Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2007 In my recent review of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at the Berkshire Theatre Festival I stated that, while there had been many pharmaceutical advances in treating the mentally ill since that play was written in 1963, life on a psych ward is pretty…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2007 “This is our adaptation of an adaptation of an adaptation, related to our own community and circumstances with respect for classic form.”– Jonathan Croy, Director, Scapin I will entitle this review: “Scapin, or A Whole Lot of Fun for Free.” Shakespeare & Company has…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2007 The wild, wild west – where men are men and women are men and outlaws dance (badly). Where the Town Tramp wears white while the “good girl” wears black (well, okay, her brother was just killed. Them’s just widder’s weeds.) Where plaintive guitar…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2007 There is a reason why this serious look at the dynamics of the delicate and tenuous relationships between human males and females has such a cutesy and frivolous title as Boy Gets Girl, but on a brief scan of the Theater Barn’s 2007 schedule…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2007 Party Come Here is a lively and intriguing new musical with a book by Daniel Goldfarb and music and lyrics by David Kirschenbaum being given a very fine production under the direction of Christopher Ashley on the Nikos Stage at the WTF. When I…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2007 “The stately homes of England tho’ rather in the lurch,Provide a lot of chances for psychical researchThere’s a ghost of a crazy younger son,Who murder’d in thirteen fifty one,An extremely rowdy nun (who resented it),And people who come to callMeet her in the…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2007 “Those closest to the Murphys found it almost impossible to describe the special quality of their life, or the charm it had for their friends. They were utterly captivating.”– Calvin Tomkins, Living Well Is the Best Revenge Villa America is a piece of theatre manufactured…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2007 To my great surprise, I got to see Dissonance on the Nikos Stage at the WTF. And I liked it very much. Coincidentally, exactly a week earlier my younger son had turned to me and asked “What does dissonance mean?” And even though I know…
