Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 If I were the Artistic Director of the WTF, and I knew that finances were tight this season and I would have to cut down sharply on the number of shows I could present, I would choose those shows very carefully. Ticket sales…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 “…your WASP couple can get married, go on their honeymoon, come home, pursue careers, have children, and get divorced in less time than it takes for a non-WASP couple to get to the part of the [wedding] reception where everyone drinks Champagne from…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2008 Two men enter and talk. They may have been here and done this before, and they may not. They may be free to leave, and they may not. As time passes two other characters enter and cause us to question what we have…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2008 Before I saw Not Waving, I had already heard two opinions. One person liked the acting and not the script, and the other person loved the script and the acting and had a wonderful time. Having seen it, I agree with the latter, not…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2008 Normally I make note of especially funny or poignant lines from a show to mention in my review, but John Rando’s production of A Flea In Her Ear moves so rapidly and the laughs come so quickly one on the heels of the other, that…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2008 “I am a woman, I am an American, I am a mother, I sometimes write for television, and I sometimes write movies; I play the piano, I knit, I rail at the universe; I am angry, I am sad; I am a comic…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2008 I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you are either a Chekhov person, or you are not. There is no shame if you are not, although I feel very sorry for people who don’t get the enjoyment I do out of…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2008 “He’s dying, but he’s not dead yet,” Malcolm King observes about his father William, who is suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Malcolm has just completed a degree in environmental science and economics from UConn and has been accepted to graduate school and met a…
