BALTIMORE THEATER REVIEWS

It was a nine-and-a-half-hour marathan but well worth it....

Martin McDonagh's A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE offers cheap laughs and little else....

Arthur Miller's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play is given a strange presentation....

Now running at Arena Stage through November 4, ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN is a living, breathing collage of musical theatre, time capsule, and reunion concert with the late Janis Joplin. Performer Mary Bridget Davies was born to play Janis Joplin and Johnson has given her the perfect vehicle for h...

As the last two pandas on earth, Gwo Gwo and Marion intrinsically know their task is to repopulate their species, but when mating season rolls around, they encounter a small hitch: Chester the crocodile has got his eyes on Gwo Gwo, who-despite all his practicing-can't seem to get a hang of baby-pand...

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. ...

So funny, STC extends it to November 4 (THANKFULLY) due to public demand....

In OVER THE TAVERN,you will be transported to the 1950's, the era of Ike and Mamie....

A town ready for wealth, a naive scientist, men in power and men seeking power, a battle for the truth--it's all grist for playwright Arthur Miller's adaptation of Henri Ibsen's classic, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, now at Baltimore's Center Stage....

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....

BIG, the Musical comes back in a new, Theatre for Young Audiences version that has a big heart. From ages 6 to 96, the TYA BIG will entertain and deserves to have a long life. Michael J. Bobbitt's production at Adventure Theatre-MTC is the world premiere....

Standing room only crowd jams Meyerhoff Symphony to start new season....

It's a story of kings and presidents, grandchildren and generals. It's an evening of steely fire, inspiration and quiet grace. It's GOLDA'S BALCONY, now at the Vagabond theater in Baltimore City....

On the evidence of the book, and as echoed in the show, Alice Walker finds permanence and monogamy rarer than more fluid arrangements. I mentioned forgiveness, and it plays large here; the characters find, in various ways, that they must accept that their loved ones love them back only with divided ...

Explosvie production of Donald Marguilies...

Cursed by the Gods and their own need for retribution, two siblings in Ancient Greece live out their tragic destiny....

Round House Theatre has produced the area premiere of Rajiv Joseph's haunting and powerful BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO. Jeremy Skidmore's production is monumental and the acting ensemble is superb....

Almost everyone in this world is married or willing to go out on public dates with women to camouflage his real social life. Few of them can visualize, even to themselves, what it would be like to regard the gay halves of their lives as normal, continuous, and public. It is both touching and interes...

Award winning play ends short run August 26, 2012...

The 2012 Baltimore Playwrights Festival and Theatrical Mining Company present a new play by Kevin Kostic, set during the post-election riots of Kenya in 2007....

If the summer makes you yearn for a delightful musical, take the journey to the Olney Theatre Center and enjoy....

Maddy, Kat and Julia are high-achieveing, super-stressed seniors on the Cross Country team at Thwaite Academy. An email from their former teammate Sarah threatens to push them over the edge. Why? Because Sarah died after winning last year's Cross Country Championship....

Laura, a classic 1940's crime drama, bears all the trappings associated with this American crime fiction genre - a murder victim, an unyielding police detective, some high society hi-jinks, and a great looking gal. What's not to love?...