Jordan and Billy Taylor. She has also appeared at the Pittsfield Jazz Festival and her jazz group, the Sherri
James Buxton Trio, was the main attraction in the Cranwell Resort’s Music Room supper club for several
years.
In the Berkshires, Sherri has performed at The Colonial Theatre, Mission Bar and Tapas, Castle Street Café,
Becket Arts Center and on the Smile with B-Mile TV show. She is on the voice faculty at the Berkshire Music
School where she teaches the Adult Cabaret Workshops. Sherri directs the musical group Cabaret to Go and
has appeared with them at The Colonial Theatre, Arrowhead, The Clark Art Museum, Berkshire Museum and
The Norman Rockwell Museum.
Sherri is also a music specialist in the Central Berkshire Regional School District and is on the Colonial
Theatre Education Committee. Sherri has a BME in music from Indiana University and a MEd from Cambridge
College. Her article, “Look What These Kids Can Do: Teaching Music to Children with Autism” was published
in the summer edition of Massachusetts Music News.
At the Colonial, Sherri will be accompanied by Bob Shepherd on the piano, Andy Wrba on the bass and Bill
Chapman on the drums, members of the Craneville School Chorus will perform a Whitney Houston tribute, and
there will be a children's art show in the lobby featuring work by Children on the Autism Spectrum from the
Central Berkshire Regional School District, mounted by Jennifer Annand.
Grammy award winner, Charles Neville, of the famed Neville Brothers, has appeared at major festivals and
clubs throughout the country. His repertoire on the saxophone includes jazz, rhythm & blues, and popular
music. Paul Green, clarinetist extraordinaire, is equally at home playing Jazz, Classical and Klezmer music.
Green is the co-director of “A Summer Celebration of Jewish Music” here in The Berkshires, and the Director of
the “Jewish Jazz Project,” and “Music and More.” Show highlights will include a tribute to Whitney Houston and
songs written by Cole Porter during his Berkshire years.
For more information about the performance, please visit our website at www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org
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About Berkshire Theatre Group
The Colonial Theatre, founded in 1903, and Berkshire Theatre Festival, founded in 1928, are two of the oldest
cultural organizations in the Berkshires. Having united in November of 2010 under the leadership of Artistic
Director and CEO Kate Maguire, these two institutions are providing the Berkshires and beyond with the finest
in live theatre, music, dance and the visual arts on five stages in Stockbridge, MA and Pittsfield, MA. The
Fitzpatrick Main Stage (400 seats), cataloged by the National Register of Historic Places, was originally
designed and built by Stanford White as the Stockbridge Casino in 1888. The intimate Unicorn Theatre (122
seats) is a home for emerging artists and new theatrical ideas. The Colonial in Pittsfield (780 seats) re-opened
in August of 2006, following a $21 million restoration, and boasts pristine acoustics, classic gilded age
architecture and state-of-the-art technical systems. BTG also performs at the outdoor Neil Ellenoff stage,
located on the grounds of BTF in Stockbridge, and at The Garage, a music venue located in the lobby of The
Colonial. BTG serves over 100,000 patrons per year and reaches over 17,000 students through its educational
and outreach programs. For more information on BTF call (413) 298-5536 and on The Colonial call (413) 4488084. To purchase tickets, call (413) 997-4444 or (413) 298-5576 or go online to
www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org.