REVIEW: “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” at Hubbard Hall
by Gail M. Burns In 1983 successful singer/songwriter Rupert Holmes concocted a plan to make a musical out of Charles Dickens’ unfinished final work The…
In Cambridge, NY: Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre’s magnificent “Madama Butterfly”
Bei-Bei Guan sang the title role superbly, in this tragic opera where a Navy captain who leaves his “wife” and child behind after a fraudulent marriage returns at last.
REVIEW: The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall Presents “Present Laughter”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2009 What is love, tis not hereafter, Present mirth, hath present laughter: What’s to come, is still unsure. In…
REVIEW: The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall Presents “Seascape”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2009 My invitation to my companion at Seascape read as follows: “Would you like to come with me to Hubbard Hall…
REVIEW: The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall Presents “The Good Doctor”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2008 Once I went to a ridiculously trendy restaurant and saw on the menu an exotic dish made with…
REVIEW: “Cosi fan Tutte” at Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2008 Let me state right up front that I know NOTHING about opera. While they have the same roots…
REVIEW: The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall Presents “Man of La Mancha”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2008 “And the world will be better for thisThat one man, scorned and covered with scarsStill strove with his…
REVIEW: The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall Presents “Heartbreak House”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2008 [The British public] just stared [at Anton Chekhov’s plays] and said, ‘How Russian!’ They did not strike me…