Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2004 The production of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer currently running at Main Street Stage in North Adams is a powerful and fascinating piece of theatre. Three actors, four monologues, played on a nearly empty stage with the house lights up. The show runs nearly three hours,…
Previewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2004 “What is a fact in the context of autobiography? A fact is something that happened to me or something I experienced. It can also be something I thought happened to me, something I thought I experienced. Or, indeed, an autobiographical fact can be…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2000 We all know the horror of losing our “good name”. For whatever it is worth, whatever minor sins we may commit as we stumble through this life, most of us value our reputation, our “name”, very highly indeed. Women are perhaps easier about…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 1999 I was pleased to learn that D.J. McDonald was bring an updated version of his “Oppenheimer Project” to the Manic Stage. I had enjoyed the version presented there briefly in October, and was interested to see what changes had been wrought over the…
