REVIEW: “Wonder of the World” at Barrington Stage
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2006 A fine cast, fast-paced direction by Rob Ruggerio and clever sets by Luke Hegel-Canatraella render David Lindsay-Abraire’s less…
REVIEW: “Morgan O-Yuki: Geisha of the Gilded Age” Presented by Shakespeare & Company at Ventfort Hall
by Gail M. Burns, July 2006 Born in Kyoto, Yuki Kato (1881-1963) was the daughter of a Samuri sword-maker, an honorable profession, but one that…
REVIEW: “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2006 I usually hate to go out on Saturday night because then I miss my Brit-coms on PBS, Tony…
REVIEW: “Hamlet” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2006 I saw a wonderful new play yesterday called Hamlet. That is how I felt, anyway. Eleanor Holdridge’s staging of…
REVIEW: “The Servant of Two Masters” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2006 I’ll eat my hat if Dan McCleary’s side-splitting production of Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters isn’t the best…
REVIEW: “Enchanted April” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2006 Enchanted April is a mediocre play based on a charming novel being given a far better production than it…
REVIEW: “The Tricky Part” at Shakespeare & Company
by Gail M. Burns, AUGUST, 2005. Actor Martin Moran was sexually abused by a male camp counselor he met when he was twelve. This relationship…
REVIEW: “King John” at Shakespeare & Company
by Gail M. Burns, AUGUST, 2005. “John, John, bad King John,Shamed the throne that he sat on…” Thus begins a poem by Herbert and Eleanor…