by Gail M. Burns “There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others.” – Thelonious Monk Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944) sang a lot of notes that were less right – there are recordings that give irrefutable proof of her vocal ineptitude – and yet for the last…
BENNINGTON, VT—Oldcastle Theatre Company is excited to open its 50th season on June 17, 2022 with “Souvenir—A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins” by Stephen Temperley, directed by Nathan Stith. “Souvenir” tells the fictionalized story of the infamous real-life wealthy socialite and musical cult-figure Florence Foster Jenkins, who…
BENNINGTON, VT—Oldcastle Theatre Company opens its 50th season on June 17, 2022 with “Souvenir—A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins” by Stephen Temperley, directed by Nathan Stith. The play tells the imagined story of the real-life wealthy socialite and musical cult-figure Florence Foster Jenkins, who suffered under the delusion…
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, America’s greatest drama, the Civil War, Ben Franklin and the Tony Award for Best Play, all have in common? Each will be found in Oldcastle…
With a cast of sixteen, Big River is a delightful musical, a ground-breaking piece of anarchy about the relationship of Huck and Jim as they glide down the Mississippi on a raft.
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 1999 I was so excited to see “Bells Are Ringing” on Oldcastle’s 1999 schedule. This happy 1956 musical with music by Jule Styne and book and lyrcis by Betty Comden and Adolph Green is not done nearly enough. I looked forward to Friday evening…
