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…
PREVIEW: Mt. Greylock Regional High School Presents “Twelfth Night”
Preview article by Gail M. Burns, November 2003. It has become an autumn tradition for Mt. Greylock Regional High School to mount a Shakespearean production,…
COMMENTS” “Travesties” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Commented upon by Gail M. Burns, August 2003 (This is not so much a review as a musing on this play, which has meant a…
PREVIEW: “Under Milkwood” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
by Gail M. Burns, July 2003 The third MainStage production of the season, Dylan Thomas’ only work for the stage Under Milkwood is up and running at…
PREVIEW: “Ubu the King” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival Free Theatre
by Gail M. Burns, July 2003 “[Ubu is] the most extraordinary thing seen in the theatre for a long time.” – André Gide Its Free…
REVIEW: “Landscape of the Body” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2003 When I opened the WTF’s 2003 season brochure for the first time I was astounded to see that…
REVIEW: “The King Stag” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival Free Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2002 At the Williamstown Theatre Festival you get what you pay for. If you pay $50 per ticket you…