by Jeannie Marlin Woods GOOD PEOPLE is the final production of the 2021 season at The Theater Barn. Founded in 1984 by Joan and Abe Phelps, this summer’s season is being produced by their son, Allen Phelps, the new Producing Artistic Director. This drama is an excellent choice for the…
by Barbara Waldinger The Theater Barn is back! How wonderful to return to the theatre after a two-year absence! In the interim, Joan and Abe Phelps named their son Allen the new Producing Artistic Director of the ‘Barn they founded thirty-eight years ago. In a departure from the theatre’s usual…
New Lebanon, NY (May 1, 2021) — The Theater Barn is pleased to announce that their 37th Anniversary Season will open on Friday, June 3, 2021 at 8pm with “We the People” by Harrison Zeiberg. This historical fiction brings us to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1784 as our founding fathers begin to…
“There is a huge audience for a good whodunit on a hot summer’s night,” says Gail Burns, who notes that while talky, “This is a cerebral mystery,…that keeps you guessing right up until Miss Marple does her magic in the final scene.”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 Something is missing here, and my instinct is that the problem lies in the script, but from what I can gather Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies has been a big success in regional and community theatres around the world since it premiered at Houston’s Alley Theatre in 2004. Ludwig…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 Susan Sandler’s 1987 play Crossing Delancey is simple, gentle, funny tale of the human connections that truly make life worthwhile. And while there is a boy-girl romance involved, the core relationship in this play is between a young woman and her grandmother – a relationship…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2008 This is the second time this year that a playwright has had me right up until the last minutes of a play and then – whump! – dud ending. Do I write that this production offers an hour and forty-four minutes of entertaining…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2008 In the beginning, there was Sha Na Na, which did perform at Woodstock (1969) in the minutes before Jimi Hendrix took the stage. And Sha Na Na begat Grease (1972) and Grease begat American Graffiti (1973) and American Graffiti begat Happy Days (1974). And this was known as the Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival.…
