Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2001 Like Major General Stanley, I can “whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense, Pinafore.” It is hard to keep me from singing along lustily in my seat. I say this so that you will understand that I am predisposed to enjoy myself at…

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2001 The first thing the BTF needs to do is change the title of this play. It is not appealing and does not accurately represent the experience you are going to have if you spend your $20 on a ticket. The second things they…

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2001 I am a big fan of Barrington Stage, regularly driving the hour and a quarter from Williamstown to Sheffield to see their shows. The quality of their productions is always excellent, seats are reasonably priced and fairly easy to come by, and the…

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2001 Whoever decided to bill Panache as a screwball comedy has done Oldcastle a great disservice. Although I am hard pressed to come up with a category into which the show fits, I am sure that it is NOT screwball comedy. In fact, I have seldom…

Coriolanus is one of the few Shakespearean plays that I had never seen or read, and I had heard that this production by Shakespeare and Company, which is a revival from last season, was terrific. Armed with my trusty Arden Shakespeare, I ventured forth to learn more about Caius Martius Coriolanus, a…

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2001 It is beyond me how anyone could not have a wonderful time and be thoroughly entertained by the Weston Playhouse production of The Pirates of Penzance, and yet I know that there are Gilbert and Sullivan purists out there who still deplore, 20 years later, what…