Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2008 “I have never sought to write plays that primarily tell a story…I have been most concerned with dramatizing something of the dynamism I myself find in human motivations and behavior. I regard a play as a composition rather than a story, as a…
“When the slapstick’s too thick and the Prince is a chick,That’s a Panto!When a guy wears a dress and not under duress,That’s a Panto!” – to the tune of That’s Amore by Harry Warren, lyrics by the PantoLoons I suppose there are some people who don’t like the Panto, but I am…
Reviewed by Deborah E. Burns, October 2007 Everyone knows the old song, but the grandparent visit is far from what it once was. In a lively production by the Ghent Playhouse, “Over the River and Through the Woods” by Joe DiPietro examines the gulf between generations, celebrates age and family…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2007 “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” – Mark Twain I am sure Philip King had…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2007 Tintypes is a pleasant little revue of music from the turn of the 20th century. If you have only a passing knowledge of those fascinating decades of American history between the Civil War and World War I, this show will strike you as a…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2007 “You’re nothing without meWithout me you’re nothing at all”-David Zippel City of Angels The character who sings these lyrics is a writer, and he is singing them to his fictional creation. That the fictional creation sings back proves that this is the land…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2006 Gas for the car – $30 dollarsDinner at the Blue Plate – $28.50Ticket to the Ghent Playhouse – $15 or lessWatching the Panto – PRICELESS! Prince V (for Very) Charming (Sally McCarthy) is being badgered by his mother Queen Blair (Paul Murphy) and…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2006 Watching Social Security is sort of like eating a meringue. All sweet fluff that dissolves quickly. As a critic it is my job to take a knife and fork and dissect the creation, and I am here to tell you that there is not much…
