REVIEW: The Knights Present “Candide” at Tanglewood

by Macey Levin As the world probably knows, 2018 would have been Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday,  also that of Jerome Robbins.  Bernstein was a musical genius as a conductor, music educator on television and a composer of classical music, ballets, and broadway musicals.  In our part of the world Barrington…

REVIEW: “The Autumn Garden” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 The title of this 1951 Lillian Hellman play is evocative. Imagine a garden in autumn – the light just so, the summer greens muted towards brown, wind swirling colorful leaves into ever changing patterns… Of course this play is set in September on…

REVIEW: The Drury Drama Team Presents “The Children’s Hour”

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 1999 Watching the Drury Drama Team’s production of Lillian Hellman’s 1934 play “The Children’s Hour” was a great learning experience for me. Usually educational theatre has a greater impact on the students than on the audience, but I found my eyes opened to a…

REVIEW: “The Little Foxes” at Oldcastle

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September, 1998 When I was an aspiring teenage playwright, there were very few female playwrights for me to use as role models. In fact, there was only one – Lillian Hellman (1905-1984). Naturally, I was interested in who this one pioneer was and what she…