REVIEW: “The Fantasticks” at Oldcastle Theatre Company

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 I cannot recall how many times I have seen The Fantasticks â€“ once in summer stock when I was very young, at least once at the Sullivan Street Playhouse, and, memorably, once in Phippy Kaye’s living room when a group of 4th grade girls I…

REVIEW: “On Golden Pond” at Oldcastle Theatre Company

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2007 The production of Ernest Thompson’s On Golden Pond currently running at Oldcastle is definitely feel-good summer theatre. There is nothing wrong with that. I personally had a very good time at the show, especially since Carleton Carpenter’s Norman Thayer reminded me very much of my…

REVIEW: “Sky Girls” at the Dorset Theatre Festival

by Gail M. Burns August, 2005. From 1942-1944 about 1,100 young women flew American military aircraft stateside in a program called WASP (Women Air Force Service Pilots). They transported planes from the factories to the bases, ferried military brass around the country, and made many other flights considered “a waste…