Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 Only recently has there been a trend to convert movie musicals into theatrical vehicles, usually with the view of reproducing, live on stage, the moments we all treasure on celluloid. Frankly, this rarely works well. This summer the Mac-Haydn has presented three movie-to-stage…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2007 Being my curmudgeonly self, I was less than thrilled with the announcement that the Mac-Haydn would bring me “Christmas in July” with a production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. It is my opinion that we get way too much Chistmas when it IS Christmas,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2007 One look at the press release for the current Mac-Haydn production of Thoroughly Modern Millie and I knew that this would be the Mac-Haydn at their best. While the theatre frequently gets in very talented young performers for a season or two, it is the…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2007 Unlike Lou Grant, I like a woman with spunk. And that is the one thing that saves Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Oklahoma! from being nothing but a load of sugary sweetness for me – the genuine spunk of the three leading ladies: Laurey, Ado Annie,…
