REVIEW: “Breakwater” at Barrington Public Theater

by Barbara Waldinger What a pleasure to attend the appealing and comfortable McConnell Theatre at Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, where Barrington Public Theater makes its debut—Breakwater by Jim Frangione.  Facing the audience is a deep, wide proscenium stage, depicting beige sand dunes in Hyannis circa 1990,…

REVIEW: “Recitatif” at the Berkshire Fringe

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 I am going to write a detailed review of this extraordinary production, but due to some personal stresses I am behind schedule with my reviews and this show only has one more performance here in the Berkshires. If you have the time, please…

REVIEW: “Lounge-Zilla” at the Berkshire Fringe

Here is a conundrum: while I laughed a lot at “Lounge-Zilla!” I didn’t actually have fun.  The curtain call was one of those “Phew! Glad that’s over” moments.  And the show was barely an hour long. I think perhaps I am: A) too old (younger members of the audience seemed…

REVIEW: “So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz!” at the Berkshire Fringe

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2007 If you are now or have ever been a teen-aged girl, you must go and see So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz! which has only two more performances at the Daniels Arts Center on the Simon’s Rock campus as part of the 2007 Berkshire Fringe Festival. If you…