REVIEW: “Lucky Stiff” at The Theater Barn

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2005 What a delightful little gem of a musical! Lucky Stiff, currently being given a luminous production at the Theater Barn, was the first musical from the Tony award-winning team of Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music) who went on to fame…

REVIEW: “Songs for a New World” at The Theater Barn

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 Songs for a New World is basically a semi-staged concert of songs by Jason Robert Brown, an up-and-coming young composer and lyricist. In the decade since its brief 28 performance premiere at the WPA theatre in New York, the show has had over 300…

REVIEW: “Swingtime Canteen” at The Theater Barn

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 I really don’t understand why this is such a dismal production of Swingtime Canteen. This is the kind of small, funny revue that the Theater Barn usually does very well. Director Peggy Ayn Maas has a long history with this show – she is…