Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2004 Twenty one years ago Dan Goggin opened Nunsense at a New York cabaret called the Duplex. The show was based, believe it or not, on a successful line of greeting cards Goggin had developed, and what was supposed to be a four weekend run lasted…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May, 2004 The Mac-Haydn has billed its 2004 season as “Fantastic Fun” and has launched it with a bang with an hilarious and energetic production of Stephen Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. My companion for the evening, who had never…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May, 2004 Hubbard Hall has once again brought an exciting, thought provoking world premiere musical to Washington County and given it a goreous and professional production. While not yet perfect, this musical version of Leonid Andreyev’s 1915 melodramatic tragedy He Who Gets Slapped is well worth seeing…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2004 The set is lovely. Three accomplished actors whose work I have enjoyed in the past tread the boards. And yet there is something lackluster about this first produced play for Williamstown playwright Chris Newbound. My guess is that Morning, Noon, and Night is still a…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2004 I am a big believer in truth in advertising. In other words, I appreciate a theatre company that knows what it is, and what it isn’t, and states it clearly. Theatre is not one-size-fits-all (nothing is, actually.) Different people enjoy different forms of…
Previewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2004 A group of young women and men, all alumni of Drury High School and the Drury Drama Team, have come together to create a new community theatre group, Mill City Productions, a collaborative, non-profit effort featuring theatre veterans and enthusiasts of all ages. They…
Previewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2004 Beginning April 29, Main Street Stage is presenting a new work by Williamstown playwright Christopher Newbound entitled Morning, Noon, and Night. Newbound first began to develop the work in 2003 while taking a class at Inkberry entitled “The Art of the One-Act Play” taught…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2004 The production of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer currently running at Main Street Stage in North Adams is a powerful and fascinating piece of theatre. Three actors, four monologues, played on a nearly empty stage with the house lights up. The show runs nearly three hours,…
