Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 The first word that came to my mind to describe Cusi Cram’s Fuente receiving its world premiere at Barrington Stage’s Stage II, was “Fantastic”. In these language-lazy times we too often accept that word as merely a synonym for “good”. I could just see myself…
by Gail M. Burns, July 2005. “Boston marriage” was a term used in the nineteenth-century to describe romantic friendships between women that included long-term cohabitation. These were not necessarily sexual relationships, nor were they considered immoral or perverted. Marriage was a very different institution then than it is now. Women…
by Gail M. Burns, July 2005. The Miniature Theatre of Chester has launched their 2005 season, billed as “A Summer of Uncommon Love Stories”, with a funny, touching, and intellectually stimulating production of William Nicholson’s Tony nominated 2002 play The Retreat from Moscow. The title of this moving and expertly performed play…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 A while back there was a cartoon in the New Yorker entitled “The Gay Agenda” that depicted a page in a daily planner with a “to do” list that read something like this: “Walk the dog. Pick up dry cleaning. Pick Susie up…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 The Mac-Haydn has already distributed a press release entitled “Liberace Wins Audience Raves”. I was in that audience and I can tell you right now that everyone there had a fabulous time, including your curmudgeonly critic. I realize that this admission may cost me…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 If you are a tap dance junkie looking for your next fix now that Savion Glover has departed from Jacob’s Pillow, you will want to book tickets NOW for 42nd Street at the Mac-Haydn. I went to the theatre with high hopes and fond memories…
by Gail M. Burns, July, 2005. Just when you thought we were well north of hurricane alley, Hurricane Kate makes landfall at the Founders’ Theatre in Lenox, where Daniela Varon and her energetic cast of 18 are presenting a relentlessly lively production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. To say…
by Gail M. Burns, July, 2005. Down in the field behind the Founders’ Theatre at Shakespeare & Company, under a big white tent, sits the Rose Footprint Playhouse. Someday the company hopes to build an historically accurate replica of the Rose Theatre there. In the meantime the Rose Footprint serves…
