BALTIMORE THEATER REVIEWS

A Play That Proves That Father Does Not ALWAYS Know Best...

What's a guy with a tongue like Shakespeare's but a nose like Mount Everest got to do to find love? 'Cyrano' knows (nose?) and you'll find him at Baltimore's Center Stage....

Some missing rubies, a 15-year-old unsolved murder, a Columbo-esque detective, and a woman either going out of or being driven from her mind set the stage a (gas)light as Patrick Hamilton's GASLIGHT comes to Baltimore's Spotlighters Theatre....

The historic Hippodrome Theatre began its life as a vaudeville house. Would you like to see a musical filled with 'shtick', lovely long-legged blonde women dancers, clever lighting with realistic thunder and lightning, and occasional laughs then The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein (that's...

How to handle a musical is evident in a Lerner and Lowe Musical....

'Man of La Mancha' is a satisfying evening's entertainment at Baltimore's Vagabond Theater, just don't look for Broadway caliber voices on Vagabond's diminutive stage....

Like me you may have seen the original Broadway cast of Dreamgirls which opened in 1981 that won 6 Tony Awards and ran for four years. You also may have seen the star-studded 2006 film. So, the question remains, 'Should I or shouldn't I see the revival of this landmark musical directed by Robert L...

There is much fun to be had at a student matinee for the Center Stage Production of 'Around the World in 80 Days.'...

Author David Sedaris' real-life experiences as a Macy's department store 'elf' find a home on the stage as 'The Santaland Diaries' comes to Baltimore....

Mamma Mia! Runs at the Hippodrome through Sunday night, Nov. 30...

Come on Board and See the Classic Kern/Hammerstein Musical...

Vaudeville comes alive...as well as 'Rebecca'-esque portraits, werewolves, vampires, mummies, backstage camels, and more as the Everyman Theatre presents 'The Mystery of Irma Vep'....

Cleverly written, witty, engaging, and not in any way connected to reality, The Little Dog Laughed is about as deep as the nursery rhyme from which the play gets its title. However, if you can suspend your disbelief, it's an entertaining bit of whimsy....

Edmond Rostand's CYRANO DE BERGERAC is a theatrical paradox. The notoriously picky John Simon called it 'not a great play, merely a perfect one.' Be that as it may, companies mounting the show usually find that though this play is very hard to ruin, it's also nearly impossible to get completely righ...

LaChiusa Works Well in Intimate ARK Theatre...

There are times when I really love being a correspondent for Broadwayworld.com. Certainly, stepping into the historic Lincoln Theatre on U. Street in Washington, DC and watching this feel good award-winning musical entitled Crowns is right at the top of the list....

The Red Branch Theatre Company in Columbia presents a terrific production of the 2001 Tony-award winning musical....

It's said that there are no worse fates that can befall a man as when his dreams don't come true and when they do. Reno, an apartment 'super' superintendent with a dysfunctional past, discovers the truth of this saying in Julie Lewis' play, SMOLDER, now at The Strand Theater....

Scanning director Brad J. Ranno's notes about the Spotlighter's Theater production of acclaimed English playwright Caryl Churchill's 'Cloud 9,' I was less than enthused. With references to race, gender and feminism, weighty, stolid issues that 'resonate in our social conscious' (ugh), I wondered, w...

Bruce R. Nelson Excels at the Everyman Theatre:Well, it's happened three times. Plays that I saw on Broadway that were critically acclaimed but yet I didn't really enjoy them. Then I saw them at the intimate Everyman Theatre and loved them. It started with Proof, then Doubt, and now I Am My Own Wif...