REVIEW: “Candide” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 This is NOT the best of all possible Candides. If all of my colleagues have also led with this…
REVIEW: “The Einstein Project” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 (Click HERE for production photos.) “The art of stage performance cannot be judged by how closely the actors can imitate…
REVIEW: “Measure for Measure” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 Click HERE to see production photos. Measure for Measure is one of Shakespeare’s Problem Plays. (Last year Shakespeare & Company presented…
REVIEW: “Paris, 1890 – Unlaced” at Ventfort Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 And now for something completely different: Sex at Ventfort Hall! I know that those venerable walls have seen…
REVIEW: “St. Nicholas” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 I saw the first act of this one-man play by Conor McPherson ten years ago at Barrington Stage.…
REVIEW: “Crossing Delancey” at The Theater Barn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 Susan Sandler’s 1987 play Crossing Delancey is simple, gentle, funny tale of the human connections that truly make life worthwhile.…
REVIEW: “Carousel” at Barrington Stage Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 The title of Carousel makes you think of color, music, movement, and summer carefree afternoons, but behind that mask lies…
REVIEW: “Freud’s Last Session” at Barrington Stage Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 “What were we thinking? It was madness to think we could solve the greatest mystery of all time…