REVIEW: “Men On Boats” presented by The Acting Class with Patrick White at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts
by Gail M. Burns There are no men on stage in the Acting Class with Patrick White’s presentation of Jaclyn Backhaus’ Men On Boats at…
REVIEW: “The Decorator” at The Theater Barn
by Gail M. Burns For the second year in a row the Theater Barn has chosen to end their season with a really lousy play.…
REVIEW: “Proof” at Oldcastle Theatre Company
by Gail M. Burns David Auburn’s Proof burst on the national consciousness nearly twenty years ago – winning Tonys and a Pulitzer and being made…
REVIEW” “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at The Theater Barn
by Gail M. Burns I have seen this show several times since the icy day in February 2004 when I slithered down to Barrington Stage…
REVIEW: “Pride and Prejudice” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
“What defines a great work is that it continues to be generous to people who are making new productions.” – Daniel Fish* Jane Austen is…
REVIEW: “She Loves Me” at The Theater Barn
by Gail M. Burns She Loves Me is the very definition of the word “charming.” It premiered on Broadway in 1963, in the heyday of…
REVIEW: “Pump Boys and Dinettes” at the Theater Barn
by Gail M. Burns Back in the early 1980’s a couple of musician friends dressed up in mechanics overalls, billed themselves as the Pump Boys,…
REVIEW: “The Mousetrap” at The Theater Barn
by Gail M. Burns The original London production of The Mousetrap, which opened in 1952, is STILL running; and there are endless amateur stagings every…