Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 This is a terrific show. The play, which is being given its world premiere production after several workshop readings, has a few minor glitches. But the production that Barrington Stage has mounted is just about perfect and that makes this the Must-See production…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2000 I just love “The Threepenny Opera” but the only way I could sit through the nearly three hours of this production was to keep thinking about which nice Kurt Weill number was coming up next. There are people who should not direct Threepenny,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 I have never reviewed a Starlight production before because, well, I’m the co-director of the company, that’s why! But, this being our 25th anniversary seaon, I wanted us to have a little something more than just the customary listing. And, being a youth…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 This show is a surprise. The WTF announced that they were going to do it, and then that they weren’t doing it. Even the tickets were printed with the name of the other show they had announced before they changed their minds AGAIN…
Review by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 My 11-year-old son Brandon and I could not wait to see this show. I got tickets for the very first preview performance so that we would be sure not to miss it. And we were not disappointed. We had a really great time…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 Many people asked me why I was going to see “Company” if I had just seen it at Barrington Stage. This question illustrates the difference between people who understand the theatre and those who don’t. With film, once you have seen it, you…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2000 “The Riot Act” makes no pretence at being high art. It is goofy, silly fun created by local folks for local folks. No jokes about the New York or LA scene will go whizzing past your ears here, just broad, bawdy, slapstick humor…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2000 It is REALLY worth the drive to the Weston Playhouse to see Charles Ludlam’s “The Mystery of Irma Vep”. It is howlingly funny and bawdy and campy and silly, and it is beautifully staged. Now that I am no longer The Press, I…
