REVIEW: “Barry Manilow’s Copacabana” at The Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2005 Like every review I write, this is ONLY my opinion, but from where I sit Barry Manilow’s Copacabana is a…
REVIEW: “The Tricky Part” at Shakespeare & Company
by Gail M. Burns, AUGUST, 2005. Actor Martin Moran was sexually abused by a male camp counselor he met when he was twelve. This relationship…
REVIEW: “King John” at Shakespeare & Company
by Gail M. Burns, AUGUST, 2005. “John, John, bad King John,Shamed the throne that he sat on…” Thus begins a poem by Herbert and Eleanor…
REVIEW: “South Pacific” at Park Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 Now celebrating its 17th season, Park Playhouse presents one big musical every summer outdoors on a large stage…
REVIEW: “Songs for a New World” at The Theater Barn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 Songs for a New World is basically a semi-staged concert of songs by Jason Robert Brown, an up-and-coming young…
REVIEW: “The Rats,” “In a Glass Darkly,” “The Actress,” and “The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage” at The Theater Barn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 The Theater Barn is billing this evening of mysteries as containing only two plays, which, technically it does,…
REVIEW: “Swingtime Canteen” at The Theater Barn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 I really don’t understand why this is such a dismal production of Swingtime Canteen. This is the kind of…
REVIEW: “Lady Windemere’s Fan” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2005 Now that I have sufficiently recovered from my rant about the poor design of the Main Stage Theatre in the…