Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2005 This was at least the fourth production of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown that I have seen. As a child I saw the original off-Broadway production with Gary Burghoff (later “Radar” on M*A*S*H*), Reva Rose, and Skip and Bill Hinnant. As a senior in…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2004 The first time I ever encountered David Ives’ work I was quite horrified. But that was a big Main Stage production at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, with a big Main Stage price tag. Ives doesn’t write big and he isn’t meant to be…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2004 Living with Lady Macbeth is the sort of play written for young actors to perform for an audience of their peers. And, as luck would have it, this is the play the Drury Drama Team has selected to take to the 11th Annual International Thespian Festival in Lincoln,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2004 I am a big believer in truth in advertising. In other words, I appreciate a theatre company that knows what it is, and what it isn’t, and states it clearly. Theatre is not one-size-fits-all (nothing is, actually.) Different people enjoy different forms of…
Previewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2004 A group of young women and men, all alumni of Drury High School and the Drury Drama Team, have come together to create a new community theatre group, Mill City Productions, a collaborative, non-profit effort featuring theatre veterans and enthusiasts of all ages. They…
