REVIEW: “The Human Comedy” at Barrington Stage Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2006 “The threads of misery and joyAre woven fine.Into a vast design,When tragedy gives way to comedy.Until you can’t…
REVIEW: “The Burnt Part Boys” at Barrington Stage
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2006 The first thing this show needs is a new title. The Burnt Part Boys suggests a tragic tale of burn…
REVIEW: “The Collyer Brothers at Home” and “Period Piece” at Barrington Stage
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2006 This humble pair of works from the early stages of playwright Mark St. Germain’s career are being given…
REVIEW: The Town Players Present “Molly Sweeney”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2006 You place an object on the table and ask me to identify it. “That’s an apple,” I say,…
REVIEW: “Hair” at Barrington Stage
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2005 RUN EXTENDED IN PITTSFIELD AUGUST 17-21 ! “Hair simply could not have existed ten years ago, and it is…
REVIEW: “Three Viewings” at Barrington Stage Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, February 2005 While Jeffrey Hatcher’s Three Viewings is certainly excellent theatre, it is not exactly a play. Set in a Pittsburgh funeral…
REVIEW: The Two of Us Productions Presents “Agnes of God”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2004 Twenty-two years ago, when John Pielmeier’s three-woman play Agnes of God opened on Broadway, it was a sensation. It had…
REVIEW: Town Players Present “Run for Your Wife”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2000 One of the really great things about being a theatre critic is that you get to see all…