REVIEW: “Broke-ology” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
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…
REVIEW: “The Atheist” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2008 George Bernard Shaw grouped his earliest published plays into volumes entitled Pleasant and Unpleasant. Using that system, Ronan…
REVIEW: “Beyond Therapy” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 2008 Ah, the American mental health system. My most recent brush with it entailed a therapist who demanded that…
REVIEW: “The Autumn Garden” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 The title of this 1951 Lillian Hellman play is evocative. Imagine a garden in autumn – the light…
REVIEW: “Crimes of the Heart” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 “I went to see an all African-American production of The Cherry Orchard with Gloria Foster and James Earl Jones as…
REVIEW: “The Corn is Green” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 Richard Burton (1925-1984) was born in Pontrhydyfen, Wales, the 12th of 13 children of a coalminer. Burton showed…
REVIEW: “Party Come Here” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2007 Party Come Here is a lively and intriguing new musical with a book by Daniel Goldfarb and music and…
REVIEW: “Blithe Spirit” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2007 “The stately homes of England tho’ rather in the lurch,Provide a lot of chances for psychical researchThere’s a…