REVIEW: “Wait Until Dark” at the Ghent Playhouse

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…

REVIEW: “Proof” at the Ghent Playhouse

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2004 I hate to say this, but don’t go and see this production of Proof at the Ghent Playhouse. David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize winning play is a suspenseful drama broaching questions of genius and madness. No one involved with this production shows the slightest sign of…

REVIEW: “Assassins” at The Ghent Playhouse

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2002 I think it takes real chutzpah to stage Assassins less than a year after 9/11. In a summer season where many area theatres are busily waving the flag, scheduling this daring, edgy musical which explores the lives and possible motives of nine people who attempted…