REVIEW: “Auntie and Me” at Chester Theatre Company
by Gail M. Burns, August 2006 As a critic, I can never leave a show early, nor do I often feel inclined to do so,…
REVIEW: “Two Rooms” at the Chester Theatre Company
by Gail M. Burns, August 2006 Michael Wells, a history professor at the American University in Beirut, is being held hostage by Shiite Muslim extremists.…
REVIEW: “Rounding Third” at the Chester Theatre Company
by Gail M. Burns, July 2006. What an amusing and gentle bit of summer fun Rounding Third is. This tale of two very different men struggling to…
REVIEW: “Duet for One” at the Chester Theatre Company
by Gail M. Burns, July 2006. Duet for One made me very angry. I suspect this is a very personal response because my fellow audience members…
REVIEW: “See Rock City” at the Miniature Theatre of Chester
by Gail M. Burns, August 2005. Alas, I managed to miss the popular 2001 MTC production of Arlene Hutton’s “Last Train to Nibroc” which tells…
REVIEW: “The Nina Variations” at the Miniature Theatre of Chester
by Gail M. Burns, August 2005. The Nina Variations raises a very important question. Is it fair to expect or require an audience to have to…
REVIEW: “Boston Marriage” at the Miniature Theatre of Chester
by Gail M. Burns, July 2005. “Boston marriage” was a term used in the nineteenth-century to describe romantic friendships between women that included long-term cohabitation.…
REVIEW: “The Retreat from Moscow” at the Miniature Theatre of Chester
by Gail M. Burns, July 2005. The Miniature Theatre of Chester has launched their 2005 season, billed as “A Summer of Uncommon Love Stories”, with…