Tuesday, July 24, 2018
I've not seen a lot of the little gems that Cockpit-In-Court puts on in their charming theatre in the round upstairs of their main auditorium. If the one currently running is any indicat…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:33PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 1, 2018
What happens when you put one of my favorite local playwrights together with one of my favorite theatre companies and toss in one of my favorite actresses to boot? You get “Judy an…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:28PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Say the name Audra McDonald in certain circles, i.e., in the presence of almost anyone who's ever seen her or heard her sing, and you can watch a genuine twinkle appear in the eye, a silly g…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:51PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 14, 2018
Stillpointe Theatre kicked off their annual fund-raising gala at a quirkily perfect locale, Wishbone Reserve, with a theme that was right up their distinctive alley. Â Dubbing the gala Wig…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:46PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 5, 2018
“Smokey Joe's Café” has been kicking around stages both on Broadway and in the hinterlands for more than 20 years. I've seen it a number of times " but never like the versio…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 29, 2018
A play called “Bad Jews?” The title kinda grips you from the get-go, and in the production of it currently running at Vagabond Players, the title is only the beginning. The wh…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:13PM[SHARE]Friday, May 25, 2018
“Love, Loss, and What I Wore” is the Audrey Herman's Spotlighters Theatre’s latest offering and if the audience response over the weekend is any indication, they have yet a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 15, 2018
“Jekyll and Hyde, The Musical” ranks among the creepiest of Broadway musicals. Even the upbeat numbers are downers. And yet, it is a surprisingly entertaining piece of th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:49PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 17, 2017
When "First Date" premiered on Broadway in 2013, it was panned more than praised. Which just goes to show you that critics don't know everything. They can sink a decent show with a lousy…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 10, 2017
Baltimore is no stranger to magical events in local theatres. On any given weekend night there is some company of wildly talented folks acting, singing and dancing their little hearts ou…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:02PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Salem Players, the Catonsville-based theatre company recently presented Ken Ludwig's hysterical farce, “Leading Ladies.” Salem Players is celebrating its 40th season this year…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:26PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 5, 2017
“Little Shop of Horrors” has been through a few iterations over the past fifty plus years. First a low-budget film by Roger Corman, then an off-Broadway musical in 1982 wi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:57PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 29, 2017
Eugene O'Neill is a widely revered playwright, most known for his masterpiece, “Long Day's Journey Into Night.”  But there is another, more expressionist arrow in his theat…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:19PM[SHARE]Monday, October 23, 2017
A relative newcomer to the Baltimore area theatre scene, How Do You Like Me Now Productions (HDYLMN) is committed to “starting the conversation.” They mean to do nothing less…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 26, 2017
When I saw the movie adaptation of Robert James Waller's book, “Bridges of Madison County,” I wept at the beautiful simplicity of the story. When I saw the musical version on…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:33PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Every time I go see something by ArtsCentric, Baltimore's outstanding black-centric theatre company, I am impressed all over again. And their current offering, “Memphis” i…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:36AM[SHARE]Monday, July 24, 2017
It's kinda funny " I keep falling in love with the same story. I fell the first time when I saw the Whoopie Goldberg movie in 1992. I fell the second time when I saw the Broadway mus…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:52AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 11, 2017
Welcome to Baltimore Pride Week! The festivities are off to a fabulous start with Iron Crow's final offering of the season, “BootyCandy,” now running at Theatre Project, whic…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:38PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Spotlighters Theatre is remaining true to form with its latest offering, “She Kills Monsters,” running weekends now through June 18th. Spots is well known for putting on well…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:50PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 21, 2017
Everybody loves a good drama, especially if it's someone else's. “Dear Friends”, the angst-ridden play by Reginald Rose, is one of those dramas that is chock-full of lofty ideas …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:15PM[SHARE]Monday, March 27, 2017
Every so often, we of my ilk " reviewers " go to a theatre on a Friday night, the opening of yet another production. It's what we do and, for me at least, all too often, it's just my …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:39PM[SHARE]Monday, March 13, 2017
Artistic Synergy is one of those Little Theatre Engines That Could. And Does. They keep chugging along despite daunting odds and challenging circumstances. Their latest offering …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Fells Point Corner Theatre continues their streak of exceptional offerings with the currently running “Trust” by Steven Dietz. The dramedy is set against the backdrop of the …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:53PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 14, 2017
'Now is the winter of our discontent.' Boy, did Shakespeare foretell that one! It's a line from “Richard III,” his final play set around the War of the Roses. Chesapeake Shak…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:53PM[SHARE]Monday, January 16, 2017
Audrey Herman's Spotlighters Theatre has built a reputation on going where other theatres fear to tread. And now they've jumped in with both feet with their current production, the seldom se…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:29PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2016
I had heard that Arts Centric had been doing a wonderful series of cabaret type shows this past year. First, there was "Sincerely, Me", an all-female concert, and then "Sincerely, MeN!"…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:56PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 11, 2016
“Harry Connick Jr.'s The Happy Elf” is Red Branch Theatre Company's final offering of their outstanding 2016 season. And what a fun-filled Christmas ride it is! Th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:33PM[SHARE]Monday, November 21, 2016
Nobody wrote tragic operas like the grand maestro himself, Giuseppe Verdi. With a portfolio that includes such greats as “Aida” and “Il Trovatore,” “Rigoletto&#…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:49AM[SHARE]Monday, November 7, 2016
Rodgers and Hammerstein II's musical take on James Michner's "Tales of the South Pacific,” with a book by James Logan and Hammerstein, “South Pacific” has been produ…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:05PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Patsy Cline had a brief but stellar career that only spanned from 1957 until 1963, but oh what a legacy she left! In Dundalk Community Theatre's production of "Always…Patsy Cline" that…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 9, 2016
Every now and then, somebody will get an idea of how to make one of the classics more palatable to the great unwashed masses. Think the retelling of 'Romeo and Juliet' as 'West Side Stor…
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