REVIEW: Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 As I was leaving the Mac-Haydn after seeing their first public performance of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast I observed…
REVIEW: “Hello, Dolly!” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 Will I ever get out of the year 1890 this summer?? Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, and, obviously, Paris 1890, Unlaced are all set…
REVIEW: “The Full Monty” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, February 2009 This is the third production of the stage musical of The Full Monty that I have seen – the second…
REVIEW: “Nuncrackers” at the Cohoes Music Hall
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December 2008 The last time I saw Nuncrackers, in May (yeah, in May, go figure) 2005 at the Mac-Haydn, I called…
REVIEW: “Hairspray” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2008 THE PROLOGUE I feel like Emily Litella. You remember, that character Gilda Radner used to do on the…
REVIEW: “The Music Man” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 Some old musicals are just that – old. But The Music Man is one of that handful of shows that…
REVIEW: “Singin’ in the Rain” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 Only recently has there been a trend to convert movie musicals into theatrical vehicles, usually with the view…
REVIEW: Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2007 Being my curmudgeonly self, I was less than thrilled with the announcement that the Mac-Haydn would bring me…