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Sunday, September 18, 2016

Review: ‘Othello’ at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company by Patricia Mitchell

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…

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Monday, September 12, 2016

Review: ‘Political Cabaret’ at Cohesion Theatre, Baltimore Improv Group, and Spotlighters Theatre by Patricia Mitchell

As a welcome election-year treat, Cohesion Theatre Company (“Cohesion”), Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre (“Spotlighters”), and the Baltimore Improv Group (“BIG”) have collabor…

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Saturday, September 10, 2016

Review: ‘Wait Until Dark’ at Everyman Theatre by Patricia Mitchell

A policeman. A con man. An old friend. A blind woman. A lost doll. A murder. Everyman Theatre (“Everyman”) kicked off its 2016-17 season on Friday with the suspenseful thriller, Wait Unt…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:41PM
Monday, September 5, 2016

‘Marx in Soho’ at Spotlighters Theatre by Patricia Mitchell

Have you ever wished you could return to a conversation after-the-fact to clarify a misunderstanding? So did Karl Marx, at least in the witty and poignant one-man show, Marx in Soho, which i…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:27PM
Sunday, September 4, 2016

Review: The Elephant Man at Collaborative Theatre Company and Fells Point Corner Theatre by Patricia Mitchell

On Friday night, The Collaborative Theatre Co. (“Collaborative”) and Fells Point Corner Theatre (“FPCT”) opened the 2016-2017 theatrical season with their co-production of Bernard Po…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:47PM
Saturday, August 13, 2016

Review: ‘Max Major’s THINK AGAIN’ at Baltimore Theatre Project by Patricia Mitchell

I’ll let you in on a secret. I’ve always wanted to see a mentalist performance. Until now, though, I’d been too scared to ever actually attend one. I’m not the sort of person who yea…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:31PM
Thursday, July 21, 2016

Review: ‘Nights on the Fringe’ at Baltimore Theatre Project by Patricia Mitchell

Modern Vaudeville: Nights on the Fringe As part of its mission to spotlight young and independent artists not only during the annual Fringe Festival, but also at other events in the off-seas…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:23PM
Friday, June 17, 2016

Interviews from London Below: Inside Cohesion Theatre’s ‘Neverwhere’: Part 8 – Director Brad Norris by Patricia Mitchell

In Part Eight of a series of interviews with cast members of Cohesion Theatre Company’s Neverwhere, meet Director Brad Norris. Patricia: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers abou…

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Interviews from London Below: Inside Cohesion Theatre’s ‘Neverwhere’: Part 7: Melanie Glickman by Patricia Mitchell

In Part Seven of a series of interviews with cast members of Cohesion Theatre Company’s Neverwhere, meet Melanie Glickman. Patricia: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:04AM
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Interviews from London Below: Inside Cohesion Theatre’s ‘Neverwhere’: Part 6: Cassandra Dutt by Patricia Mitchell

In Part Six of a series of interviews with cast members of Cohesion Theatre Company’s Neverwhere, meet Cassandra Dutt. Patricia: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:04PM

Interviews from London Below: Inside Cohesion Theatre’s ‘Neverwhere’: Part 4 – Matthew Lindsay Payne by Patricia Mitchell

In Part four of a series of interviews with cast members of Cohesion Theatre Company’s Neverwhere, meet Matthew Lindsay Payne. Patricia: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers whe…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Interviews from London Below: Inside Cohesion Theatre’s ‘Neverwhere’: Part 3: Jonas Grey by Patricia Mitchell

In Part Three of a series of interviews with cast members of Cohesion Theatre Company’s Neverwhere, meet Jonas David Grey. Patricia: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:06PM
Monday, June 13, 2016

Review: ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’ at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative by Patricia Mitchell

On Friday, StillPointe Theatre Initiative opened its production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, an absurdist play by Tom Stoppard that, along with Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Go…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:12PM
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Interviews from London Below: Inside Cohesion Theatre’s ‘Neverwhere’: Part 1: Joseph Coracle by Patricia Mitchell

In Part One of a series of interviews with cast members of Cohesion Theatre Company’s Neverwhere, meet Joseph Coracle. Patricia: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:24AM
Friday, June 3, 2016

Review: ‘Neverwhere’ at Cohesion Theatre Company by Patricia Mitchell

To close out an already impressive second season, Cohesion Theatre Company has mounted its most ambitious show yet – the Baltimore premiere of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, adapted for the s…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:59PM
Monday, April 25, 2016

Review: ‘Force Continuum’ at Cohesion Theatre Company by Patricia Mitchell

Force Continuum opened at Cohesion Theatre Company on Friday – three days after the first anniversary of the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimorian who died from injuries sustain…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:58AM
Monday, April 18, 2016

Review: ‘Evita’ at the Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre by Patricia Mitchell

A Touch of Star Quality at Spotlighters Evita opened to a sold-out house on Friday night at Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre. Fans of the popular Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber collaboration…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19PM
Sunday, April 10, 2016

‘Review’: The Great American Rep: ‘Death of a Salesman’ at Everyman Theatre by Patricia Mitchell

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of its founding, Everyman Theatre is closing out its 2015-2016 season by doing something really special. After an already-impressive season of weighty …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:42AM
Sunday, March 6, 2016

Review: ‘Hamlet’ at Cohesion Theatre Company by Patricia Mitchell

Anemic Royalty: Come as You Are to Elsinore I have a new favorite production of Hamlet and I saw it right here in Charm City. I’ve seen Hamlet done very well before, but I’ve never seen …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Saturday, February 27, 2016

Review: ‘Man of La Mancha’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Patricia Mitchell

Laurel Mill Playhouse proves the dream is possible in their powerful production of Man of La Mancha. This 1964 musical with its book by Dale Wasserman and music and lyrics by Mitch Leigh and…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:00AM
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Review: ‘Under the Skin’ at Everyman Theatre by Patricia Mitchell

At first blush, a play about organ donation might not have you rushing to the box office. But Playwright Michael Hollinger’s Under the Skin, which plays at Everyman Theatre through Februar…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:36AM
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Review: ‘The Complete Deaths of William Shakespeare’ at Cohesion Theatre Company and Baltimore Shakespeare Factory by Patricia Mitchell

A Killer Play, Four Centuries in the Making In commemoration of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory and Cohesion Theatre Company have jo…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:10PM
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

‘The Holiday Special’: ‘The Santa Closet’ and ‘The Seven Poor Travellers’ at Baltimore Theatre Project by Patricia Mitchell

Baltimore Theatre Project’s The Holiday Special is a coupling of Jeffrey Solomon’s The Santa Closet and Charlie Bethel’s adaption of The Seven Poor Travellers. Both of these one-act, s…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:53PM
Saturday, December 12, 2015

‘Outside Mullingar’ at Everyman Theatre by Patricia Mitchell

There was a festive atmosphere at Everyman Theatre last night. Irish music played as the audience arrived for the Baltimore/DC Metro premiere of Outside Mullingar. The music alone could lift…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:54PM
Friday, December 4, 2015

‘Total Verruckt!’ at Baltimore Theatre Project by Patricia Mitchell

I have to admit I had extremely high expectations when I went to last night’s opening of Total Verruckt!, the one-woman show currently – briefly – playing at Baltimore Theatre Project.…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:23PM
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Art and Survival: A Conversation with Joanna Caplan, Creator and Performer of ‘Total Verruckt!’ by Patricia Mitchell

Total Verruckt! presents the real-life story of members of the Camp Westerbork Theatre Group, an unlikely troupe that was formed at the Westerbork Transit Camp – a Nazi transport and dete…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:08AM
Friday, November 20, 2015

‘A Little Bit Not Normal’ at Cohesion Theatre Company by Patricia Mitchell

Cohesion Theatre’s second season kicked off last night with the World Premiere Production of A Little Bit Not Normal, which is also the first play in the company’s Trans* Voices Workshop…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:04PM
Monday, November 9, 2015

‘The Taming of the Shrew’ at Baltimore Shakespeare Factory by Patricia Mitchell

Baltimore Shakespeare Factory’s production of The Taming of the Shrew is a delightful romp of quick-witted dialog and rollicking physical comedy. With their commitment to presenting Shakes…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:18PM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards