REVIEW: “The Violet Hour” at Barrington Stage Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2008 “I can’t find anything hopeless in having lived…in a hundred years I think I shall like having young…
REVIEW: “The Mysteries of Harris Burdick” at Barrington Stage Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2008 If you are not already familiar with Chris Van Allsburg’s 1984 book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick I suggest that…
REVIEW: “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at Barrington Stage Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2008 I defy anyone to dislike this show. It is just so funny and heartwarming, and contains some truly…
REVIEW: “I Am My Own Wife” at Barrington Stage Company
by Gail M. Burns, May 2008 A man tells a story over and over so many times he becomes the story. In that way, he…
REVIEW: “Trumbo: Red, White, and Blacklisted” at Barrington Stage Company
by Gail M. Burns, February 2008 When Julianne Boyd announced in December that Barrington Stage would be presenting Trumbo in February, I had a “wait, wait, don’t…
REVIEW: “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill”
by Gail M. Burns, December 2007 Without Gail Nelson and Billie Holiday there would be no Barrington Stage. In the summer of 1995 Julianne Boyd,…
REVIEW: “The World Goes ‘Round” at Barrington Stage Company
by Deborah E. Burns, October 2007 All that jazz! Take two gifted songwriters; three sensuous ladies; two suave tenors; and five superb musicians. Mix them…
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…