Dates: 9/5/2024 - 9/22/2024
📍 Theatre: Cumberland Theatre
101 N Johnson Street
Cumberland, MD
Phone: (301) 759-4990
Tickets: $22 Online/Advanced; $25 at the door; Student: $15 online/advanced; Student: $18 at the doorSenior: $20 online/advanced; Senior: $23 at the door;
by R.T. Robinson
Tood, Weetsie, and Sybill are brides in rural Louisiana in 1943. Each married a Cliffert brother. The men are off to war and a local news story about these young wives keeping the home fires burning intrigues Henry Luce. He decides that they belong on the cover of Life Magazine and assigns Kate Miller to the story. She has been covering the war in Europe and, though she views doing a "women's piece" as a career set-back, she accepts because it will be her first cover story. Kate spends a week with the Cliffert women, and her haughty urban attitude gives way to sympathy as she begins to understand them while coming face-to-face with her own powerlessness in a man's world. Filled with charm and fun, The Cover of Life is a deeply affecting story about the struggle for self-wort
The Cumberland Theatre is introducing a 'Page to Stage' new play development program in which audiences experience the 'birth' of a play. The goal of the program is to assist playwrights with the development of new works.
The Cumberland Theatre will continue their 37th Season with the classic Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. The show will run March 27 through April 13 for ten performances.
The Cumberland Theatre will continue their 36th Season with two plays to be performed on alternate evening during weekends in September. Learn more about both plays here!
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La Sylphide Maryland Hall (10/16-10/18) |
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Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares Baltimore Center Stage (9/18-9/26) |
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Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now! Baltimore Center Stage (10/02-10/04) |
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Musical Imagination Stage (9/26-10/18) |
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The Dinner Detective Baltimore True Crime Murder Mystery Show The Dinner Detective Baltimore (11/21-11/21) |
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The 39 Steps Maryland Ensemble Theatre (5/21-6/13) |
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Classic Theatre of Maryland presents "SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER" Classic Theatre of Maryland (3/04-3/21) |
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The Crater Sisters' Christmas Special Maryland Ensemble Theatre (11/20-12/20) |
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"The Fall of the House of Improv" at MET Comedy Night Maryland Ensemble Theatre (10/24-10/24) |
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The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza! Maryland Ensemble Theatre (11/28-12/20) |
