REVIEW: “Enchanted April” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2009 In April of 1921 popular author Elizabeth von Arnim*, then 55, widowed from her first marriage, divorced from…
REVIEW: “Clue: The Musical” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2008 It’s a board game! It’s a musical! Its Clue: The Musical! Which should be titled Eight Actors in Search…
REVIEW: “Tintypes” at the Ghent Playhouse
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…
REVIEW: “Bye Bye Broadway” at North Pointe Cultural Arts Center
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2005 Seeing the well received and lively opening night performance of Bye Bye Broadway at North Pointe last night took me…
REVIEW: “H. M. S. Pinafore” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2004 “Never mind the why and whereforeLove can level ranks and therefore…”– W.S. Gilbert On the off chance that…
REVIEW: “Dracula” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2003 The frost was on the pumpkin, the wind was wild, and wispy streaks of grey cloud whipped past…
REVIEW: “The Miser” at the Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2003 The French find Molière and Jerry Lewis hysterically funny. I find them both mildy amusing but slightly inscrutable.…
REVIEW: “Rumors” at The Ghent Playhouse
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, November 2002 Sometimes, comedy writers just wanna have fun. Sometimes it is good to pick up your pen and be…