REVIEW: “Annie” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December 2005 Exactly thirty years ago this month I was stage managing a workshop production of a musical based on…
REVIEW: “King Island Christmas” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December 2005 I am very leery of “holiday” shows. In fact I just plain refuse to attend productions of A Christmas…
REVIEW: The Drury Drama Team Presents “Little Shop of Horrors”
Review by Gail M. Burns, November 2005 There is much that is good about the Drury Drama Team’s production of Little Shop of Horrors, and some…
REVIEW: The Panto “The Emperor’s New Clothes” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2005 The Emperor’s New Clothes is the sixth annual British-American Panto presented as a Thanksgiving treat for Columbia County and…
REVIEW: “Honk!” at Mill City Productions
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2005 The Mill City production of Honk! is everything that community theatre should be. Dozens of local folks, from the smallest…
REVIEW: Three Dollar Bill Productions Presents “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2005 Since its wildly successful off-Broadway run in 1998 and equally successful film version, both starring author John Cameron…
REVIEW: “My Fair Lady” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2005 My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1914 play Pygmalion and Gabriel Pascal’s 1938 film of the same, is…
REVIEW: “The Smell of the Kill” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2005 The Smell of the Kill by Michele Lowe is a weird, funny, disturbing little play of which I am…