No heat, just words inform a passionless “Kinship” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Cynthia Nixon makes her WTF debut in Carey Perloff’s Kinship as an obsessive entanglement turns into a battle of words.
Burns and Cane on “Bells are Ringing,” a musical from the Berkshire Theatre Group at Colonial Theatre
The 1950’s were a very different time. Our dueling critics, Burns and Cane, explain the pre-tech era in which “Bells Are Ringing” takes place, and Ethan Heard’s staging with Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat in the leading roles.
“A Murder is Announced” at the Theater Barn is ‘classic Christie’ says Gail Burns
“There is a huge audience for a good whodunit on a hot summer’s night,” says Gail Burns, who notes that while talky, “This is a cerebral mystery,…that keeps you guessing right up until Miss Marple does her magic in the final scene.”
Jessica Hecht and Justin Long dazzle in premiere of “Legacy” at Williamstown Theatre Festival
In this new play by Daniel Goldfarb, Hecht’s role is filled with spontaneity while Eric Bogosian underplays the literary lion.