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 get the snazzy show on the Main Stage with big name stars. And at the Free Theatre you get the apprentices (who pay for the…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2000 This show is a surprise. The WTF announced that they were going to do it, and then that they weren’t doing it. Even the tickets were printed with the name of the other show they had announced before they changed their minds AGAIN…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 I firmly believe that my great-great-great-grandchildren, when they come to write their college papers on 20th century theatre, will single out Arthur Miller as the greatest American playwright of this century. Unlike the long-winded O’Neill or Williams with his fixation on older southern…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 “The Waverly Gallery” is an exciting chance to see legendary actress Eileen Heckart give a fascinating performance as octogenarian Gladys Green who is alive and kicking, but whose brain is slowly being consumed by Alzheimer’s Disease. And that’s about it. Playwright Kenneth Lonergan…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 I am a great fan of Blythe Danner, and so I watched her as she made her way down the aisle to her seats last night, on the arm of her husband Bruce Paltrow. The nervousness was evident on their faces. Could their…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 1999 “Quark Victory” is what we get this summer in lieu of the Free Theatre. So the burning question here is – is “Quark Victory” worth the $15 ticket price, or are we getting Free Theatre quality for a heftier price. I am happy…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 1999 “What happens to a dreamdeferred?Does it dry uplike a raisin in the sun?”– Langston Hughes “Harlem [2]” Lorraine Hansberry was 26 when she started writing “A Raisin in the Sun”. At 29 she was the first female black playwright to have her work…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 1999 Warren Leight is the toast of Broadway at the moment, since his play “Side Man” took the Tony for Best New Play at the awards ceremony this past June. This new play of his “Glimmer Brothers” currently having its world premiere on the…
