REVIEW: “Romeo and Juliet” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2009 “Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.” – Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene iii Romeo does not…
REVIEW: “Romeo and Juliet” at Main Street Stage
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2008 “For never was a story of more woeThan this of Juliet and her Romeo.” – William Shakespeare, Romeo and…
REVIEW: “The Tempest” at Bakerloo Theatre Project
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2008 After forty years of reading and seeing Shakespeare, I had finally decided that “The Tempest” was my favorite…
REVIEW: “All’s Well That Ends Well” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2008 The morning after I saw Tina Packer’s production of All’s Well That Ends Well, I was sorting through my…
REVIEW: “Macbeth” at the New York State Theatre Institute
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, February 2008 Come, thick night,And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hellThat my keen knife see not the wound…
REVIEW: “Antony and Cleopatra” at Shakespeare & Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 “War is a scienceWith rules to be appliedWhich good soldiers appreciateRecall and recapitulateBefore they go to decimateThe other…
REVIEW: “Macbeth” at Bakerloo Theatre Project’
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2007 As we left Academy Hall after seeing the Bakerloo Theatre Project’s current production of Macbeth, my companion said to…
REVIEW: “Variations” at Bakerloo Theatre Project
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2007 I want to make it clear that this commentary is based on a one-night-only performance of these three…