Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 1999 Once again I offer my disclaimer that I am not an expert on opera. I can only view and review it from a theatrical point of view, not a musical one. Musically I get as far as everyone sang on key and the…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 1999 Vikki True is a really great singer. Starring her in a bio-revue of the life and music of Sophie Tucker seems like a really good idea. True and her voice resemble Tucker’s in many ways, and Tucker is highly under-appreciated by modern audiences.…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 1999 You know you are in for it when the third person credited on the program is the Lamentation Director. Shakespeare charges King Richard III of England (lived 1452-1485, reigned 1483-1485) with the murder of most of the House of York on his way…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 1999 “What may this meanThat thou, dead corse, again in complete steel,Revisits thus the glimpses of the moon,Making night hideous, and we fools of natureSo horridly to shake our dispositionWith thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?” – Hamlet, Act I, scene iv It…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 1999 “West Side Story” is the only musical on this season’s Mac-Haydn roster not to have won the Tony Award for Best Musical. It lost in 1957 to “The Music Man”, which opened the Mac-Haydn’s 1999 season. Comparing those two shows is like comparing…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 1999 I was so excited to see “Bells Are Ringing” on Oldcastle’s 1999 schedule. This happy 1956 musical with music by Jule Styne and book and lyrcis by Betty Comden and Adolph Green is not done nearly enough. I looked forward to Friday evening…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 1999 Sometimes you find theatre in the strangest places. On Tuesday night I found it way at the back of the playing fields at Mt. Greylock Regional High School. It was an idyllic summer evening, still light throughout the 7 PM show, which ran…
Preview article by Gail M. Burns, July 1999 (This is a preview interview that I did with the director and cast of “Apartment 3A” on July 22. I will be seeing the show on July 31 and reviewing it for “The Transcript”) The Manic Stage sends out the message loud and clear…
