REVIEW: “The Pajama Game” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2007 The Pajama Game is one of those ho-hum musicals from the 1950’s, but it had its 50th anniversary in 2004, followed by the inevitable Broadway revival in 2006. Under the star-power of sex-symbol crooner Harry Connick, Jr. it toddled off with the Tony for…

REVIEW: “Oklahoma!” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2007 Unlike Lou Grant, I like a woman with spunk. And that is the one thing that saves Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Oklahoma! from being nothing but a load of sugary sweetness for me – the genuine spunk of the three leading ladies: Laurey, Ado Annie,…

REVIEW: Ulrike Quade “The Wall” at MASS MoCA

Comments by Gail M. Burns, June 2007 “No matter how we rehearse our intention, the performance has its own accidents.” – M.C. Richards Every time you go to the theatre you have a unique experience. Even in a show with a carefully rehearsed script each performance is its own creature,…