Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2005 When the six bathrobe-clad leading men of the Theater Barn’s production of The Full Monty came out to take their curtain call, the audience as a body leapt to their feet cheering. Not this business where one or two people stand and then a couple…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2005 What a delightful little gem of a musical! Lucky Stiff, currently being given a luminous production at the Theater Barn, was the first musical from the Tony award-winning team of Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music) who went on to fame…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2005 One of the great joys of being able to follow a real theatre company through its season is seeing the same actors take on different roles. It gives you a whole new perspective on their abilities and the scope of the company. Bakerloo…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2005 I confess to being concerned when I first saw the publicity stills for the Bakerloo Theatre Project’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”. They featured Sarah Murphy in costume as Cobweb looking like a Threepenny whore in Converse hi-tops. I am a big…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2005 I have bad news and good news. The bad news is that at 4:45 pm on Sunday, August 14, when the press, the composer-lyricist, and several distinguished guests had been assembled at the Mahaiwe Theatre in Great Barrington for the official 5 pm…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2005 RUN EXTENDED IN PITTSFIELD AUGUST 17-21 ! “Hair simply could not have existed ten years ago, and it is conceivable that it could mystify audiences ten years from now, but it does catch, and quite successfully, one of the many moods and aspects of…
by Gail M. Burns, August 2005. Alas, I managed to miss the popular 2001 MTC production of Arlene Hutton’s “Last Train to Nibroc” which tells the story of the courtship of May Gill and Raleigh Brummet, however I am glad to report that there is no need to see or…
by Gail M. Burns, August 2005. The Nina Variations raises a very important question. Is it fair to expect or require an audience to have to have a certain body of knowledge, or to make an effort to acquire it, before they can enjoy a play? If you are not quite…
