Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2004 The set is lovely. Three accomplished actors whose work I have enjoyed in the past tread the boards. And yet there is something lackluster about this first produced play for Williamstown playwright Chris Newbound. My guess is that Morning, Noon, and Night is still a…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2004 I am a big believer in truth in advertising. In other words, I appreciate a theatre company that knows what it is, and what it isn’t, and states it clearly. Theatre is not one-size-fits-all (nothing is, actually.) Different people enjoy different forms of…
Previewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2004 A group of young women and men, all alumni of Drury High School and the Drury Drama Team, have come together to create a new community theatre group, Mill City Productions, a collaborative, non-profit effort featuring theatre veterans and enthusiasts of all ages. They…
Previewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2004 Beginning April 29, Main Street Stage is presenting a new work by Williamstown playwright Christopher Newbound entitled Morning, Noon, and Night. Newbound first began to develop the work in 2003 while taking a class at Inkberry entitled “The Art of the One-Act Play” taught…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2004 The production of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer currently running at Main Street Stage in North Adams is a powerful and fascinating piece of theatre. Three actors, four monologues, played on a nearly empty stage with the house lights up. The show runs nearly three hours,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2004 “Never mind the why and whereforeLove can level ranks and therefore…”– W.S. Gilbert On the off chance that you have not seen, heard, or heard of H.M.S. Pinafore in the 126 years since it first opened in London in 1878, the idea that love levels…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March, 2004 When I was six or seven years old, shortly after I learned to read, I became enamored of DC comics. The mock mythology of Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Green Latern, etc. became enthralling to me. My parents allowed me to read them…
Previewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2004 “What is a fact in the context of autobiography? A fact is something that happened to me or something I experienced. It can also be something I thought happened to me, something I thought I experienced. Or, indeed, an autobiographical fact can be…
