REVIEW: “Naked” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Barbara Waldinger Many twenty-first century theatre audiences, who expect real life behavior onstage, much like reality TV, may not know how to react to…
REVIEW: “Broadway By The Year®” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009 Even if you just started reading my reviews last week, it must be evident that I am an…
REVIEW: “Of Mice and Men” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2008 The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ menGang aft agley,An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,For promis’d…
REVIEW: “A Christmas Carol” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival’
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December, 2007 But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas Time…as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable,…
REVIEW: “The Glass Menagerie” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May, 2007 For deeply personal reasons, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is a very difficult play for me to sit through. But…
REVIEW: “A Christmas Carol” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December, 2006 People who know me will tell you that I am hardly Scrooge-like in my day-to-day life. But when…
REVIEW: “King Lear” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2003. King Lear is so very large and powerful a play that even writing about it is a daunting task.…
REVIEW: “Much Ado About Nothing” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2003. I had a wonderful time at the opening night of Much Ado About Nothing. So did everyone else in…