Quantcast
Log In Register

Ghent Playhouse

Robin Hood: Fifty Shades of Green

by The Staff November 21, 2012

thumb_47theaterboxpic

  The holidays are here, and Ghent Playhouse is welcoming them with its own form of seasonal revelry: a PantoLoons’ production of a (family-friendly) burlesque on Robin Hood filled with nonsense and joy. Robin and the boys ...

Ghent Playhouse

The Countess

by The Staff October 11, 2012

thumb_41ndpicCOUNTESS

  Playwright Gregory Murphy—who consulted on this Ghent Playhouse production, which opens tomorrow (Friday)—brings to life one of the most notorious scandals of Victorian England in The Countess. It’s the story of a bizarre love triangle involving ...

Ghent Playhouse

The Madwoman of Chaillot

by The Staff May 16, 2012

The Ghent Playhouse closes this year’s season with a production of The Madwoman of Chaillot, Jean Giraudoux’s serious comedy about loving Paris and saving the world. The play concerns a plutocratic plot to exploit rich natural ...

Ghent Playhouse

A Real Pisser

by John Rodat February 9, 2012

thumb_06theaterpic2

  The musical Urinetown is a curious blend of earnest social commentary and ironic self-awareness. On the one hand, it scolds (if it doesn’t quite skewer) capitalistic-monopolistic command over essential resources; on the other, it satirizes ...