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 you have not seen, heard, or heard of H.M.S. Pinafore in the 126 years since it first opened in London in 1878, the idea that love levels…

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…