REVIEW: “Uncle Vanya” at Barrington Stage Company
by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 One of the trickiest things about being a theatre critic is having to review different productions of the same…
REVIEW: “Educating Rita” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 As I wander through the theatrical landscape, I am always on the look-out for interesting juxtapositions of plays,…
REVIEW: “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
“And was Jerusalem builded hereamong these dark Satanic Mills?” – William Blake, “And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time” George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was greatly…
REVIEW: “Morning’s at Seven” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 Paul Osborn (1901-1988) originally set Morning’s at Seven in the year it was written – 1939 – but director Vivian…
REVIEW: The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall Presents “The Servant of Two Masters”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 What a difference a director makes! Last summer Shakespeare & Company produced this same modern adaptation of Carlo…
REVIEW: “The Music Man” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 Some old musicals are just that – old. But The Music Man is one of that handful of shows that…
REVIEW: “Singin’ in the Rain” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 Only recently has there been a trend to convert movie musicals into theatrical vehicles, usually with the view…
REVIEW: Dood Paard in “medEia” at MASS MoCA
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 I have been sad over the past few summers that Berkshire County has been engaging in sustained cultural…