Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 And now for something completely different: Sex at Ventfort Hall! I know that those venerable walls have seen plenty of hanky-panky over the past century or so, but somehow those massive great “cottages” seem as sterile and uptight as the prim and proper,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 I saw the first act of this one-man play by Conor McPherson ten years ago at Barrington Stage. Unfortunately I passed out at intermission and had to be taken home. So when I heard that Dorset was opening with St. Nicholas this season I jumped…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 Susan Sandler’s 1987 play Crossing Delancey is simple, gentle, funny tale of the human connections that truly make life worthwhile. And while there is a boy-girl romance involved, the core relationship in this play is between a young woman and her grandmother – a relationship…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 The title of Carousel makes you think of color, music, movement, and summer carefree afternoons, but behind that mask lies a tragic tale of lives wasted and ruined. A hopeful, if not happy ending, has been appended, but we have no guarantee that any of…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 “What were we thinking? It was madness to think we could solve the greatest mystery of all time in one morning.” – C.S. Lewis in Mark St. Germain’s Freud’s Last Session Is there a God? Anyone over the age of five with half a…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 Will I ever get out of the year 1890 this summer?? Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, and, obviously, Paris 1890, Unlaced are all set in that year. The Gay Nineties, the Gilded Age, La Belle Epoch” – whatever you call them, the last years of the 19th century were…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 What’s brightly colored, lots of fun, and chock-full of wonderful singing and dazzling dancing? Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Mac-Haydn. I just have four words of advice for you: Go, go, go, go! Joseph… is the earliest work by the man who…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 Even if you just started reading my reviews last week, it must be evident that I am an avid theatre historian, especially when it comes to American musical theatre. So you would think that Broadway By The Year®, a series of revues created by…
