Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2009 I don’t need to tell you that vampires are all the rage – again – if they ever went out of style in the first place. I confess I don’t understand the fascination and even seeing my beloved Raul Julia in the title…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2008 There is a debate about which is Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatest work – Carousel or South Pacific. I lean towards saying that South Pacific is the better overall show, but Carousel contains their greatest music and lyrics. If you go to the production of Carousel currently running at the Cohoes Music Hall…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2007 The tragic story of the oriental woman wronged by an occidental service man is usually told on a grand scale. Giacomo Puccini’s 1904 grand opera Madama Butterfly tops Opera America’s list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America. The genesis of this tale is…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2007 C-R Productions has mounted another rip-snorting musical at the Cohoes Music Hall, this time Frank Wildhorn’s Jekyll and Hyde, a huge hunk of faux-Victorian balderdash if there ever was one, but in this fast-paced and engaging presentation directed by Jim Charles the foolishness is overshadowed…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December 2006 People often ask me: “Is it hard to review the same shows over and over again? What more is there to say about your twenty-third production of The Sound of Music?” The answer is simple: You never see the same show twice. I could…
