REVIEW: “Orphan Train” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, February 2009 Surplus children (the words make me shudder). They have always been a fact of life. In the animal…
REVIEW: “Bad Dates” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2009 As mid-winter entertainment, Bad Dates is very, very good. Elizabeth Aspenlieder is a talented comedienne. Theresa Rebeck is a literate and…
REVIEW: “Tuesdays with Morrie” at the Town Players of Pittsfield
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2009 “Death ends a life, not a relationship.”– Morrie Schwartz And writing, reading, reciting, reenacting, gives humans the illusion…
REVIEW: “Nuncrackers” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December 2008 The last time I saw Nuncrackers, in May (yeah, in May, go figure) 2005 at the Mac-Haydn, I called…
REVIEW: The Panto-Loons Present “Jack and the Beanstalk” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2008 Fabulosity, thy name is Panto! Everyone I took with me to see the 9th annual British-American Panto at…
REVIEW: The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall Presents “The Good Doctor”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2008 Once I went to a ridiculously trendy restaurant and saw on the menu an exotic dish made with…
REVIEW: “Of Mice and Men” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2008 The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ menGang aft agley,An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,For promis’d…
REVIEW: “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change”
by Gail M. Burns, October 2008 You know that saying: “Old age is not for sissies”? Well that applies to theatre companies as well as…