REVIEW: “Carousel” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2008 There is a debate about which is Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatest work – Carousel or South Pacific. I lean towards saying…
REVIEW: “La Cage Aux Folles” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2008 This is the best production of La Cage Aux Folles in the world. Well, okay, somewhere on this planet there…
REVIEW: Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” at C-R Productions
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December 2007 Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is both an attempt to present the beloved 1954 film musical “live on stage” – an…
REVIEW: “Miss Saigon” at C-R Productions
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2007 The tragic story of the oriental woman wronged by an occidental service man is usually told on a…
REVIEW: “Jekyll and Hyde” at C-R Productions
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2007 C-R Productions has mounted another rip-snorting musical at the Cohoes Music Hall, this time Frank Wildhorn’s Jekyll and Hyde, a…
REVIEW: “Chicago” at C-R Productions
“Ah, fame, fame, thou glittering bauble…” – Sir James M. Barrie When I last reviewed a production of Chicago at the Theater Barn in 2003, America had Chicago fever.…
REVIEW: C-R Productions Presents “The Sound of Music”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December 2006 People often ask me: “Is it hard to review the same shows over and over again? What more…