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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: The Dorset Players Present “Little Shop of Horrors”

by Berkshire On StageMay 4, 2006

by Gail M. Burns, May 2006 It is no secret that Little Shop of Horrors is one of my very favorite musicals, a love I share with…

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REVIEW: “Social Security” at the Ghent Playhouse

by Berkshire On StageMay 4, 2006

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2006 Watching Social Security is sort of like eating a meringue. All sweet fluff that dissolves quickly. As a critic it…

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REVIEW: “Forever Plaid” at The Mac-Haydn

by Berkshire On StageMay 4, 2006

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May, 2006 Did you know that Forever Plaid, a show with nary a dirty joke let alone a pretty girl or…

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Letter from David Lane RE: Review of “Like Home” at Main Street Stage

by Berkshire On StageMay 3, 2006

Posted May 1, 2006 This is an enlightening e-mail I received from David Lane, director of Like Home, a new full-length play by Jennifer Mattern (Lane’s…

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REVIEW: “The Lark” at the New York State Theatre Institute

by Berkshire On StageMay 3, 2006

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2006 Joan of Arc (1412-1431) made her first appearance as a character in a play within five years of…

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REVIEW: “Like Home” at Main Street Stage

by Berkshire On StageApril 3, 2006

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2006 Click HERE to read the letter I received from director David Lane. I do not understand this play. I think…

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REVIEW: The Town Players Present “Molly Sweeney”

by Berkshire On StageApril 2, 2006

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2006 You place an object on the table and ask me to identify it. “That’s an apple,” I say,…

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REVIEW: “Side By Side By Sondheim” at the Ghent Playhouse

by Berkshire On StageMarch 4, 2006

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2006 I have to say that I was disappointed to learn last month that I would not be seeing A…

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