(12/20/2012) - The Vagabond Players begins the New Year with a fearsome rendition of Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP, opening January 4th and running through February 3rd. Directed by Eric C. Stein, the world's longest running show, 60 years, comes to America's Oldest Continuous Little Theatre in its 97th season. Check out photos from the production inside!
(12/13/2012) - Anyone concerned that the digital age has extinguished imagination in the young will find it's alive and well at the Pumpkin Theatre. When the children are asked to participate in its production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, their delight is infectious.
(11/30/2012) - Centerstage presents Bus Stop, an American classic by William Inge. A slice of Americana, served up by the imaginative direction of David Schweizer (The Rivals, Snow Falling on Cedars), Bus Stop is now playing through December 23. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
(11/21/2012) - Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol is returning to Frederick for the nineteenth straight year with Maryland Ensemble Theatre's production December 14 through 16 at the Weinberg Center for the Arts. The cast of over two dozen actors, the two-story set, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, Future and Tiny Tim will transport audiences to Victorian England as the penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge learns the error of his miserly ways and embraces the true spirit of Christmas. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(11/20/2012) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) continues its fifteeenth anniversary season this December with a festive new take on a holiday classic with, It's A Wonderful LIfe: A Live Radio Play. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(11/13/2012) - As autumn shadows grow and winter knocks at your door, you may find yourself craving a little Poe to go with the dark and chill. Center Stage is at your service with THE COMPLETELY FICTIONAL-UTTERLY TRUE-FINAL STRANGE TALE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE.
(11/08/2012) - The University of Maryland's School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies crossed continents, oceans and 12 time zones with a groundbreaking bi-lingual co-production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Created in collaboration with the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, the production was presented at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center September 27-30, 2012. Check out photos below and read an insider's perspective on designing this revolutionary production!
(11/05/2012) - The Children's Theatre at Way Off Broadway is bringing a classic story to the stage in a brand new children's musical adaptation of The Nutcracker. Based on the Tchaikovsky ballet, Clara and the Nutcracker Prince carries the audience away as the Prince introduces Clara to a world of fantasy. From the Sugar Plum Fairy to the Mouse King, Clara is taken on a magical holiday adventure neither she nor the audience will ever forget.
(11/01/2012) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre presents Laugh Station: Massacre as part of its MET-X series, created to expand the collective horizons of the MET ensemble and its audience. Performances are November 9 & 10 at 11:00 p.m. at Maryland Ensemble Theatre (31 W Patrick St. Frederick) located in the historic FSK Hotel. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased by phone at (301) 694-4744, online at marylandensemble.org, or in person at the MET box office. The show is intended for mature audience only. BroadwayWorld has a first look below.
(10/31/2012) - Flying into Baltimore's Theatre Project for eight shows running November 1 - 11, 2012, two companies on the forefront of aerial performance-Baltimore's In-Flight Theatre (Mara Neimanis) and Washington's Arachne Aerial Arts (Andrea Burkholder and Sharon Witting)-join forces to present For That Which Returns, an innovative aerial theater premiere, set atop a 18-foot kinetic steel sculpture of a weather vane. BroadwayWorld has a first look below.
(10/31/2012) - Everyman Theatre presents the final production in the season, Tom Stoppard's HEROES, directed by Donald Hicken (based on Le Vent des Peupliers by Gerald Sibleyras), now running through December 2, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.
(10/29/2012) - Auntie Mame by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee will run November 2 through November 18, 2012 at Laurel Mill Playhouse, directed by Larry Simmons and produced by Maureen Rogers. Get a first look at the cast onstage in the photos below!
(10/19/2012) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) presents the second show of its fifteenth anniversary mainstage season, the award winning Broadway musical, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(10/19/2012) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) presents the second show of its fifteenth anniversary mainstage season, the award winning Broadway musical, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.
(10/18/2012) - The Vagabond Players will present the Baltimore City premiere of Next to Normal, on October 19, running weekends through November 25. This Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt took Broadway in a whole new direction in 2009. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the production below.
(10/11/2012) - For the cast of Red Branch Theatre Company's Avenue Q the only thing that was supposed to be special about last Sunday's performance was that it was the first matinee of its run. However, after the final curtain they learned that they had just performed for the show's original award-winning composer, Jeff Marx. Check out a photo of Marx with the cast below!
(10/11/2012) - Anyone fascinated by the creative process knows that a work-in-progress is a beautiful thing to behold. The birth and maturation of a play is such a long and collaborative effort, it seems a miracle that any production ever reaches fruition.
(10/09/2012) - Olney Theatre Center, the award-winning, year-round arts and entertainment destination, announces the opening of the area premiere of Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick. Over the Tavern is now running through October 21, 2012. BroadwayWorldl has a first look at the production below.
(10/04/2012) - If your dysfunctional family doesn't provide enough entertainment for you, then come visit the Grunman clan currently residing at Baltimore's Strand Theater. The world premiere of Dylan Brody's MOTHER, MAY I opens the door on one family's skewered life.
(09/29/2012) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) family theatre, The Fun Company, presents its first show of the 2012-2013 season: Rikki Tikki Tavi, a fun and exciting story of a little mongoose keeping his garden safe from two vicious cobras. Check out new production photos below!
(09/27/2012) - Centerstage's historic 50th Anniversary Season officially kicks off with AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, directed by Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah, in a landmark production that takes Arthur Miller's translation of Ibsen's classic and uses it to examine the contemporary media landscape. The production opens tonight, September 27, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.
(09/26/2012) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) presents the second show of its fifteenth anniversary mainstage season, the award winning Broadway musical, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore! This emo-rock musical reinvents the seventh president and the guy whose face you know from the twenty dollar bill as a complete and total rock star. Winner of the 2010 Outer Critic's Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson promises to entertain while taking audiences on a wildly exhilarating theatrical ride. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at Clay Comer in the show below.
(09/25/2012) - Olney Theatre Center, the award-winning, year-round arts and entertainment destination, announces the opening of the area premiere of Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick. Over the Tavern will grace Olney Theatre Center's Mainstage from September 26 to October 21, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
(09/20/2012) - Strand Theater Company presents its inaugural show of its 2012 -13 season, Mother, May I by Dylan Brody, previewing on September 20th, with an opening night set for September 21 and running through October 12. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the production photos below.
(09/15/2012) - Everyman Theatre's 22nd season opener, Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies, is one of the final two shows that will be produced at Everyman's Charles Street home this Fall. In January, 2013, Everyman Theatre will be making an historic move to its brand new theatre located downtown on Fayette Street. Critically acclaimed in New York, Time Stands Still was nominated for a Tony for Best Play in 2010. Everyman Theatre's production marks its Baltimore premiere and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
(09/10/2012) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) family theatre, The Fun Company, presents its first show of the 2012-2013 season: Rikki Tikki Tavi, a fun and exciting story of a little mongoose keeping his garden safe from two vicious cobras. Get a first look at the cast in costume in the photos below!
(09/10/2012) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) family theatre, The Fun Company, is proud to present its first show of the 2012-2013 season: Rikki Tikki Tavi, a fun and exciting story of a little mongoose keeping his garden safe from two vicious cobras. BroadwayWorld has a first look below.
(09/10/2012) - The Laurel Mill Playhouse, located at 508 Main Street in historic Laurel, MD., presents The Tempest. Directed by Joshua Mckerrow and produced by Diana and Larry Simmons, this Shakespearean epic play opens Friday, September 14, 2012.
(09/06/2012) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is kicking off its 2012-13, 15th anniversary mainstage season with The 39 Steps. Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre. Get a complete look at the production photos below.
(09/06/2012) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is kicking off its 2012-13, 15th anniversary mainstage season with The 39 Steps. Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance! MET Associate Artistic Director Gene' Fouche' directs Patrick Barlow's adaptation of John Buchan's 1915 novel and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock which opened on Broadway in 2008 and won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. The show which The New York Times called, 'theatre at its finest' and the New York Post raved was, 'the most entertaining show on Broadway' ended its New York run after three years and record setting number of performances for a comedy, 1,135.
(09/04/2012) - Hip-Hopia is back and as fly as ever when P.Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical returns to open Imagination Stage's 2012-2013 season. P.Nokio, written by hip-hop theatre artist and playwright Psalmayene 24, updates the classic Pinocchio story with a new beat for today's audiences. Made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, this Helen Hayes Recommended musical enjoyed its world premiere at Imagination Stage this past February and a successful tour to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in March. Get a preview of the show's repeat engagement in the photos below!
(08/31/2012) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is kicking off its 2012-13, 15th anniversary mainstage season with The 39 Steps. Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre. Get a first look at the cast onstage in the photos below!
(08/29/2012) - Pumpkin Theatre opens our 45th Anniversary Season "A Celebration of Imagination" with HOW I BECAME A PIRATE. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.
(08/07/2012) - The Baltimore Playwrights Festival continues its 31st Season with the August 10th opening of 'The Things We Do...an evening of one act plays' at The Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre, 817 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. Featured will be Protest, by Adam Meyer, A Good Brain is Hard to Find, by Rebecca Wyrick, and Replay, by Mark Scharf, all directed by Lynn Morton. Get a first look at the plays in the photos below!
(08/07/2012) - The Baltimore Playwrights Festival continues its 31st Season with the August 9th opening of Passport, by Kevin Kostic, produced by Theatrical Mining Company, at Load of Fun Studio, 120 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, Md. Directed by Barry Feinstein, Passport runs through August 26th. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(08/01/2012) - Olney Theatre Center presents LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, opening tonight, August 1 and running through August 26. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production photos below.
(07/27/2012) - Scroll down for photos of the cast of The Way Off Broadway Children's Theatre's upcoming production of DISNEY'S WINNIE THE POOH, which runs from August 4th - October 28th with performances every Saturday afternoon and the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month, and special added weekday performances. All tickets are $17 for lunch and the show.
(07/20/2012) - The Baltimore Playwrights Festival continues its Thirty-First Season with tonight's July 20th opening of Lethal Injection, by Michael Reimann, at The Vagabond Players. Directed by Larry Pinker, Lethal Injection runs through August 5th, with performances Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased on-line at www.vagabondplayers.org, or at the door. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the production below.
