REVIEW: “Urinetown” at The Theater Barn

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2006 No matter where you live, there has probably been a production of Urinetown mounted within an hour’s drive of your home this summer. This award-winning musical about a city where you have to pay to pee is a hot property, and the Theater Barn has…

REVIEW: “The Spitfire Grill” at The Theater Barn

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2006 One of the really annoying things about being a theatre critic is that you have to think so hard about everything. There are some shows, and The Spitfire Grill is definitely one of them, that should not be thought hard about. It should just be…

REVIEW: “The Mikado” at the Weston Playhouse

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2006 In true Gilbertian fashion I will give this review two titles: Don’t Mess With My Mikado or Wha’ Happened?? I went to see The Mikado at the Weston Playhouse for fun, not as a theatre critic, but since it turned out to be one of the worst Mikados I’ve…