REVIEW: “The Batting Cage” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 This summer is just deja vue all over again. First the parallels between “Glimmer Brothers” (WTF-Nikos) and “Shoot the Piano Player” (BTF-Unicorn);…
REVIEW: “Off the Hook” at Oldcastle
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 What a gosh-darned silly show this is! In case you haven’t heard “Off The Hook” – playing at…
REVIEW: “November” at Oldcastle
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 “November”, which opened belatedly at Oldcastle on Tuesday, is a new play by a playwright who identifies himself…
REVIEW: “The Tempest” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 Generally considered to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote, “The Tempest” is neither comedy nor tragedy, romance…
REVIEW: “Summer” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 This has been billed as the summer of “Summer”. Edith Wharton’s 1916 novella “Summer” has been adapted for…
REVIEW: “Private Eyes” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 It was such a huge surprise to walk in to Shakespeare & Company and discover a contemporary play…
REVIEW: “Love’s Labors Lost” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 Until last night, “Love’s Labors Lost” was one of a handful of Shakespeare’s plays that I had neither…
REVIEW: “Grandma Sylvia’s Funeral” at Victory Street Productions
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 Poor Grandma Sylvia! Ignominiously run over by a garbage truck in her golden years. See her family gather…