REVIEW: “Ragtime” at the Weston Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2003 As soon as I saw Ragtime announced on the Weston 2003 schedule, I knew it would be wonderful. Weston does…
COMMENTS” “Travesties” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Commented upon by Gail M. Burns, August 2003 (This is not so much a review as a musing on this play, which has meant a…
PREVIEW: Mad Dog Presents “LEM” at MASS MoCA
by Gail M. Burns, August 2003 Phil Soltanoff has been coming to Williamstown every summer since 1993. Pursuing his interest in mixing and blending the…
REVIEW: “Vita & Virginia” at Shakespeare & Company
Review by Gail M. Burns, July 2003 Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) and Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) were bound to meet. Both were celebrated writers who traveled in…
REVIEW: “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” at Shakespeare & Company
Review by Gail M. Burns, July 2003 If you have never seen this complete laugh riot, buy tickets immediately. And even if, like me, you…
REVIEW: “Hello, Dolly!” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2003 The Mac-Haydn is offering up a cheerful, likeable, and oddly uneven production of Hello Dolly! Basically, the leading ladies are…
REVIEW: “Always…Patsy Cline” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2003 Your curmudgeonly critic confesses that she is not a country music fan, nor is she a fan of…
REVIEW: “Sugar Babies” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2003 WOW! Wowie-wow-wow! Whatta show! What a load of silly fun! Go! Buy tickets NOW, I tell you! There…