Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2002 When I learned that I was going to attend and review a show about Susan Smith’s drowning of her two toddler sons, my heart sank. Two years ago I saw and reviewed In A Lake of Fire, a musical based on this tragic true…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September, 2002 The Complete History of America (Abridged) is a very silly show, which gallops smartly along for two hilarious hours in this delightfully sophomoric production at The Theater Barn. Do not go expecting high art, but prepare to revel in low comedy — about as…
eviewed by Gail M. Burns, September, 2002 The Country Club is an entertaining play, and one that is just the ideal size and shape for a production at the Theater Barn. A mostly able cast, many of them hold-overs from the Barn’s summer season, are put through their paces in a…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2002 The evening of theatre presented under the title Falsettos is comprised of two chamber operas – March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland. The fictional action of the shows takes place in 1979 and 1981 respectively, but they were written in 1981 and 1990, and not combined into their…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2002 Just when I thought I could go to the theatre and just enjoy myself, I have to go see Black Sheep, and everyone says “Oh, you HAVE to write about it, Gail!” And I suppose I do. This is the strangest play I have…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2002 A young woman is living alone with her aunt on a farm in the Oklahoma territory just before it achieved statehood in 1907. She is being sexually harassed and threatened by their farm hand, and the guilt and shame she feels because of…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2002 Mame Dennis must be up there in the Bawdy Broads Afterlife laughing with delight at the lengthy run her nephew’s tales of her have had. Patrick Dennis became an overnight sensation when his memoir Auntie Mame was first published in 1955. Considered risqué at the…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2002 Even though Black Sheep was an imperfect play, it was intriguing enough that I jumped at the chance to see a local production of another play by Lee Blessing, Eleemosynary. Since this one boasted an all-female cast I was assured that no wet, naked, dead men…
