REVIEW: “Carousel” at The Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2005 In 1999, Time Magazine looked back over the entire 20th century, a century that saw the American musical…
REVIEW: “The Student Prince” at The Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2005 Every year, usually early in the season, the Mac-Haydn treats local audiences to a gem from the canon…
REVIEW: “Show Boat” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2004 And now, ladies and gentlemen, I have the pleasure of announcing that a star is born! I have…
REVIEW: “Swing!” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2004 Swing! is the kind of show that I am on record as disliking. It is all song and dance…
REVIEW: “Gypsy” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2004 Gypsy is a great big, old-fashioned musical. Big is the operative word here. It calls for a big cast…
REVIEW: “The Pirates of Penzance” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2004 You must excuse me because I know way too much about The Pirates of Penzance. I have known every…
REVIEW: “The Secret Garden” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2003 Like millions of young girls, Frances Hodgson Burnett was one of my favorite authors when I was growing up. I…
REVIEW: “Hello, Dolly!” at The Mac-Haydn
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2003 The Mac-Haydn is offering up a cheerful, likeable, and oddly uneven production of Hello Dolly! Basically, the leading ladies are…