Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Everyman Theatre (“Everyman”) continues its 2016/2017 season with an ambitious production: Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. A work of literature epic in scope and scale, the most n…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:43PMSunday, January 29, 2017
It’s only the end of January and, with its production of The Tempest, The The Baltimore Annex Theater (“Annex”) has already set a very high bar for my 2017 theater viewing. Foundin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:12PMThursday, January 19, 2017
TODAY at 5:30 p.m. in each time zone across the country, members of the theater community – from Broadway to regional theaters to high schools and colleges and community theaters – will …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:18PMEver-willing to mount bold musicals with large casts you’d never expect to see in such an intimate, cozy space (remember last year’s gorgeous Evita?), Fuzz Roark at Audrey Herman Spotlig…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:43PMTuesday, January 17, 2017
“A man with a club is a lawmaker.” Charlie Bethel walks casually onto the stage, a metal coffee cup in hand, and gazes into the distance. He strolls past the shiny dog food bowl at cente…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:37PMMonday, January 16, 2017
Continuing “The 100 Percent Season” – an entire season consisting exclusively of works written by women – Strand Theater Company. (“the Strand”) presented the World Premiere of A…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:56PMWednesday, January 11, 2017
Tomorrow – Thursday, January 12, 2017, master storyteller Charlie Bethel returns to Charm City to perform his newest adaptation – a one-man show of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19PMMonday, January 9, 2017
In October, after several seasons of success with their Wright-Right-Now (“WRN”) program – the micro-commissioning series in which playwrights produce patron-prompted short plays on de…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:20PMWednesday, December 14, 2016
In October, after several seasons of success with their Wright-Right-Now (“WRN”) program – the micro-commissioning series in which playwrights produce patron-prompted short plays on de…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:22PMMonday, December 12, 2016
There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays. When Everyman Theatre (“Everyman”) Founding Artistic Director Vincent M. Lancisi left the Humana Festival of New Plays in Louisville, Kentu…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:24PMMonday, December 5, 2016
“Love and revenge, two of your favorites.” It’s the eve of the French Revolution and the crème of the French aristocracy – the “original one percent” so aptly described by Artis…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:17AMMy wee littles stopped being wee little some time ago so, until yesterday, it’d been a number of years since I’d been to see children’s theatre. I’ve been hearing a lot of positive t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:21AMWednesday, November 30, 2016
Birthday Party, Cheesecake, Jelly Bean, Boom On Black Friday, The Annex Theater (“Annex”) invited Baltimore to “celebrate anti-consumerism and new art” by attending the World Premier…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:42PMWednesday, November 23, 2016
This weekend I had the pleasure of attending an opening weekend performance of The Game’s Afoot (Holmes for the Holidays), by Ken Ludwig at Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre (“Spotlight…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:13AMSunday, November 20, 2016
Puberty is the worst thing that ever happened to me. I looked fabulous at age ten. This weekend, Schoolgirl Figure, a play written by Wendy MacLeod, opened at Cohesion Theatre Company (“Co…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:52PMTuesday, November 15, 2016
Last month, after several seasons of success with their Wright-Right-Now (“WRN”) program – the micro-commissioning series in which playwrights produce patron-prompted short plays on de…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:59PMSunday, November 13, 2016
LBJ took the IRT down to Fourth Street USA Having participated in the Charm City Fringe Festival (“Fringe”) last year, Chad Short – a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Maryland …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:54PMSaturday, November 12, 2016
Can I Get an Amen?! Have you been looking for a show that combines laughter, wisdom, magic and miracles? Your prayers have been answered! This weekend, God: The One Man Show (“God”) is p…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:36PMFriday, November 11, 2016
Martin Sheen Always Wins I’m just going to get this out of the way up front, because time is of the essence. Chris Davis’ One Man Apocalypse Now is playing at the Charm City Fringe Festi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:15PMThursday, November 10, 2016
Last night, I was slated to review a couple shows at the Charm City Fringe Festival (“Fringe”). To be honest, I didn’t have much energy for it. I’d stayed up until 4:00 am watching a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:58PMMonday, November 7, 2016
The Shoemaker’s Holiday: A Firking Funny Production at BSF This weekend, I had the good fortune to be at Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (“BSF”), as part of the first audience ever to se…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:43PMSaturday, November 5, 2016
This weekend marks the beginning of the Fifth Annual Charm City Fringe Festival (“Fringe”), a celebration of new and emerging independent theatre that will continue through November 13th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:41AMMonday, October 31, 2016
Deborah Hazlett and Beth Hylton are both very talented actors. Deborah Hazlett and Beth Hylton together onstage in Jen Silverman’s new two-woman show? Well, that’s something remarkable! …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:50PMSunday, October 23, 2016
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s (“CSC”) production of Anne of the Thousand Days, by Maxwell Anderson, hit the stage this weekend. I had the pleasure of attending opening night and enj…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:49PMMonday, October 17, 2016
On Friday, I got to do two things I’ve been wanting to do for a while: catch a show at Arena Players and see the play Radio Golf. I’m happy to have had the opportunity to do both. It was…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:28PMSunday, October 16, 2016
Fells Point Corner Theatre (“FPCT”) opened its production of Matthew Lopez’s The Whipping Man on Friday. The second show of FPCT’s “Rescue Me” season, The Whipping Man is a smart…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:33AMTuesday, October 11, 2016
The Strand Theater (“The Strand”) opens its Ninth Season with the regional premiere of Net Worth, a funny and touching one-person show by Bari Hochwald. It was The Strand’s first show …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:32AMMonday, October 10, 2016
Larissa Fasthorse is one of the playwrights participating in Center Stage’s Wright Now, Play Later project, which kicks off today. I had a chance to chat with Fasthorse last month, when sh…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:07PMSee Your Stories Made Into Theater: Center Stage’s Wright Now Play Later Starts TODAY Today, Monday, October 10, 2016, Center Stage is taking the next step in their ongoing commitment to s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:28PMMonday, September 19, 2016
Everyman Theatre is launching its 2016/2017 Salon Series of staged readings TONIGHT on Monday, September 19, 2016 at 7 PM. The Salon Series’ theme is Women’s Voices; all six plays sele…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:34AMSunday, September 18, 2016
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company opened its 15th Season on Friday with one of the most tragic of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Othello. It was the first time in the history of the company that th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19AM 
