by Gail M. Burns If you have studied dramatic literature, you know that Alfred Jarry’s “Ubu roi” holds a seminal place in the inexorable transition from 19th to 20th century theatre. If you haven’t studied dramatic literature, you have probably never heard of it. And I would guess that the…
by Gail M. Burns, May 2007 “O wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beautious mankind is!O brave new worldThat has such people in’t!” – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, scene i While “Stars in the Ocean, Sand in the Sky” was CATA’s 12th annual gala performance in celebration…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2007 If you have studied dramatic literature, you know that Alfred Jarry’s Ubu roi holds a seminal place in the inexorable transition from 19th to 20th century theatre. If you haven’t studied dramatic literature, you have probably never heard of it. And I would guess that…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2007 “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” – Mark Twain I am sure Philip King had…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2007 There are three kinds of people in the world: people who love Chekhov, people who hate Chekhov, and people who are afraid of Chekhov because he’s Russian and everyone says he is a “great playwright.” I am a person who loves Chekhov. Whenever…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May, 2007 110 in the Shade is a little gem of a musical written by those masters of little musical gems – Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt – whose names are forever etched in musical theatre history as the creators of The Fantasticks. Like that phenomenally popular…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2007 If you take Reunion at face value as staged musical chronicle of the years Abraham Lincoln was president, it works very well. The production currently on the boards at NYSTI looks and sounds great. I found it moving and entertaining, and so did my eleven-year-old…
by Gail M. Burns, May 2007 Saturday Night Liv is a charming homespun vaudeville, assembled by the Columbia Arts Team, aka Liv Cummins, Sandy McKnight, and Christina Dellea. After a nomadic existence for the past few years, they have settled for their sixth season at the Spencertown Academy. Taking as their model the now…
