Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public SchoolThe Children’s Hour Dec 5 at 7:00 PMDec 6 at 7:00 PMÂ 15 Mulligan Drive, South Hadley MA 01075 PVPA’s Theatre Department is proud to present The Children’s Hour, Dec 5 & 6 in our MainStage Theater. Doors open at 6:30pm – Curtain 7:00pm.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
