Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2007 “I never knew before how rotten a fellow could be outside his regular business…Every man is a foolishness when he’s out of his right place.” – Edgar Smith Writers, even great writers, have styles and forms at which they excel and others in…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2007 For about twelve hours after leaving the Theater Barn I was convinced that I was losing it. What had I missed? Here was a highly touted, Tony-nominated comedy by a well known and well established playwright, and I didn’t get it. After watching…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2007 Sometimes, especially at this time of year, it is hard to believe I ever write about anything but the theatre, but I actually spend a great deal of time doing other types of writing, much of it promotional – ad copy, press releases,…
by Gail M. Burns, June 2007 Ah, The Mikado. That wholesome, fun-filled family show about decapitation… You know, even though I know every note and every word of it and have directed it twice I still can’t tell you the plot off the top of my head. That is because a)…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2007 On the way up to Weston, my son and I got in an argument in the car about how many different productions we had seen of this show. But on the way home we agreed that, whoever was right about the number, we…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2007 “I dance ’til the people applaud. The art’s thrown in extra.”– a vaudeville hoofer I am always attracted to the peculiar. Tell me that you’ve never seen anything quite like it, and I’m there. Partly this has to do with spending my formative…
by Gail M. Burns, May 2007 I cannot tell you how many times I have repeated the title of this show to people. “What is it called?” they would ask me. And no matter how carefully I enunciated the answer, the next question out of many people’s mouths was “Who’s…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May, 2007 For deeply personal reasons, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is a very difficult play for me to sit through. But in this line of work it is also one that I have to sit through frequently. There have been times when this play has made…
