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…
Review by Gail M. Burns, May, 2001 To my great surprise, I discovered that I had written a review of this show when my younger son Brandon and I saw it last summer, and I refer you to that piece of writing for more information about the Reduced Shakespeare Company and my complete devotion…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2000 You are warned at the very outset that you will hear vulagr language, water will be thrown and shots will be fired during the course of Christopher Durang’s “Beyond Therapy.” If you don’t like any or all of those things, please don’t go…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 This is a terrific show. The play, which is being given its world premiere production after several workshop readings, has a few minor glitches. But the production that Barrington Stage has mounted is just about perfect and that makes this the Must-See production…
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 I have never reviewed a Starlight production before because, well, I’m the co-director of the company, that’s why! But, this being our 25th anniversary seaon, I wanted us to have a little something more than just the customary listing. And, being a youth…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 This show is a surprise. The WTF announced that they were going to do it, and then that they weren’t doing it. Even the tickets were printed with the name of the other show they had announced before they changed their minds AGAIN…
Review by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 My 11-year-old son Brandon and I could not wait to see this show. I got tickets for the very first preview performance so that we would be sure not to miss it. And we were not disappointed. We had a really great time…
