BALTIMORE THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 254

Coastal Disturbances by Tina Howe and directed by Jay Gilman will open tonight and run until March 4 at the Fells Point Corner Theatre.

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Maryland's premier classical theatre company will present William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice at Oliver's Carriage House in Columbia, MD, February 17 to March 24, 2012.

Spotlighters Theatre announces UNTIL DEATH DO US PART - a Do or Die Mystery Production, Fri & Sat - Feb 17 & 18, 2012 at 8 p.

Garnering a Tony Award Nomination for Best Play when it premiered in 1987, Coastal Disturbances follows a motley ensemble of vacationers on a private Massachusetts beach -- guided by the charged summer romance between a lifeguard and a young photographer.

The comedy California Suite, written by Neil Simon and directed by John W.

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Glass Mind has announced a production of ADAPTING CINDERELLA at the LOF/t, 120 W.

The Columbia based community theater, Silhouette Stages, is the first group in the Baltimore/Washington area to land the rights to Avenue Q.

Spotlighters Theatre has announced their upcoming production of AGNES OF GOD for Feb 24 - Mar 18, 2012.

Spotlighters Theatre announces UNTIL DEATH DO US PART - a Do or Die Mystery Production, Fri & Sat - Feb 17 & 18, 2012 at 8 p.

Pumpkin Theatre continues its 44th Season "What's in a Name?" with the musical ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY.

March is Youth Art Month and HCAC is celebrating with the annual spring exhibit of student artwork in Gallery I at the Howard County Center for the Arts.

Spotlighters Theatre is proud to welcome the rowdy, raunchy, and humorous AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' for a limited run in Baltimore, MA.

Imagination Stage is extending its popular original production Mouse on the Move for one week, to February 12.

The National Black Touring Circuit's Black History Month Play Festival will present "Zora Neal Hurston," written by Laurence Holder, starring Kim Brockington and directed by Wynn Handman from February 10 - 12 at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 43rd Street.

The Iceman Cometh is Eugene O'Neill's look at the potential to really possess our dreams and relations in life.

The Baltimore Playwrights Festival announces a public play-reading marathon to take place on Saturday, February 11th, at The Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theater, 817 St.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is set to present The Comedy Pigs, the improv comedy troupe in two brand new shows this February 4 & 11 at 10:30pm.

Way Off Broadway's Children's Theatre Summer Camp is one of the most popular summer acting programs in the area.

Neil Simon's hilarious comedy, CALIFORNIA SUITE, opens at the Vagabond Theatre in Fells Point on February 24 and runs through March 25.

Garnering a Tony Award Nomination for Best Play when it premiered in 1987, COASTAL DISTURBANCES follows a motley ensemble of vacationers on a private Massachusetts beach -- guided by the charged summer romance between a lifeguard and a young photographer.

Adventure Theatre continues its 2011-2012 60th Anniversary Season with Bud, Not Buddy, February 18 at the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival and February 25 at the Intersections Arts Festival based on the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Winning book by Christopher Paul Curtis.

Following its limited engagement of Into the Woods and its co-production of The Rocky Horror Show in 2011, Stocking Productions has announced that it will bring RENT to Frederick for the first time for a special Memorial Day weekend presentation at The Way Off Broadway Theatre.

The Baltimore Playwrights Festival (www.

Direct from the trenches of Hollywood, Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) today announced a one-night-only performance of Pancake on Pancake, the story of Sam Pancake's exploits in show business for the past twenty years.