REVIEW: “Three Sisters” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2008 I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you are either a Chekhov person, or you are…
REVIEW: “The Cherry Orchard” at Bakerloo Theatre Project
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2008 “Words fail Chekhov’s characters…lacking a Caliban or an Ariel to perform the actions they need, they are left…
REVIEW: “The Tempest” at Bakerloo Theatre Project
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2008 After forty years of reading and seeing Shakespeare, I had finally decided that “The Tempest” was my favorite…
REVIEW: The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall Presents “Heartbreak House”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2008 [The British public] just stared [at Anton Chekhov’s plays] and said, ‘How Russian!’ They did not strike me…
REVIEW: “Uncle Vanya” at Barrington Stage Company
by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 One of the trickiest things about being a theatre critic is having to review different productions of the same…
REVIEW: “Variations” at Bakerloo Theatre Project
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2007 I want to make it clear that this commentary is based on a one-night-only performance of these three…
REVIEW: The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall Presents “Uncle Vanya”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2007 There are three kinds of people in the world: people who love Chekhov, people who hate Chekhov, and…
REVIEW: “The Nina Variations” at the Miniature Theatre of Chester
by Gail M. Burns, August 2005. The Nina Variations raises a very important question. Is it fair to expect or require an audience to have to…