REVIEW: “Twelve Angry Jurors” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2008 It is late afternoon on a swelteringly hot summer day in 1957. Twelve jurors – four women and…
REVIEW: “Noises Off” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2008 This has been a summer for farce. It started on Memorial Day weekend with The Ladies Man at Shakespeare &…
REVIEW: “The Canterville Ghost” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2008 When I was ten, my parents enrolled me in a summer course in theater games and improvisation. My…
REVIEW: “Murder at the Howard Johnson” at The Theater Barn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2008 This is the second time this year that a playwright has had me right up until the last…
REVIEW: “Visiting Mr. Green” at The Theater Barn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2008 “Visiting Mr. Green” is gentle little show by Jeff Baron that had its genesis at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in 1996. This is…
REVIEW: “Home” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2008 Two men enter and talk. They may have been here and done this before, and they may not.…
REVIEW: “Not Waving” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2008 Before I saw Not Waving, I had already heard two opinions. One person liked the acting and not the…
REVIEW: “A Flea in Her Ear” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2008 Normally I make note of especially funny or poignant lines from a show to mention in my review,…