September 25, 2005: The New York Times noted that Herbert A. Allen, chief executive of Allen & Company and lead donor to the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance, had asked that the Center be named for his graduating class, not for himself. "I didn't particularly want to see my name on it," he said last week. "The most enjoyable thing you have in college is your classmates, so that made sense."

September 2005: House & Garden calls architect William L. Rawn "the man to call for a world-class performing arts space." An article with photo notes that the Center is named for the Williams College Class of '62.

August 18, 2005: The North Adams Transcript in an article about Roger Rees' appearance before the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce reports his gratitude to Williams College and for Herbert Allen's financial donation. "Building a new theater is a wonderful, wonderful thing for Western Massachusetts," Rees is reported saying. "I would say for the world and for human beings in general, to build a new theater is a wonderful thing and we can't applaud that act enough."

August 18, 2005: William Finn '74, was quoted in a Berkshire Eagle article about his work this summer in preparation for a performance of his "Songs of Innocence and Experience" on Oct. 7 & 8 in the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance. He said, "Each theater [in the '62 Center at Williams] is small, beautiful and inspiring. It will be an enormous privilege for students to work here."

August 10, 2005: Curtain Up, an Internet theater magazine, ran the exterior view of the new '62 Center for Theatre and Dance in its review of Lady Windermere's Fan.

July 11, 2005: The New York Times, in a review of Lady Windermere's Fan, said the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance is "spanking new," and has an "audience-friendly Main Stage."

July 9, 2005: The Boston Globe calls these "exciting times" for the Williamstown Theater Festival with its "brand-spanking new theater and new artistic director, Roger Rees," and says "the architects have created ? a welcoming and joyful space."

July 9, 2005: An article in The North Adams Transcriptincludes Roger Rees' thanks to benefactor Herbert Allen for providing the means for the new '62 Center for Theatre and Dance.

July 9, 2005: The Hartford Courant notes that the Williamstown Theatre Festival will celebrate its 51st season in a new theater, with a new artistic director: "Within the curvilinear structure of tan stone, glass and pale wood designed by William Rawn Associates of Boston, a 511-seat house with rounded tiers harks back to classic theaters and also provides an intimacy never felt in the old Adams Memorial Theatre. Williams College now offers a far better place to see a play."

July 7, 2005: The Albany Times Union reports on the opening of the Williamstown Theatre Festival in the "brand-new $50 million '62 Center for Theatre and Dance."

July 6, 2005: The Berkshire Eagle calls the '62 Center "imposing" with its 511-seat Main Stage, the substantially renovated 173-seat Adams Memorial Theatre (which replaces the old 96-seat Nikos State), and a black box Center Stage.

July 3, 2005: Playbill notes that Roger Rees, new artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, will read the British response to the Declaration at the 19th annual Independence Day Reading in the Chapin Library.

July 3, 2005: An article on Williamstown's summer sights in Newsday focuses on the brand new state-of-the-art '62 Center for Theatre and Dance on the Williams campus and the new artistic director of the summer Williamstown Theatre Festival.

July 3, 2005: In an article on how its new director Roger Rees may shape the Williamstown Theatre Festival's future, The Boston Globe notes also that WTF has "bigger, better digs on the Williams College campus" in the new '62 Center for Theatre and Dance.

July 2005: Contact Magazine headlines an announcement of the opening of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance as a "Class Act." (with photo)

Ron Eligator '77 of Acoustic Dimensions designs with an ear toward how performances will sound. Williams Alumni Review, Summer 2004.

April 27, 2005: The Berkshire Eagle showcased the spring opening on April 28, of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance with the Williamstheatre productions of Samuel Beckett's "Landscapes: Six Short Plays," directed by Prof. Jean-Bernard Bucky, and "As You Like It," directed by Prof. Robert Baker-White, and a series of site-specific dance pieces created by students under the supervision of Sandra L. Burton, director of dance.