REVIEW: “Macbeth” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2002. Last night I got to experience in person the famous old story about the night that legendary playwright…
REVIEW: “The Valley of Decision” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2002. Dennis Krausnick, who has adapted two dozen of Edith Wharton’s prose works for the stage, has labored mightily…
REVIEW: “My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra” at The Theater Barn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2002 If you like the Lawrence Welk Show, then you will just love My Way, a lightweight entertainment billed as…
REVIEW: “Dirty Blonde” at The Theater Barn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2002 If you take a close look at Mae West (1893-1980), you will see that she is nothing that…
REVIEW: “Assassins” at The Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2002 I think it takes real chutzpah to stage Assassins less than a year after 9/11. In a summer season where…
REVIEW: “The Sound of Music” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May, 2002 Nuns wearing wimplesAnd captains with whistlesBrave young MariaAnd Nazis who bristleEdelweiss, goatherds,And children who singThese are a few…
REVIEW: “Golda’s Balcony” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2002. This is superb theatre. One fine actress, Annette Miller, one great playwright, William Gibson, one inspired director, Daniel…
REVIEW: “Quilters” at The Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2002 Quilters is a fascinating show based on real stories of 19th century pioneer women in the American west. Most…