Photo Flash: First Look at Maryland Ensemble Theatre's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
by BWW News Desk - November 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!
by BWW News Desk - November 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!
STUDENT CENTER: Helen Hayes Winner Mitchell Hebert Discusses Co-Directing Bicultural MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Mary Best - November 20, 2012
Mitchell Hébert, professor of theater at the University of Maryland, co-directed the School of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts' bilingual production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Helen Hayes Award winner discussed being a part of such a groundbreaking project and seeing it evolve from concept to successful stage production.
by Mary Best - November 20, 2012
Mitchell Hébert, professor of theater at the University of Maryland, co-directed the School of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts' bilingual production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Helen Hayes Award winner discussed being a part of such a groundbreaking project and seeing it evolve from concept to successful stage production.
NEXT TO NORMAL Enters Final Weekend at Vagabond Players
by Kelsey Denette - November 20, 2012
This weekend is the last chance to see the critically acclaimed production of Next to Normal at Vagabond Players. Audiences have been awed by the emotional impact of the ground breaking musical by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt.
by Kelsey Denette - November 20, 2012
This weekend is the last chance to see the critically acclaimed production of Next to Normal at Vagabond Players. Audiences have been awed by the emotional impact of the ground breaking musical by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt.
BSO & BSA Collaborate to Present Fully Staged Performance of THE NUTCRACKER, 12/21 & 22
by Kelsey Denette - November 20, 2012
In an unprecedented partnership of four Baltimore cultural organizations, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO), Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA), Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and The Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric will come together for the first time this December to present Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's full-length holiday classic The Nutcracker.
by Kelsey Denette - November 20, 2012
In an unprecedented partnership of four Baltimore cultural organizations, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO), Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA), Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and The Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric will come together for the first time this December to present Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's full-length holiday classic The Nutcracker.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre Opens IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY, 12/9
by Kelsey Denette - November 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. This award-winning adaptation brings Bedford Falls to life by way of an on stage 1940s radio broadcast, and you're invited to be a member of the live studio audience! Since its premier in 1996 playwright Joe Landry's It's A Wonderful LIfe: A Live Radio Play has been produced hundreds of times across the US and been heralded as, 'One of the best holiday shows around.' (Chicago Sun-Times). The story, true to Frank Capra's 1946 film classic starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, is told by six actors performing dozen of characters and all the foley sound effects in traditional old-fashioned radio style.
by Kelsey Denette - November 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. This award-winning adaptation brings Bedford Falls to life by way of an on stage 1940s radio broadcast, and you're invited to be a member of the live studio audience! Since its premier in 1996 playwright Joe Landry's It's A Wonderful LIfe: A Live Radio Play has been produced hundreds of times across the US and been heralded as, 'One of the best holiday shows around.' (Chicago Sun-Times). The story, true to Frank Capra's 1946 film classic starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, is told by six actors performing dozen of characters and all the foley sound effects in traditional old-fashioned radio style.
CCBC Essex Academic Theatre Presents CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, 11/29-12/4
by Kelsey Denette - November 20, 2012
The Community College of Baltimore County, Essex Academic Theatre performs Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams 8 p.m., Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1, 10 a.m. Dec. 3 and 1 p.m., Dec. 4 in the B Building Theatre at CCBC Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd. Tickets are $8 general admission and $5 for students, seniors, CCBC faculty, staff and alumni. Tickets can be purchased from the Box Office at 443-840-ARTS (2787) or online at http://www.ccbcmd.edu/performingarts/actheatre.html. Please note: Some mature subject matter.
by Kelsey Denette - November 20, 2012
The Community College of Baltimore County, Essex Academic Theatre performs Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams 8 p.m., Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1, 10 a.m. Dec. 3 and 1 p.m., Dec. 4 in the B Building Theatre at CCBC Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd. Tickets are $8 general admission and $5 for students, seniors, CCBC faculty, staff and alumni. Tickets can be purchased from the Box Office at 443-840-ARTS (2787) or online at http://www.ccbcmd.edu/performingarts/actheatre.html. Please note: Some mature subject matter.
CENTERSTAGE Launches Play Lab With WAY TO CURACAO, 11/30-12/2
by Sierra Fox - November 19, 2012
CENTERSTAGE presents the first Play Lab of the 2012-13 Season, Way to Curaçao by Chiori Miyagawa, November 30 through December 2. Gavin Witt directs.
by Sierra Fox - November 19, 2012
CENTERSTAGE presents the first Play Lab of the 2012-13 Season, Way to Curaçao by Chiori Miyagawa, November 30 through December 2. Gavin Witt directs.
UMD's Helen Huang Talks Cross Continental Production of MIDSUMMER NIGHT's DREAM
by Mary Best - November 19, 2012
The University of Maryland's School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies performed their original interpretation of the Shakespearean comedy in collaboration with the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts at UMD in September and Beijing, China in October. Helen Huang, professor of Costume Design at UMD, talks about this groundbreaking production.
by Mary Best - November 19, 2012
The University of Maryland's School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies performed their original interpretation of the Shakespearean comedy in collaboration with the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts at UMD in September and Beijing, China in October. Helen Huang, professor of Costume Design at UMD, talks about this groundbreaking production.
Everyman Theatre to Move into New Home, 11/20
by Kelsey Denette - November 19, 2012
The theatre company has been preparing for its move for over five years. The staff will begin conducting business in the new facility at the end of November. Rehearsals for the cast of the inaugural production, August: Osage County, will begin on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. The production will open during Everyman's Grand Opening Week, which will occur from January 14 - January 20, 2013.
by Kelsey Denette - November 19, 2012
The theatre company has been preparing for its move for over five years. The staff will begin conducting business in the new facility at the end of November. Rehearsals for the cast of the inaugural production, August: Osage County, will begin on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. The production will open during Everyman's Grand Opening Week, which will occur from January 14 - January 20, 2013.
Laurel Mill Playhouse Opens ANNIE, 11/30
by Kelsey Denette - November 19, 2012
Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). Performances run weekends from Friday November 30, 2012 through Saturday December 22, 2012 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. and Sunday performances on December 9 and 16 at 2 p.m.
by Kelsey Denette - November 19, 2012
Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). Performances run weekends from Friday November 30, 2012 through Saturday December 22, 2012 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. and Sunday performances on December 9 and 16 at 2 p.m.
2012 BWW Baltimore Regional Awards - LIVE Update - 11/19!
by BWW Special Coverage - November 19, 2012
Voting is now underway for Baltimore and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the current standings here!
by BWW Special Coverage - November 19, 2012
Voting is now underway for Baltimore and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the current standings here!
BWW Reviews: Lives Through Clothes: LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE at FPCT
by Jack L. B. Gohn - November 18, 2012
The Ephrons seem to have set out to make the point that on some profound level, women's clothes are themselves, and that women's very lives are bound up with their clothes and vice versa. But the case is not well-documented. And little of it bears the stamp of the Ephron wit. But the performances are fine.
by Jack L. B. Gohn - November 18, 2012
The Ephrons seem to have set out to make the point that on some profound level, women's clothes are themselves, and that women's very lives are bound up with their clothes and vice versa. But the case is not well-documented. And little of it bears the stamp of the Ephron wit. But the performances are fine.
LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE Plays Fells Point Corner Theatre, Now thru 12/9
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2012
Fells Point Corner Theatre presents Love, Loss and What I Wore by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, based on the book by Ilene Beckerman and directed by Steve Goldklang, playing now through December 9, 2012, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm Sundays at 2 pm.
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2012
Fells Point Corner Theatre presents Love, Loss and What I Wore by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, based on the book by Ilene Beckerman and directed by Steve Goldklang, playing now through December 9, 2012, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm Sundays at 2 pm.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre's Fun Company Presents COMMEDIA PUSS IN BOOTS, 11/24-1/6
by Kelsey Denette - November 16, 2012
Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) family theatre, The Fun Company, is proud to present the second show of its 2012-2013 season: Commedia Puss in Boots, the laugh-out-loud tale about a clever cat in extraordinary footwear.
by Kelsey Denette - November 16, 2012
Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) family theatre, The Fun Company, is proud to present the second show of its 2012-2013 season: Commedia Puss in Boots, the laugh-out-loud tale about a clever cat in extraordinary footwear.
Daniel Narducci, Baltimore Choral Arts Society and the Anacrusis Handbell Ensemble join the BSO SuperPops for a Holiday Pops Celebration
by Kelsey Denette - November 16, 2012
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) SuperPops and baritone Daniel Narducci, star of stage and screen, will be ringing in the holiday season at the Music Center at Strathmore on Wednesday, December 12 at 8 p.m. and at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on Thursday, December 13 at 2 p.m., Friday December 14 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Saturday December 15 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday December 16 2102 at 2 p.m. Under the direction of conductor Robert Bernhardt, this Holiday Pops Celebration will feature the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and the Anacrusis Handbell Ensemble in a program of carols, classic holiday favorites, sing-alongs and even a special guest from the North Pole. This concert is suitable for the whole family. Please see below for complete program details.
by Kelsey Denette - November 16, 2012
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) SuperPops and baritone Daniel Narducci, star of stage and screen, will be ringing in the holiday season at the Music Center at Strathmore on Wednesday, December 12 at 8 p.m. and at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on Thursday, December 13 at 2 p.m., Friday December 14 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Saturday December 15 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday December 16 2102 at 2 p.m. Under the direction of conductor Robert Bernhardt, this Holiday Pops Celebration will feature the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and the Anacrusis Handbell Ensemble in a program of carols, classic holiday favorites, sing-alongs and even a special guest from the North Pole. This concert is suitable for the whole family. Please see below for complete program details.
Quotidian Theatre Opens 15th Anniversary Season with THE DEAD, Now thru 12/16
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2012
Quotidian Theatre Company begins its 15th Anniversary Season by breaking new ground with its first musical, the Tony Award winner James Joyce's The Dead.
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2012
Quotidian Theatre Company begins its 15th Anniversary Season by breaking new ground with its first musical, the Tony Award winner James Joyce's The Dead.
Jewish Theatre Workshop Presents MURDER MYSTERIES: A PLAY FOR VOICES Reading, 11/26
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2012
The first installment of JTW's new Monthly Play Reading Series at the JCC, Murder Mysteries is adapted from a short story by author Neil Gaiman. Set before the creation of man, it is a tale of love, consequences, and what it means to seek justice, and exact vengeance for the first time. Murder Mysteries: A Play for Voices will be presented on Monday, November 26, 2012.
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2012
The first installment of JTW's new Monthly Play Reading Series at the JCC, Murder Mysteries is adapted from a short story by author Neil Gaiman. Set before the creation of man, it is a tale of love, consequences, and what it means to seek justice, and exact vengeance for the first time. Murder Mysteries: A Play for Voices will be presented on Monday, November 26, 2012.
Vienna Boys’ Choir to Play the Meyerhoff, 12/8
by Kelsey Denette - November 15, 2012
Renowned for their angelic voice and pure sounds, the Vienna Boys' Choir will fill the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with angelic voices and pure sounds on Saturday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m. Don't miss this spectacular concert featuring Austrian folk songs and waltzes, classical masterpieces, pop tunes and holiday favorites. Note: The BSO does not perform on this program.
by Kelsey Denette - November 15, 2012
Renowned for their angelic voice and pure sounds, the Vienna Boys' Choir will fill the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with angelic voices and pure sounds on Saturday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m. Don't miss this spectacular concert featuring Austrian folk songs and waltzes, classical masterpieces, pop tunes and holiday favorites. Note: The BSO does not perform on this program.
Casting Complete For SEUSSICAL At Imagination Stage
by Kelsey Denette - November 15, 2012
Casting is now complete for Seussical, a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza written by Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, who also wrote the hits Ragtime and Once On This Island. The two have lovingly brought to life all of the favorite Dr. Seuss characters from a host of the author's most popular books.
by Kelsey Denette - November 15, 2012
Casting is now complete for Seussical, a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza written by Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, who also wrote the hits Ragtime and Once On This Island. The two have lovingly brought to life all of the favorite Dr. Seuss characters from a host of the author's most popular books.
Everyman Theatre to Move into New Home During Thanksgiving Week
by Kelsey Denette - November 15, 2012
Everyman Theatre has announced that it will move into its new home on Fayette Street during the week of November 19, 2012. The administrative offices will be closed during this week in order to facilitate the move and then celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Moving trucks will arrive at the Charles Street location at 10 AM on Tuesday, November 20th.
by Kelsey Denette - November 15, 2012
Everyman Theatre has announced that it will move into its new home on Fayette Street during the week of November 19, 2012. The administrative offices will be closed during this week in order to facilitate the move and then celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Moving trucks will arrive at the Charles Street location at 10 AM on Tuesday, November 20th.
BSO Announces OrchLab, a Music Education Program to Serve Montgomery County Students
by Kelsey Denette - November 14, 2012
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in partnership with the Montgomery County Public Schools announces OrchLab, a music-in-schools program for elementary, middle and high school students in Montgomery County. OrchLab was created to enrich the instrumental music program in schools within the MCPS system that have the greatest need, as well as to provide professional development opportunities for MCPS music instructors. For the 2012-2013 academic year, OrchLab will be piloted in 23 of the schools located in the Downcounty and Northeast Consortia of the MCPS System.
by Kelsey Denette - November 14, 2012
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in partnership with the Montgomery County Public Schools announces OrchLab, a music-in-schools program for elementary, middle and high school students in Montgomery County. OrchLab was created to enrich the instrumental music program in schools within the MCPS system that have the greatest need, as well as to provide professional development opportunities for MCPS music instructors. For the 2012-2013 academic year, OrchLab will be piloted in 23 of the schools located in the Downcounty and Northeast Consortia of the MCPS System.
SEUSSICAL Opens Today at Imagination Stage
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2012
Oh, the places you'll go when Seussical turns Imagination Stage into a world where "Anything is possible!" Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza written by Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, who also wrote the hits Ragtime and Once On This Island. The two have lovingly brought to life all of the favorite Dr. Seuss characters from a host of the author's most popular books. Seussical runs in Imagination Stage's Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Theatre today, November 14, 2012, through January 6, 2013.
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2012
Oh, the places you'll go when Seussical turns Imagination Stage into a world where "Anything is possible!" Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza written by Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, who also wrote the hits Ragtime and Once On This Island. The two have lovingly brought to life all of the favorite Dr. Seuss characters from a host of the author's most popular books. Seussical runs in Imagination Stage's Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Theatre today, November 14, 2012, through January 6, 2013.
Spotlighters Celebrates 51st Season with MAME!, 11/23-12/23
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2012
Spotlighters presents MAME!, running Nov 23 - Dec 23, 2012 and featuring book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, music & lyrics by Jerry Herman. It is directed by Allan Herlinger with musical direction by Michael Tan and choreography by Jillian Bauersfeld.
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2012
Spotlighters presents MAME!, running Nov 23 - Dec 23, 2012 and featuring book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, music & lyrics by Jerry Herman. It is directed by Allan Herlinger with musical direction by Michael Tan and choreography by Jillian Bauersfeld.
BWW Reviews: This is Your Gothic Life, Mr. Poe
by Tina Saratsiotis - November 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.
by Tina Saratsiotis - November 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.
Pumpkin Theatre Presents BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, 12/8-16
by Kelsey Denette - November 13, 2012
Pumpkin Theatre continues the 45th Anniversary Season "A Celebration of Imagination" with Beauty and the Beast. This show is a tribute to Pumpkin Theatre's 45th Season and its founder Sister Kathleen Marie Engers. This interactive play, written by Moses Goldberg, is done in the style that first made Pumpkin Theatre so popular.
by Kelsey Denette - November 13, 2012
Pumpkin Theatre continues the 45th Anniversary Season "A Celebration of Imagination" with Beauty and the Beast. This show is a tribute to Pumpkin Theatre's 45th Season and its founder Sister Kathleen Marie Engers. This interactive play, written by Moses Goldberg, is done in the style that first made Pumpkin Theatre so popular.
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