REVIEW(?): Gail Attends a “Weird Al” Concert
by Gail M. Burns “A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for…
REVIEW: “The Understudy” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
by Gail M. Burns “When we did [The Understudy] in New York, I think I went to see it…three times a week because I found…
REVIEW: “Happy End” presented by The Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Saratoga, The Seagle Festival, and Finger Lakes Opera
by Gail M. Burns In Berlin, Germany, in 1928 The Threepenny Opera was a huge and lucrative hit for Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, and Brecht’s…
Berkshire On Stage Critics Pick Their Favorites
Holiday greetings from all of us at Berkshire on Stage! This is your Webmaster (Webmistress??), Gail M. Burns (and my dog, Sylvie). I asked my…
PREVIEW: A Conversation with Jay Sefton, Who Brings the Award-Winning “Unreconciled” to The Majestic
By all appearances Jay Sefton, co-author and star of “Unreconciled”, which plays tonight and tomorrow night (June 26 & 27) at the Majestic Theater in…
REVIEW: “The McAdo” at Valley Light Opera
by Gail M. Burns You will not enjoy this production if you are… 1. a Gilbertian purist 2. a Scotsperson who is rabid and humorless…
Award-Winning Creators Bring “You Don’t Know the Lonely One” to the Ancram Opera House
Preview by Gail M. Burns For the past three years or so, theatre artists David Cale and Dael Orlandersmith, along with musician Matthew Dean Marsh…
PREVIEW: Harbinger Theatre Brings “Dig” to SLCA
by Gail M. Burns “Theresa Rebeck is a fierce defender of the right to bear witness, an organizer, a galvanizer always willing to take big…