REVIEW: “Beehive” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2008 If you were born before 1955, you will just love Beehive. I base this on the fact that everyone…
REVIEW: “Carousel” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2008 There is a debate about which is Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatest work – Carousel or South Pacific. I lean towards saying…
REVIEW: “42nd Street” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2008 “Hear the beat of dancing feet…” – Al Dubin The joint is literally jumping in Cohoes as Tralen…
REVIEW: “La Cage Aux Folles” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2008 This is the best production of La Cage Aux Folles in the world. Well, okay, somewhere on this planet there…
REVIEW: “Les Misérables” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2008 “All the reviews are reactionary and more or less hostile.”– Victor-Marie Hugo, speaking of the critical reaction to…
REVIEW: Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” at C-R Productions
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December 2007 Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is both an attempt to present the beloved 1954 film musical “live on stage” – an…
REVIEW: “Miss Saigon” at C-R Productions
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2007 The tragic story of the oriental woman wronged by an occidental service man is usually told on a…
REVIEW: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” at C-R Productions
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2007 You would never, ever know that this production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was…