Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 In 2006, when this production of Hamlet, directed by Eleanor Holdridge and starring Jason Asprey with his real-life mother Tina Packer as Gertrude and his real-life step-father Dennis Krausnick as Polonius, was first presented at Shakespeare & Company, I was the only Berkshire area…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2006 I saw a wonderful new play yesterday called Hamlet. That is how I felt, anyway. Eleanor Holdridge’s staging of Shakespeare’s masterpiece made me feel as if I was seeing the play for the first time. As if it were some new work built out…
by Gail M. Burns, July, 2005. This gentle and perfect afternoon of theatre puts me in mind of a modest engagement ring: two perfect twinkling diamond chips set in a soft setting of warm yellow gold. Not big and flashy but breathtakingly beautiful to those who take the time to…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2004. If you did not see this show during its November/December run last year, I would encourage you to go. It is a delightful play – funny and profound – with excellent central performances by Tina Packer and Diane Prusha. My only warning to you is…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2004 (On July 28th Christine Marie Brown took over the role of Rosalind. Click HERE to read my update.) I saw As You Like It with a crowd of Elderhostel folks. An elderly man was seated to my left and when the final curtain fell (metaphorically,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2001. Did I tell everyone that A Midsummer Night’s Dream was the must-see show at Shakespeare & Company this season? I take that back. If you only have the time and money to see one grand Shakespearean production this summer, by all means make it The Tempest.…
