Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2001 It is only fair for me to confess that I am a Plaidhead. This marks the 8th production of Forever Plaid that I have seen. Don’t ask me why I get such a kick out of this silly and harmless little entertainment, but I do,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2001 What a delightful show! I cannot think of a happier way to spend the evening than up at Oldcastle in the company of Trudi Possey as Agnes and Richard Howe as Michael as they sprint through Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt’s 1966 musical…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2001 Like Major General Stanley, I can “whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense, Pinafore.” It is hard to keep me from singing along lustily in my seat. I say this so that you will understand that I am predisposed to enjoy myself at…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2001 I am a big fan of Barrington Stage, regularly driving the hour and a quarter from Williamstown to Sheffield to see their shows. The quality of their productions is always excellent, seats are reasonably priced and fairly easy to come by, and the…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2001 It is beyond me how anyone could not have a wonderful time and be thoroughly entertained by the Weston Playhouse production of The Pirates of Penzance, and yet I know that there are Gilbert and Sullivan purists out there who still deplore, 20 years later, what…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2000 I just love “The Threepenny Opera” but the only way I could sit through the nearly three hours of this production was to keep thinking about which nice Kurt Weill number was coming up next. There are people who should not direct Threepenny,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 Many people asked me why I was going to see “Company” if I had just seen it at Barrington Stage. This question illustrates the difference between people who understand the theatre and those who don’t. With film, once you have seen it, you…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 I was 13 years old when “Company” opened on Broadway in 1970. In my mind, it was the musical that established Stephen Sondheim as STEPHEN SONDHEIM, although I am well aware that he had had an illustrious career before that. It was a…
