REVIEW: “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” at Hubbard Hall
by Gail M. Burns In 1983 successful singer/songwriter Rupert Holmes concocted a plan to make a musical out of Charles Dickens’ unfinished final work The…
Interview with Ann Gallo About UBU Theater’s Production of “Our Town”
There are many ways to approach becoming a part of a new community. For Ann Gallo, as soon as she and her family moved full-time…
In Cambridge, NY: Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre’s magnificent “Madama Butterfly”
Bei-Bei Guan sang the title role superbly, in this tragic opera where a Navy captain who leaves his “wife” and child behind after a fraudulent marriage returns at last.
Yes, Barrington Stage has created the most wonderful “Pirates of Penzance” ever
This Pirates of Penzance is is a tidal wave of music and mayhem guaranteed to thrill and entertain all but the stodgiest of Savoyards.
Gail Burns reviews Oldcastle’s mind-changing musical “Big River”
With a cast of sixteen, Big River is a delightful musical, a ground-breaking piece of anarchy about the relationship of Huck and Jim as they glide down the Mississippi on a raft.
Tina Packer’s fresh take on “The Merchant of Venice” at Shakespeare & Company
Gail Burns has been waiting for a long time for a Merchant of Venice worthy of her bucket list. Does Tina Packer’s new staging in Lenox redeem this controversial play? Read on…
Review: Little Shop of Horrors at New York’s Ghent Playhouse
Gail Burns found Little Shop “a solid production of this beloved and technically difficult show,” despite having a few problems.
When nice people have a meltdown: God of Carnage at the Theater Barn
Review of Yasmina Reza’s outrageously funny Tony winning play in which two perfectly behaved couples meet to discuss a fight their two sons had, when civility slips away and all hell breaks loose.