REVIEW: “Brighton Beach Memoirs” at Oldcastle
by Gail M. Burns The minute that Sarah Corey makes her entrance as Neil Simon’s indomitable matriarch, Kate Jerome, Oldcastle Theatre Company‘s production of Brighton…
REVIEW: “Proof” at Oldcastle Theatre Company
by Gail M. Burns David Auburn’s Proof burst on the national consciousness nearly twenty years ago – winning Tonys and a Pulitzer and being made…
REVIEW: “The Almost True and Truly Remarkable Adventures of Israel Potter” at Oldcastle
by Gail M. Burns Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile, first published in serial form from 1854-1855, is Herman Melville’s only historical novel, based…
Oldcastle Theatre Announces 2018 Season
What do history, silliness, Cole Porter, mathematical genius, comedy, George Washington, new works, Herman Melville, a Nobel Prize, mystery, a Pulitzer Prize, music, Ethan Allen,…
REVIEW: The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall Presents “Seascape”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2009 My invitation to my companion at Seascape read as follows: “Would you like to come with me to Hubbard Hall…
REVIEW: “Greater Tuna” at Oldcastle Theatre Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2008 We’ve all been there. You’ve planned a lovely dinner and, five minutes before your guests are to arrive,…
REVIEW: “Bedroom Farce” at Oldcastle Theatre Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2008 Alan Ayckbourn is a very popular playwright. Oldcastle has an excellent track record of producing his works. Their…
REVIEW: “The Grass is Greener” at Oldcastle Theatre Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2008 On Friday night and Saturday afternoon I saw two romantic comedies, written about 70 years apart. Guess which…