REVIEW: “Arsenic and Old Lace” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2007 Alas, poor Mortimer Brewster (Jason Marr). A recalcitrant theatre critic for a major New York newspaper, on the…
REVIEW: “Reunion” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2007 If you take Reunion at face value as staged musical chronicle of the years Abraham Lincoln was president, it works…
REVIEW: “A Wonderful Life” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December 2006 On the way over the mountains to Troy my eleven-year-old nephew regaled me with tales of why his…
REVIEW: “The Cat, The Sun, and The Mirror” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2006 It is a sad comment on how we prioritize our arts dollars that I am used to seeing…
REVIEW: “The Lark” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2006 Joan of Arc (1412-1431) made her first appearance as a character in a play within five years of…
REVIEW: “Number the Stars” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2006 During World War II the Danish Resistance managed to smuggle about 7,000 of the 8,000 Danish Jews over…
REVIEW: “1776” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2006 For all her faults, our nation is an amazing place, and the story of her founding is a…
REVIEW: “The Unexpected Guest” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2005 I spent a great deal of time the past week grumbling about murder mystery plays. I am not…