by Gail M. Burns, June, 2003 Two decades ago, as her youngest child approached high school graduation, Joan Phelps turned to her husband Abe and said, “Let’s mortgage the house and start a theatre.” You can imagine his response, but they took the plunge and 20 years and 160+ productions…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2003 You know how sometimes you attempt to relate something that really cracked you up to a friend who wasn’t there when it happened and you fail? You want SO MUCH to share the fun with this person who just doesn’t get it. And…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September, 2002 The Complete History of America (Abridged) is a very silly show, which gallops smartly along for two hilarious hours in this delightfully sophomoric production at The Theater Barn. Do not go expecting high art, but prepare to revel in low comedy — about as…
eviewed by Gail M. Burns, September, 2002 The Country Club is an entertaining play, and one that is just the ideal size and shape for a production at the Theater Barn. A mostly able cast, many of them hold-overs from the Barn’s summer season, are put through their paces in a…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2002 If you have not been to the Theater Barn yet this season, or if (shame on you!) you have never darkened its doors at all, this is the show that you must buy tickets for NOW! You will start having fun from the…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2002 This is a good news/bad news review. The good news is that there is a lot to like in the production of “Can-Can” currently running at the Theater Barn. I had fun and I bet you will too. But there are some things…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2002 Since The Fantasticks has closed its unprecedented 42-year run, I Love You, You’re Prefect, Now Change has assumed the throne as the longest running show currently playing off-Broadway. I understand that couples routinely become engaged on stage (hopefully not during the show itself but between acts or…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2002 Dial ‘M’ for Murder by Frederick Knott has been around for fifty-years and it still has plenty of thrills and excitement for new audiences. The Theater Barn continues their tradition of first-rate summer mysteries with an attractive and entertaining production of this classic. Actually, Dial…
