REVIEW: “Crossing Delancey” at The Theater Barn

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 Susan Sandler’s 1987 play Crossing Delancey is simple, gentle, funny tale of the human connections that truly make life worthwhile. And while there is a boy-girl romance involved, the core relationship in this play is between a young woman and her grandmother – a relationship…

REVIEW: “Almost, Maine” at the Theater Barn

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2007 Like Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, the show that preceded it on the Theater Barn schedule, Almost, Maine has taken the regional theatre world by storm. EVERYONE has just done it, is doing it, or will do it in the coming months. And like Six Dance…

REVIEW: “Mesuggah-Nuns” at the Cohoes Music Hall

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, February 2005 If you are looking for high art, go back to my front page and make your selection of award-winning shows running the in Capital District. If you want to have fun, go see Meshuggah-Nuns at Cohoes Music Hall. The premise this time around, and it…

REVIEW: “Kathy and Mo: Parallel Lives” at The Theater Barn

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2004 Parallel Lives at the Theater Barn is an evening of sketch comedy performed by two very talented comediennes – Katherine Pecevich and Eleni Delopoulos. It was originally performed by its creators Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney as The Kathy and Mo Show, an Obie Award-winning off-Broadway smash in the…