Berkshire on Stage

Burns and Murray had decidedly different views on this Tony nominated play, with her thumb up, and his thumb down.

When Jeff McCarthy remakes himself with paste and whiskers into the aging squire/knight errant Don Quixote in front of our eyes, it is theatrical magic time. At that moment it was clear that this “Man of La Mancha” was going to be transformative .

Making sense of relationships and theories about reproductive biology unleash high emotions and zingy retorts in this unusual play about the reunion of a child put out for adoption and her birth mother.

Butler was no abolitionist, but what he did with the simple idea that slaves were contraband provided the Union free labor and ultimately changed the course of history.

A new play about the legendary George Rose – written and acted by Ed Dixon – shines a light on numerous showbiz celebrities before relating the horrific end of his mentor’s life as he is murdered in the Dominican Republic by his adopted lover, Juan, and Juan’s father and uncle.

Burns and Murray loved this show, now playing in Troy: “Strimbeck had her cast walking, dancing, creeping, and jumping all over the theatre.” One word: GO!

Reprised for December 5–December 28, 2014, here’s the Burns and Murray review of the same production in 2013.

The stories are intertwined in this gripping theatrical experience from WAM Theatre now playing at Shakespeare & Company.