Tina Packer is an ageless “Mother of the Maid” at Shakespeare & Co
Taking place during the time of her daughter Joan’s dramatic rise and fall, Tina Packer brings tremendous energy to the title role, rendering Isabelle an ageless Everymother.
Irish neighbors find love in John Michael Shanley’s “Outside Mullingar” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
Gail Burns reviews the new romantic comedy from the writer of “Doubt” and “Moonstruck,” a play that is both a love letter to Ireland and a hit in Dorset, VT.
Review: Regional premiere of ‘john & jen” at the Theater Barn, a sung-through musical
The regional premiere of this new musical comes to life with Caitlin Mesiano as Jen, Michael Luongo as John at the Theater Barn in New Lebanon, NY.
Review: This hilarious “Comedy of Errors” just happens to be set on the Jersey Shore
A modern Comedy of Errors “truly is Shakespeare for the whole family. This is the kind of action-packed, colorful introduction to the Bard that can make life-long converts of youngsters,” says Gail Burns.
Young Shakespeare & Co actors bring “Hamlet” to vivid life outdoors at The Mount
“In a performance as big as all outdoors,” Gail Burns writes, the melancholy Dane and his cohorts take the stage of The Dell at The Mount to “tell Hamlet’s tale in record time.”
Review: “The Unexpected Man” arrives at Shakespeare & Company
Corinna May and John Woodson revolve slowly before you while their characters talk about life. An interesting, if mundane, play reviewed by Gail Burns.
Magnificent cast, spectacular production of “Peter and the Starcatcher” at Weston Playhouse
With lots of “side-splitting hilarity and a touch of unconventional romance” writes Gail Burns, this prequel about the early life of Peter Pan is sending fans of that classic story into a state of ecstasy.
Burns and Cane on “Bells are Ringing,” a musical from the Berkshire Theatre Group at Colonial Theatre
The 1950’s were a very different time. Our dueling critics, Burns and Cane, explain the pre-tech era in which “Bells Are Ringing” takes place, and Ethan Heard’s staging with Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat in the leading roles.