BWW Review: LEADING LADIES at Salem Players is an Uproarious Good Time
It's fortuitous that I'm publishing this review on #LoveTheatre day because it must be said - I loved LEADING LADIES playing currently at Salem Players in Catonsville.
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BWW Review: Lady Day AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL at Rep Stage in Columbia Is Just Dazzling
Just imagine going to a nightclub today and getting the chance to see the iconic Billie Holiday (also known as 'Lady Day') perform, as she did in 1959.
BWW Review: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at Dundalk Community Theatre - Simply Spectacular!
I was so excited when I noticed that the Dundalk Community Theatre would be presenting Jason Robert Brown's THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY.
BWW Review: Helter-Skelter, Seat-of-the-Pants Hilarity: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE at Center Stage
Most of all, perhaps, is the sense of the theater as a helter-skelter, seat-of-the-pants, totally precarious enterprise, in which people start out to cast or produce a show with no idea how it's going to be completed, without necessarily even a script, and in which the way to make the final product
BWW Review:Everyman Hosts INTIMATE APPAREL's Triumphant Return to Baltimore
There seems to be a constant in Lynn Nottage's plays: the reality that people of color and women do not get many breaks or many chances for happiness or fulfillment.
BWW Review: POE AND ALL THE OTHERS at Annapolis Shakespeare Company is a Creative Ghost Story about Baltimore's Favorite Storyteller
Annapolis Shakespeare Company's (ASC) POE AND ALL THE OTHERS imagines Edgar Allan Poe in a literal fever dream visited by lost loves and family.
BWW Review: COMPANY at Just Off Broadway is a Fun, Funny and Fast-Paced Show with Heart
For a majority of my adult life I've assumed Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY was a show about the backstage workings of a company of actors a bit like NOISES OFF.
BWW Review: I'LL GET YOU BACK AGAIN at Round House Theatre - A World Premiere Play With Music
So much time and effort goes into presenting any sort of play.
BWW Review: Annapolis Shakespeare Company Opens Their New Cabaret Space With An Evening Celebrating THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK
The cabaret show has been a staple in the entertainment industry for some time.
BWW Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Annapolis Shakespeare Company Charms in a Fresh Take on a Classic
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies.
BWW Review: THE CHRISTIANS at Baltimore's Center Stage Looks at Church Dogma in a Complex Way
You don't have to be Christian to love THE CHRISTIANS (with apologies to the 1960's famous ad 'You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's Jewish Rye Bread).
BWW Review: The Glass Menagerie at the Vagabond
Perfect casting makes for a beautiful rendition of The Glass Menagerie at the Vagabond.
BWW Review: Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre LIGHT UP THE STARS with a Tribute to Broadway
Last summer, the Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre performed 50 YEARS UNDER THE STARS, an evening of Broadway songs and dances to celebrate their 50th Anniversary.
M. BUTTERFLY at Everyman Theatre - What a Bold Presentation of a Psychological Thriller Full of Surprises
David Henry Hwang Tony winning play is given a riveting presentation by Everyman's Artistic Director and Director Vincent M.
BWW Review: A Beautifully-Acted Tragedy Of Ideas: SALLY McCOY at Cohesion Theatre
Sally, as realized by Katherine Vary, is amazing to watch, as she constantly calculates what tactic, rhetorical, pugilistic, or personal, to employ next.
BWW Review: An Embrace of Dangerous Illusions, Stunningly Portrayed: M. BUTTERFLY at Everyman
Bruce Randolph Nelson's portrayal of Monsieur Gallimard is authoritative: all the glibness of a would-be mandarin who cannot quite pull it off, a lyrical self-awareness that does not quite go far enough, and a touch of madness.
BWW Review: A Generation and a Movement Considered in THE HEIDI CHRONICLES at The REP
The play has aged well.
BWW Review: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Signature Theatre - 'Send In The Crowds'
Waltz right in to see Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer's stunning classic rendition on the musical A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
BWW Review: Red Branch Theatre Company Shoots and Scores with an Inspired Production of LYSISTRATA JONES
LYSISTRATA JONES is a show that I knew next to nothing about before seeing the lovely production this past weekend at the Red Branch Theatre.
BWW Review: Take a Tumble down the Rabbit Hole in the Delightful ALICE AND THE BOOK OF WONDERLAND at Annapolis Shakespeare Company
The delightful production of ALICE AND THE BOOK OF WONDERLAND, produced by the Annapolis Shakespeare Company has found a way to make the story of Alice and Wonderland new and fresh for children and adults alike.
BWW Review: THURGOOD at Olney Theatre Center - Supreme Court Justice Comes Alive
Actor Brian Anthony Wilson gives a brilliant portrayal in a one man show under the direction of Walter Dallas.
BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Baltimore Shakespeare Factory Creates Magic and Fun in the Forest
There are few things I love more than finding fun and new things to do outside in the dog days of summer.
BWW Review: Confronting the Paradoxes of Faith in EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL at CATF
I do not read Marcantel as indicting religion as such; she shows us how much groundedness and understanding faith gives.
BWW Review: The Bronx is Up – and Dancing to Hip Hop – in CATF's WELCOME TO FEAR CITY
Welcome to Fear City, premiering at the Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, WV, shambles along amiably, looking as if it has no more greater object than to be a loose black family dramedy set forty years ago.
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Bocking Baltimore Center Stage (8/14-9/06) |
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Maybe Happy Ending Hippodrome at France-Merrick Performing Arts Center (9/13-9/19) |
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A Little Stephen Music: A Sondheim Cabaret Maryland Ensemble Theatre (9/05-9/05) |
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Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Tour with Ellen Greene (the Original Audrey) M&T Bank Exchange (9/26-9/26) |
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Appropriate Maryland Ensemble Theatre (4/02-4/25) |
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Our Town The Colonial Players of Annapolis (9/11-10/03) |
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Into the Woods Maryland Ensemble Theatre (9/11-10/04) |
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The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza! Maryland Ensemble Theatre (11/28-12/20) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show (10/17-10/17) |
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MET Comedy Extravaganza Maryland Ensemble Theatre (9/05-9/06) |