REVIEW: “The Fly Bottle” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2003. “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is…
REVIEW: “The Miser” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2003 The French find Molière and Jerry Lewis hysterically funny. I find them both mildy amusing but slightly inscrutable.…
REVIEW: “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2003 The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a deeply disturbing play. It is an alarming blend of hysterical comedy, grand…
REVIEW: “Rumors” at The Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2002 Sometimes, comedy writers just wanna have fun. Sometimes it is good to pick up your pen and be…
REVIEW: The Drury Drama Team Present “The Largest Elizabeth in the World “
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2002 The Largest Elizabeth in the World is a one-act play by Stephen Gregg about a dysfunctional family whose younger…
REVIEW: “ART” at The Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2002 Although I moved away from my hometown of New York City in 1980, I still faithfully watch the…
REVIEW: “The Scarlet Letter” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2002. I judge many shows by how entertaining they are for Brandon, my thirteen year old son who is…
REVIEW: “Brutal Imagination” at StageWorks
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2002 When I learned that I was going to attend and review a show about Susan Smith’s drowning of…