The Broadway World Review of “Much Ado About Nothing” calls it funny and inventive
Entering the final week of its run, this remarkable production takes Shakespeare on a joy ride.
REVIEW: “Carousel” at Barrington Stage Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 The title of Carousel makes you think of color, music, movement, and summer carefree afternoons, but behind that mask lies a tragic tale of lives wasted and ruined. A hopeful, if not happy ending, has been appended, but we have no guarantee that any of…
REVIEW: “Private Lives” at Barrington Stage Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2008 “I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives.”– Noel Coward, “Private Lives” 1929 Certainly Noel Coward (1899-1973) wasn’t what was considered “normal” in his private life. A closeted gay man, as one pretty much had to…
REVIEW: “Ring Around the Moon” at Barrington Stage
by Gail M. Burns, August 2006 While I am sure you are all wanting to know how the Barrington Stage production of Jean Anouilh’s Ring Around the Moon is, I would bet dollars to doughnuts that what you really want to hear is my opinion of the company’s new home in the…
REVIEW: “The Collyer Brothers at Home” and “Period Piece” at Barrington Stage
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2006 This humble pair of works from the early stages of playwright Mark St. Germain’s career are being given a delightful production by Barrington Stage in a comfortable theatre space carved out of the Berkshire Athenaeum auditorium. Prior to preparing for this review, I…
REVIEW: “The Importance of Being Earnest” at Barrington Stage
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 I had been looking forward to seeing this production of The Importance of Being Earnest for months, and so I was puzzled that I left the theatre feeling empty and unfulfilled. Certainly Barrington Stage has mounted a beautiful and professional production cast with attractive and…