REVIEW: “The Boys Next Door” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, February 2009 Tom Griffin, the author of The Boys Next Door bills himself as an actor and a playwright. I have never…
REVIEW: “Orphan Train” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, February 2009 Surplus children (the words make me shudder). They have always been a fact of life. In the animal…
REVIEW: Main Street Stage’s First Annual Short Play Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2009 Don’t get me wrong, I like words. I use a lot of them every day. But I am…
REVIEW: “Bad Dates” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2009 As mid-winter entertainment, Bad Dates is very, very good. Elizabeth Aspenlieder is a talented comedienne. Theresa Rebeck is a literate and…
REVIEW: “Tuesdays with Morrie” at the Town Players of Pittsfield
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2009 “Death ends a life, not a relationship.”– Morrie Schwartz And writing, reading, reciting, reenacting, gives humans the illusion…