Review: Little Shop of Horrors at New York’s Ghent Playhouse
Gail Burns found Little Shop “a solid production of this beloved and technically difficult show,” despite having a few problems.
When nice people have a meltdown: God of Carnage at the Theater Barn
Review of Yasmina Reza’s outrageously funny Tony winning play in which two perfectly behaved couples meet to discuss a fight their two sons had, when civility slips away and all hell breaks loose.
Burns and Murray: Multigenerational cast of “Evita” at Theater Barn wins us over
Evita (Joanna Russell) and Che (Ryan Burch) may dominate the Theater Barn stage in this rarely done Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, but it is the whole cast which make this production special, say our online critics.
A grand, tragic and full throated “Rigoletto” from Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre
Rigoletto is possibly the most popular tragic opera in the repertory – and it was a whole new adventure for our theatre critic, Gail Burns. She marveled at its big sound in the intimacy of Hubbard Hall in Cambridge, NY.
Barrington Stage comes up with a doozie of a screwball comedy with “His Girl Friday”
A huge cast hurtles through the funniest play of the year with director Julianne Boyd never taking her foot off the gas pedal. Burns and Murray review playwright John Guare’s take on the original play and film, where he has blended the two together for one zany evening of screwball comedy.
Tina Packer is an ageless “Mother of the Maid” at Shakespeare & Co
Taking place during the time of her daughter Joan’s dramatic rise and fall, Tina Packer brings tremendous energy to the title role, rendering Isabelle an ageless Everymother.
Irish neighbors find love in John Michael Shanley’s “Outside Mullingar” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
Gail Burns reviews the new romantic comedy from the writer of “Doubt” and “Moonstruck,” a play that is both a love letter to Ireland and a hit in Dorset, VT.
Review: Regional premiere of ‘john & jen” at the Theater Barn, a sung-through musical
The regional premiere of this new musical comes to life with Caitlin Mesiano as Jen, Michael Luongo as John at the Theater Barn in New Lebanon, NY.