National Performing Acts Ivy League of Comedy Hilarious comedy show featuring original, well written comedy that doesn’t resort to playing on stereotypes or picking on the audience. Big Wigs: A Las Vegas-Style Impersonation Show Starring Mrs. Kasha Davis and Aggy Dune A high-energy, unforgettable experience that captures the essence of…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss We are all familiar with the iconic musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein. We have seen them on the stage and screen, and many of us saw them performed at our high schools. Likely, we have never heard of Pipe Dream, originally performed on Broadway in 1955 and…
by Gail M. Burns Let me make it very clear that this issue surrounding the BTF production of “Ghosts” is the proverbial Tempest in a Teapot. This is just a summer stock production, and the only people this really affects are those who have purchased or are planning to purchase…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 “Perhaps the secret to Simon’s success is his ability…to show us — between, in, and around the funny lines — the pain, aspiration, and sheer panic behind all those unforgettable characters.” – from the Kennedy Center Honors Biography of Neil Simon Batten down…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 This is NOT the best of all possible Candides. If all of my colleagues have also led with this all-too-obvious remark, I apologize, but I make it a policy not to read any other reviews before I write my own, and this is the…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 (Click HERE for production photos.) “The art of stage performance cannot be judged by how closely the actors can imitate or recreate ordinary, everyday life on stage. An actor uses his words and gestures to try to convince his audience of something profoundly true. It…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 Even if you just started reading my reviews last week, it must be evident that I am an avid theatre historian, especially when it comes to American musical theatre. So you would think that Broadway By The Year®, a series of revues created by…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2009 What is a fact in the context of autobiography? A fact is something that happened to me or something I experienced. It can also be something I thought happened to me, something I thought I experienced. Or, indeed, an autobiographical fact can be…
