REVIEW: “Barnum” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2004 Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) was 60 years old when Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Circus made…
REVIEW: “Swing!” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2004 Swing! is the kind of show that I am on record as disliking. It is all song and dance…
REVIEW: “Gypsy” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2004 Gypsy is a great big, old-fashioned musical. Big is the operative word here. It calls for a big cast…
REVIEW: “Sugar Babies” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2003 WOW! Wowie-wow-wow! Whatta show! What a load of silly fun! Go! Buy tickets NOW, I tell you! There…
REVIEW: “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2003 Let’s get this out of the way right up front. This is a musical about a whorehouse. If…
REVIEW: “Smokey Joe’s Café” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2003 This is one of those head-scratchers. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote tons of fabulous rock ‘n’ roll…