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: “Show Boat” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2004 And now, ladies and gentlemen, I have the pleasure of announcing that a star is born! I have…
REVIEW: “Adorable Me: The Totie Fields Story” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2004 “To thine own self be true.” – William Shakespeare In this day and age too many of us…
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: “The Pirates of Penzance” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2004 You must excuse me because I know way too much about The Pirates of Penzance. I have known every…
REVIEW: “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May, 2004 The Mac-Haydn has billed its 2004 season as “Fantastic Fun” and has launched it with a bang with…
REVIEW: “State Fair” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2003 “Our state fair is a great state fairDon’t miss it, don’t even be lateBet you dollars to doughnuts…