REVIEW: “Dancing with the Czar” at Ventfort Hall
“In a thousand years man will sigh just the same, ‘Ah, how hard life is,’ and yet just as now he will be afraid of…
REVIEW: “The Fantasticks” at Oldcastle Theatre Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 I cannot recall how many times I have seen The Fantasticks – once in summer stock when I was very…
REVIEW: “Antony and Cleopatra” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 “War is a scienceWith rules to be appliedWhich good soldiers appreciateRecall and recapitulateBefore they go to decimateThe other…
REVIEW: “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Theater Barn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 Even theatre critics have their favorite shows, and it is no secret that Little Shop of Horrors is one of…
REVIEW: “Violet” at the Theater Barn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 “To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself…
REVIEW: “The Autumn Garden” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 The title of this 1951 Lillian Hellman play is evocative. Imagine a garden in autumn – the light…
REVIEW: “Crimes of the Heart” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 “I went to see an all African-American production of The Cherry Orchard with Gloria Foster and James Earl Jones as…
REVIEW: “The Corn is Green” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 Richard Burton (1925-1984) was born in Pontrhydyfen, Wales, the 12th of 13 children of a coalminer. Burton showed…