Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2009 Arthur Miller’s 1947 tragedy All My Sons was his first commercial success. The next play of his staged was Death of a Salesman. Then he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The “un-American” ideas that Miller presented in these two plays, and many others,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2009 Don’t get me wrong, I like words. I use a lot of them every day. But I am mindful of the truth in the old saying “A picture’s worth a thousand words.” At its best, theatre is a seamless blend of words and…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2008 Back in 2003, I opened my review of the one-man show Fully Committed at the Theater Barn with the following paragraph: Watching an actor perform a one-person show is like watching an athlete, let’s say Lance Armstrong competing in the Tour de France. Can he…
