Gail’s Letter to the Editor Concerning the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Posted September, 2006 To the Editor: Let’s be honest here. The Williamstown Theatre Festival has been all about itself and not about its audience for years. It…
OPINION: Gail’s Rant on the New MainStage Theatre at Williams College
Posted July 11, 2005 “We cannot read or hear if we are bored and hostile and confused.” – Mary Caroline Richards I am not sure…
REVIEW: Williams College Theatre Department Presents “Landscapes: Six Short Pieces by Samuel Beckett”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April, 2005 Apparently, I was in attendance at a “Glittering Opening Night”! I wish someone had told me or I…
REVIEW: Williamstheatre Presents “In a Lake of Fire”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April, 2000 As a theatre critic, I have to say that I found “In a Lake of Fire” a very…
REVIEW: Cap & Bells Presents “The Glass Menagerie”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December, 1999 This is the third production of “The Glass Menagerie” that I have reviewed in the past eighteen months.…
REVIEW: Cap & Bells Presents “Little Shop of Horrors”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December, 1999 They just don’t get it. It is a pity, because “Little Shop of Horrors” is a perfectly constructed…
REVIEW: Williamstheatre Presents “The Trojan Women”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November, 1999 The last Greek tragedy that I saw was the WTF production of “Hecuba” in which Olympia Dukakis shook…
REVIEW: Williamstheatre Presents “Death and the Maiden”
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October, 1999 “Death and the Maiden” is an intense and intimate play, and so I wondered why Williamstheatre chose to…