REVIEW: “Nuncrackers” at The Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2005 Let’s get things straight at the outset:1. Nuncrackers is a Nunsense show.2. Theatre critics hate Nunsense shows and I am a theatre critic.3. Nunsense shows are…
REVIEW: Williams College Theatre Department Presents “Landscapes: Six Short Pieces by Samuel Beckett”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April, 2005 Apparently, I was in attendance at a “Glittering Opening Night”! I wish someone had told me or I…
REVIEW: “Pal Joey” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2005 I was so excited to see Pal Joey on the Ghent Playhouse schedule this season. This 1940 Rodgers and Hart…
REVIEW: “Sherlock’s Legacy” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2005 I am not much of a mystery buff, but when I was about ten years old I confess…
REVIEW: “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at Mill City Productions
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2005 This was at least the fourth production of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown that I have seen. As a…
REVIEW: “Three Viewings” at Barrington Stage Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, February 2005 While Jeffrey Hatcher’s Three Viewings is certainly excellent theatre, it is not exactly a play. Set in a Pittsburgh funeral…
REVIEW: “Mesuggah-Nuns” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, February 2005 If you are looking for high art, go back to my front page and make your selection of…
REVIEW: “Noises Off” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2005 “That’s what it’s all about. Doors and sardines. Getting on — getting off. Getting the sardines on —…