SALEM, NY – Fort Salem Theater is thrilled to announce the star-studded cast of their upcoming production of the beloved musical masterpiece, “The Pirates of Penzance.” Audiences are invited to set sail on a high-seas adventure filled with comedy, romance, and unforgettable melodies, as this timeless Gilbert and Sullivan classic…
Walloomsac River Theatre Company is presenting Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night- Abridged” directed by Lauren Biasi, Sunday August 6th at 7pm, performed at Bennington’s Monument Arts and Cultural Center, located at 44 Gypsy Lane in Bennington, VT 05201. Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” tells the tale of a ship wrecked on the rocks. Viola is…
SALEM, NY, June 14, 2023 – Fort Salem Theater is thrilled to announce the star-studded cast of their upcoming production of the beloved musical masterpiece, “The Pirates of Penzance.” Audiences are invited to set sail on a high-seas adventure filled with comedy, romance, and unforgettable melodies, as this timeless Gilbert…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2006 The first thing this show needs is a new title. The Burnt Part Boys suggests a tragic tale of burn victims or innocent civilians wounded as “collateral damage” in some war. In fact this is a fairly gentle musical coming-of-age tale about two brothers, Jake…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, February 2006 Last August, as a special treat, I took my then-sixteen-year-old son Brandon to New York to see Monty Python’s Spamalot. At intermission I turned to him and, indicating the 1,519 or so members of the unwashed masses with whom I was forced to share…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2005 “That’s what it’s all about. Doors and sardines. Getting on — getting off. Getting the sardines on — getting the sardines off. That’s farce. That’s the theater. That’s life.” – Michael Frayn, Noises Off That pretty much sums it up. There is a whole…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2004 Every season the Theater Barn trots out a murder mystery. This year it is Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest, considered by fans to be one of her finest works for the stage. Sure enough, before the lights come up a murder is committed, and…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2003 “In the time of our life, live – so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it.”~ William Saroyan The title William Saroyan…
