REVIEW: “Anything Goes” at the Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 The only sure thing about the existing version of “Anything Goes” is that Cole Porter wrote the music…
REVIEW: “42nd Street” at the Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 “Come on and meetThose dancing feet.On the avenueI’m takin’ you to –42nd street!”– Al Dubin This is it.…
REVIEW: “Off the Hook” at Oldcastle
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 What a gosh-darned silly show this is! In case you haven’t heard “Off The Hook” – playing at…
REVIEW: “November” at Oldcastle
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 “November”, which opened belatedly at Oldcastle on Tuesday, is a new play by a playwright who identifies himself…
REVIEW: “The Tempest” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 Generally considered to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote, “The Tempest” is neither comedy nor tragedy, romance…
REVIEW: “Summer” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 This has been billed as the summer of “Summer”. Edith Wharton’s 1916 novella “Summer” has been adapted for…
REVIEW: “Private Eyes” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 It was such a huge surprise to walk in to Shakespeare & Company and discover a contemporary play…
REVIEW: “Love’s Labors Lost” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 Until last night, “Love’s Labors Lost” was one of a handful of Shakespeare’s plays that I had neither…