Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause:… But that the dread of something after death,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 “Maybe I should rant and rave on a daily basis. I could take my car down to a quiet spot by the beach, roll up the windows, crank up the stereo, and scream at the windshield until my eyes pop out. There would…
Comments by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 Let’s talk about place. As real estate agents say, its all about location, location, location. Where something happens is as important as when or how. Often events are very site specific, in other words they literally couldn’t have happened anywhere else. Location influences…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 On January 5, 2010, “my” soap opera, ABC’s All My Children, will celebrate 40 years on the air. And it is a fairly young soap, Guiding Light debuted on radio in 1937. Two members of the cast will celebrate their 40th anniversary on the show at…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 Towards the end of Sam Shepard’s True West a mother returns home from an Alaskan cruise to find her two 30-something sons dead drunk and brawling all over her house, an activity in which they have been engaged for some time and so her furniture and…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 If I were the Artistic Director of the WTF, and I knew that finances were tight this season and I would have to cut down sharply on the number of shows I could present, I would choose those shows very carefully. Ticket sales…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 “…your WASP couple can get married, go on their honeymoon, come home, pursue careers, have children, and get divorced in less time than it takes for a non-WASP couple to get to the part of the [wedding] reception where everyone drinks Champagne from…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 At last! A play that I don’t have to interpret at length for you! Veronica’s Room is a 1973 psychological thriller by Ira Levin, author of Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives, and Deathtrap. It is not his masterwork, but for those who enjoy an impending sense of doom,…
