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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Theater Review: ‘A Magical Cirque Christmas’ at The National Theater by Michael Garvey

“A Magical Cirque Christmas” was created by MagicSpace productions, a Utah-based company that spins out lyrical masterpieces of touring theater shows from literally nothing to gold on st…

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Theater Review: ‘Mean Girls’ at the Kennedy Center Opera House by Michael Garvey

“Mean Girls” opens as a high school assembly for freshman with two of the lead sidekicks. The bitter, yet cool, Janis (Mary Kate Morrissey) and the flamboyantly gay Damien (Eric Huffman)…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:24PM
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Theatre Review: ‘Into The Woods’ at the Annapolis Opera, Maryland Hall by Michael Garvey

The Annapolis Opera has taken the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine classic musical, “Into the Woods,” and created a one-of-a-kind journey, sauntering through the beloved Brothers Grimm …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:41PM
Monday, February 7, 2022

Theatre Review: ‘Angel Street (Gaslight)’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Michael Garvey

While strolling down South Ann Street, there was an array of festive lighting strung along the street of brick town homes. I imagined that we were walking back in time through English row ho…

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Saturday, January 22, 2022

Theatre Review: ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre by Michael Garvey

Would you like a break from the pandemic? A chance to leave the house and enjoy a night out? Say no more, nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Toby’s Dinner Theatre has just the medicine to cure you…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:03PM
Monday, December 13, 2021
Friday, April 10, 2020

Theatre Review: ‘Where We Stand’ at Baltimore Center Stage by Michael Garvey

A one-man show that seemingly encompasses many. It is a new day, new ways, new media with the COVID-19 pandemic.  This easy-going laid-back play is in your face, virtually, and drags you in…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:18PM
Sunday, February 23, 2020

Theater Review: ‘Swan Lake’ at Ballet Theatre of Maryland by Michael Garvey

Tchaikovsky’s beloved classic, “Swan Lake,” has been repeated so many times, one would think it would become rote.  That is not the case for this production under the direction of th…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:48PM
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Theatre News: TheatreWashington Announces Nominees for the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards by Michael Garvey

The atmosphere was electric while waiting for the doors to open for the Helen Hayes Nominees event.  It was quite an eclectic theatre crowd all abuzz and jovial meeting once again for this …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:37PM
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Theater Review: ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ at Folger Theater by Michael Garvey

What it is, what it is…Get ready to be transported back to the seventies with all its kitschy-ness, loud colors and lingo combine it with the Elizabethan Shakespearean style, and you have …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:23PM
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Theater Review: ‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ at Vagabond Players by Michael Garvey

This Neil Simon classic takes place in 1937, and oh what a year — the depression in full swing, Germany rising in Europe; meanwhile the lead character, Eugene Jerome, played by Drew Sharp,…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:46PM
Saturday, June 15, 2019

Theatre Review: ‘Old Time Music Hall’ by The British Players by Michael Garvey

Hear ye, hear ye! Come one, come all and tip your glass in celebration of the Old Time Music Hall’s 55th Anniversary show. 55 years ago, the British Embassy Players, named as such because …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:56AM
Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Theatre Review: ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ at NextStop Theatre by Michael Garvey

Herndon is weathering the musical storm of “Singin’ in the Rain,” playing at the NextStop Theatre.  It is touted as one of the best film musicals of all time and this production lives…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:31PM

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