(11/14/2009) - THE WIZARD OF OZ is heading to the Lyric Opera House! THE WIZARD OF OZ runs Friday, November 13 at 8pm, Saturday, November 14 at 2pm and 8pm, and Sunday, November 15 at 1pm.
(10/08/2009) - The 2009 Season marked The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's 15th Anniversary Season. For the year, WOB brought many area premieres to the stage including a regional theatre premiere production of the musical comedy The Wedding Singer and Mel Brooks' The Producers. Capping off the year, WOB has added a New Year's Eve special event to the calendar to celebrate the end of 2009 and arrival of 2010.
(09/04/2009) - Single Carrot Theatre will open its 2009/2010 season with Ruhl?s Eurydice, a vibrant new take on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (pronounced yoo-RID-uh-see). Ruhl?s version tells the familiar love story from the perspective of Eurydice, whose wedding to Orpheus is marred by her sudden death.
(08/19/2009) - The final entry in the 28th annual Baltimore Playwrights Festival features 4 one-act plays by local Baltimore area playwrights in one evening of theatre.
(08/03/2009) - Theatrical Mining Company's TURDUCKEN is by Lisa Hodsoll and directed by Andrew Peters. It ran at Le Clerc Hall at the College of Notre Dame as part of the 28th Baltimore Playwrights Festival from July 16, 2008 to August 2, 2009.
(07/20/2009) - Wayside Theatre Artistic Director Warner Crocker presents the second play of the season and performance schedule, The Gin Game. The Gin Game runs through August 15th. The play is a Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama by D. L. Colburn.
(07/15/2009) - Their story unfolds this month at the Mobtown Theater with The Little Dog Laughed, a hilarious commentary on ambition, deceit and the price of dreams. The Little Dog Laughed is the first production for the newly formed Teatro101.
(06/25/2009) - At one time, it was the longest running show in Broadway history. It has a name that everyone instantly recognizes. And it is a show that the whole family can enjoy. Coming this summer to Frederick is Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. Continuing Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's 15th Anniversary Season, Cats will open Friday evening, June 19th following WOB's regional theatre premiere production of the musical comedy The Wedding Singer.
(04/27/2009) - On Saturday night, April 25, 2009, the Kennedy Center was packed and full of anticipation of this new production of Ragtime produced by the Kennedy Center. In attendance were Terrence McNally (book), Stephen Flaherty (composer), and Lynn Ahrens (lyricist).
(04/16/2009) - With the help of the Maryland State Arts Council, Single Carrot Theatre is launching a campaign focused on distributing free tickets to its latest production, The Wild Duck, to neighborhoods immediately surrounding the theatre.
(04/15/2009) - Catonsville Theatre Company, a committee of the Catonsville Chapter of the CCBC Alumni Association, presents the drama/comedy, Marvin?s Room, by Scott McPherson, Fridays, May 1, 8, 15 at 8:00 PM, Saturdays, May 2, 9, 16 at 8:00 PM, and Sunday, May 17 at 3:00 PM. All performances will be held in the Barn Theatre on the CCBC-Catonsville Campus, 800 S. Rolling Rd 21228. Ticket prices are $18.00 General Admission, $15.00 Students, Seniors (60+) and alumni, and $12.00 Children under 12. Special group rates are available. For tickets or information call 443/840-4400 or email catheatrecompany@aol.com.
(04/12/2009) - I Hate Hamlet is the unapologetically silly and hilarious tale of how Andy Rally, a successful young actor whose TV series has been cancelled, reluctantly comes to New York to take on one of the most challenging roles in theater history - Hamlet! To help him through this daunting task, the ghost of the legendary star (and lecher and lush), John Barrymore, appears to give his young would-be successor instructions in acting, not to mention life and love. Playwright Paul Rudnick invites the audience to laugh at the craziness that goes along with performing Shakespeare ('It's, like, algebra on stage!') and the wily Hollywood producer who tries to lure Andy back to L.A. with a new series that could make him millions.
(03/31/2009) - The Red Branch Theatre Company, the adult theatre company in residence at Drama Learning Center will be presenting four remaining performances of the children's play, Puff the Magic Dragon. Remaining shows are April 3- 5, 2009. Puff 'is a touching story brought to life by and energetic cast and crew' and 'if you have young children, it's certainly worth checking out' (Brent Englar, broadwayworld.com).
(03/24/2009) - The Strand Theater invites you to its final production of the 2008-2009 season. The Strand Theater opened its doors 10 short months ago. Smolder is the final play in an entire season dedicated to new plays by emerging playwrights. The Strand Theater is very excited to feature playwright Julie Lewis, whose last play Jarvis Legend's Borrowed Skin was featured in the 2008 Baltimore Playwright's Festival.
(02/27/2009) - The Johns Hopkins University Theatre will present Sam Shepard's 'Simpatico' over two weekends, Fridays and Saturdays, and Sundays Feb. 27 and 28, and March 1, 6, 7 and 8, in the historic Merrick Barn on the University's Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore.
(02/17/2009) - Company Member and award-winning actor Bruce R. Nelson brings the controversial life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf to the stage in Doug Wright's 2004 Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning play. Von Mahlsdorf was a real-life transvestite famous for surviving both the Nazi and East German Communist regimes with grace and humor. I Am My Own Wife is a captivating, poignant and thought-provoking play that asks, 'there is room for everyone, yes?'
(03/20/2008) - Signature Theatre (Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director) is pleased to present the Kander & Ebb Celebration, the highlight of the Theatre's spring 2008 season, opening on March 11 and running through June 22. The festival is a four-month celebration of the works of the great Broadway songwriting team of John Kander & Fred Ebb. Kander and Ebb were the longest-running songwriting partnership in Broadway musical history, working together from 1965 until Ebb's death in 2004.
(03/18/2008) - Signature Theatre kicked off its four-month Kander & Ebb Celebration on March 11 with the Tony Award-winning musical Kiss of the Spider Woman.
