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Gail M. Burns has been a professional, independent theatre critic since 1997. She studied theatre at Sarah Lawrence College with Obie Award-winner Shirley Kaplan and Tony Award-winner Wilford Leach. She has been working with young people in the theatre since 1971. The Burns family owned and operated the Starlight Stage Youth Theatre in Williamstown, MA, for 45 years. Gail is a direct descendant of Eleanor of Aquitaine, among many, many other people.
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REVIEW: “Coriolanus” at Shakespeare & Company

by Berkshire On StageJune 18, 2001

Coriolanus is one of the few Shakespearean plays that I had never seen or read, and I had heard that this production by Shakespeare and Company, which…

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REVIEW: “The Pirates of Penzance” at the Weston Playhouse

by Berkshire On StageJune 18, 2001

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2001 It is beyond me how anyone could not have a wonderful time and be thoroughly entertained by the Weston…

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REVIEW: “The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)” at Shakespeare & Company

by Berkshire On StageMay 18, 2001

Review by Gail M. Burns, May, 2001 To my great surprise, I discovered that I had written a review of this show when my younger son Brandon…

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REVIEW: “Beyond Therapy” at Victory Street Productions

by Berkshire On StageAugust 17, 2000

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2000 You are warned at the very outset that you will hear vulagr language, water will be thrown and…

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REVIEW: “Full Bloom” at Barrington Stage

by Berkshire On StageJuly 17, 2000

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 This is a terrific show. The play, which is being given its world premiere production after several workshop…

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REVIEW: “The Threepenny Opera” at the Weston Playhouse

by Berkshire On StageJuly 17, 2000

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2000 I just love “The Threepenny Opera” but the only way I could sit through the nearly three hours…

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REVIEW: Starlight Stage Youth Theatre Presents “Don’t Drink the Water”

by Berkshire On StageJuly 17, 2000

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 I have never reviewed a Starlight production before because, well, I’m the co-director of the company, that’s why!…

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REVIEW: “Ancestral Voices” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Weston Playhouse

by Berkshire On StageJuly 17, 2000

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 This show is a surprise. The WTF announced that they were going to do it, and then that…

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