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Daniel Collins

Daniel Collins

A communications professional since 1984, Dan Collins was a theater critic for The Baltimore Examiner daily newspaper (2006-2009), covering plays throughout the Baltimore-Columbia area including Center Stage, The Everyman, The Fells Point Corner Theater, Mobtown Players, Vagabond Theater, Cockpit in Court, Spotlighters Theater, The Strand, Single Carrot Theater and others. Mr. Collins has been a reporter, features writer, editor and columnist since 1984, including stints with The Washington Times and the Times Publishing Group in Baltimore. His freelance writing career has included his work for the Examiner as well as other publications including Baltimore Magazine and THE BEACON newspapers. Dan is also a local Baltimore playwright and community theater actor.

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Review: BALTIMORE, LEND ME YOUR EAR! at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Review: BALTIMORE, LEND ME YOUR EAR! at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

June 30, 2025

One does not have to be a fan of Shakespeare (or iambic pentameter) to know the tragic tale of JULIUS CAESAR – how this would-be-Emperor was felled by members of the Roman Senate, Caesar’s failure to beware the Ides of March, the famed line, “Et tu, Brute?”, before falling in a pool of blood

Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Hippodrome Theatre

Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Hippodrome Theatre

March 16, 2023

What did our critic think of TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD at Hippodrome Theatre? Chances are, if you're a product of the American education system, you read Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, in high school or college.

BWW Review: WICKED  at THE HIPPODROME

BWW Review: WICKED at THE HIPPODROME

February 17, 2020

Chances are, as America is an increasing book-abhorrent culture, most folks familiar with THE WIZARD OF OZ know only of the 1939 Judy Garland film, versus author L.

BWW Review: Hippodrome Hosts HAMILTON

BWW Review: Hippodrome Hosts HAMILTON

June 28, 2019

Unless you've been living under a (Plymouth?) rock, chances are you are acquainted with the Tony Award winning Broadway phenomenon known as 'HAMILTON,' the innovative, ground-breaking musical written and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

BWW Review: FOOD FOR THOUGHT: AUBERGINE at Everyman Theatre

BWW Review: FOOD FOR THOUGHT: AUBERGINE at Everyman Theatre

March 19, 2018

Aubergine, by American playwright and television writer of Korean descent, Julia Cho, is a didactic play, heavy on pathos, but not without humor, that finds its origins in Cho's own life, specifically, the death of her father.

BWW Review: THE WHITE SNAKE at Center Stage

BWW Review: THE WHITE SNAKE at Center Stage

March 17, 2017

Audiences are in for a magic journey both on and off stage as Center Stage, now unveiled after a $28 million renovation, presents award-winning playwright Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of the Chinese fable, 'THE WHITE SNAKE.

BWW Review: ALL MY SONS at The Vagabond Players

BWW Review: ALL MY SONS at The Vagabond Players

September 15, 2016

How characters view life and the value they place on it is at the core of Arthur Miller's ALL MY SONS, directed by Michael Byrne Zemarel at the Vagabond Players Theater in Baltimore.

BWW Review: ALL IN THE FAMILY: THE LION IN WINTER

BWW Review: ALL IN THE FAMILY: THE LION IN WINTER

April 12, 2016

Perhaps you're a fan of the new dramatic TV series, 'The Royals,' about a fictional British royal family who face struggles like the death of the heir to the throne, conniving children and assorted romances.

BWW Review: UNDER THE SKIN Gets Under the Skin

BWW Review: UNDER THE SKIN Gets Under the Skin

February 8, 2016

It's clear to me that Everyman Theatre company actor Megan Anderson knows her craft and performs it exceptionally well, given how she brought her character, Raina, to life in playwright Michael Hollinger's 'Under the Skin.




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