Berkshire On Stage Critics Pick Their Favorites of the 2017 Season

The four critics who review for BerkshireOnStage.com – Gail M. Burns, Roseann Cane, Macey Levin, and Barbara Waldinger – have each listed their favorite regional theatre productions of the past calendar year. Because for the most part we all see and review different shows, there was no sense trying to…

REVIEW: “The Einstein Project” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 (Click HERE for production photos.) “The art of stage performance cannot be judged by how closely the actors can imitate or recreate ordinary, everyday life on stage. An actor uses his words and gestures to try to convince his audience of something profoundly true. It…

REVIEW: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2007 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is exactly the same enormous anti-establishment 1960’s melodrama that I remembered it to be. And I enjoyed it thoroughly. In an interview with a member of the BTF PR staff, playwright Dale Wasserman noted that he had only…