REVIEW: “H. M. S. Pinafore” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2001 Like Major General Stanley, I can “whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense, Pinafore.” It is hard to…
REVIEW: “This is Our Youth” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2001 The first thing the BTF needs to do is change the title of this play. It is not…
REVIEW: “Starr’s Last Tape” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 “Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn’t want them…
REVIEW: “Lives of the Saints” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 Five minutes into the performance of “Lives of the Saints” I was holding my head in my hands.…
REVIEW: “The Batting Cage” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 This summer is just deja vue all over again. First the parallels between “Glimmer Brothers” (WTF-Nikos) and “Shoot the Piano Player” (BTF-Unicorn);…
REVIEW: “Moby Dick – Rehearsed” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 1999 Here you have playwright Orson Welles (“Citizen Kane”) adapting Herman Melville (“Moby Dick”) for the stage by way…
REVIEW: “Shoot the Piano Player” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 1999 It is a dangerous proposition when the author, the director and the producer of a play are one…
REVIEW: “Love’s Fires” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 1999 This sounds like a really good idea. Get seven award-winning modern playwrights to each write a play based…