LINE-UP INCLUDES FOUR WORLD PREMIERE PLAYS, A WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL, A NEW PRODUCTION OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ “A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE” DIRECTED BY ROBERT O’HARA, AND A NEW PRODUCTION OF ANNA ZIEGLER’S “PHOTOGRAPH 51” DIRECTED BY SUSAN STROMAN SEASON TO INCLUDE AUDRA MCDONALD, KATE BURTON, CARLA GUGINO, TAYLOR SCHILLING, SHAKINA NAYFACK,…
A rarely performed spy thriller by Tom Stoppard sweeps across the Nikos Stage is a flurry of episodic scenes.
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2008 Ah, the American mental health system. My most recent brush with it entailed a therapist who demanded that I “get something” out of therapy, not just “talk about things.” Since I didn’t get what it was I was supposed to be getting, and…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 Richard Burton (1925-1984) was born in Pontrhydyfen, Wales, the 12th of 13 children of a coalminer. Burton showed a talent for the literary arts in elementary school, and an inspirational teacher took him under his wing and prepared him for the theatrical career…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2001 Okay, I cannot properly call this a review because Brandon and I departed for home at intermission. I can claim to be one of the few people in the world who is not a college English professor who has read The Winter’s Tale and actually…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 1999 There seemed to be a great deal of excitment about “The Factory Girls” the season opener at the WTF’s Nikos Stage. I couldn’t figure out why. This wasn’t a play I had heard a great deal about, and the WTF wasn’t tooting its…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1998 Coming home from the theatre late last night, after a long and exhausting day, the question entered my mind “Why do we bother writing new plays when there are so many good old ones?” That is a foolish question, of course. The real…
