REVIEW: Dood Paard in “medEia” at MASS MoCA
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 I have been sad over the past few summers that Berkshire County has been engaging in sustained cultural…
REVIEW: “Recitatif” at the Berkshire Fringe
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 I am going to write a detailed review of this extraordinary production, but due to some personal stresses…
REVIEW: “Lounge-Zilla” at the Berkshire Fringe
Here is a conundrum: while I laughed a lot at “Lounge-Zilla!” I didn’t actually have fun. The curtain call was one of those “Phew! Glad…
REVIEW: Ulrike Quade “The Wall” at MASS MoCA
Comments by Gail M. Burns, June 2007 “No matter how we rehearse our intention, the performance has its own accidents.” – M.C. Richards Every time…
REVIEW: Dirck Toll in “Relax – I Brought Enough Ego for Everybody” and “Irregular Opposition”
by Gail M. Burns, October 2006 “…someplace between the twin extremes of Artifice and Edifice…” lies the writing of Dirck Toll. In this review you…
REVIEW: “The Rosenbach Company” at MASS MoCA
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2006 This summer the Berkshires are all about celebrating brothers who collect things. Starting with the Barrington Stage Company’s Stage…
REVIEW: Dirck Toll in “Before and After Intermission”
by Gail M. Burns, January 2006 If you have never seen Dirck Toll, and there are probably more of you who haven’t than who have, he…
PREVIEW: Mad Dog Presents “LEM” at MASS MoCA
by Gail M. Burns, August 2003 Phil Soltanoff has been coming to Williamstown every summer since 1993. Pursuing his interest in mixing and blending the…