REVIEW: “Dancing at Lughnasa” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2009 Oh dear sisters, our life is not yet at an end. Let us live. The music is so…
REVIEW: “The Boys Next Door” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, February 2009 Tom Griffin, the author of The Boys Next Door bills himself as an actor and a playwright. I have never…
REVIEW: “The Dumbwaiter” and “The Problem” at Town Players of Pittsfield
by Gail M. Burns, April 2007 Many, many years ago, I purchased tickets to a rare U.S. performance by a British youth theatre troupe. I…
REVIEW: The Town Players Present “Molly Sweeney”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2006 You place an object on the table and ask me to identify it. “That’s an apple,” I say,…
REVIEW: “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2003 The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a deeply disturbing play. It is an alarming blend of hysterical comedy, grand…
REVIEW: Town Players Present “Run for Your Wife”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2000 One of the really great things about being a theatre critic is that you get to see all…