August Wilson's Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Set in a Chicago recording studio, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom chronicles a day in the life of the legendary blues singer Ma Rainey and her...
Review: THE DIVINE SISTER at Vagabond Players
by Lisa A. Crayton - June 19, 2026
THE DIVINE SISTER is a devilishly funny. It is a fun, comedic, irreverent, and enthralling. It's unlike any of the works that inspired it. The play will seem vaguely familiar at times, but it stands on its own as uniquely creative!...
Review: BOUNCE at Strand Theater Company
by Lisa A. Crayton - June 05, 2026
What did our critic think of BOUNCE at Strand Theater Company?...
Review: THE DIVINE SISTER at Vagabond Players Ignites Heavenly Delight!
by Kirby Povilaitis - June 02, 2026
In a world of change and confusion, some essential truths will always remain. Chief among these truths is this: Campy, irreverent, John Waters-style comedy will always have a home in Baltimore. Its current place of residence: Vagabond Players’ 110th season closer, The Divine Sister. ...
Review: MISS HOLMES RETURNS at Fells Point Corner Theatre
by Lisa A. Crayton - May 08, 2026
In the best way possible, MISS HOLMES RETURNS is predictably Sherlock Holmes. And yet so much more—thanks to a recasting of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as women....
Review: THE HEIDI CHRONICLES at Vagabond Players
by Tina Collins - April 23, 2026
This staging of The Heidi Chronicles at the Vagabond Players finds the tension between what was promised and what was delivered, with performances that let the humor land and the questions linger....
Review: HER PORTMANTEAU at Strand Theater Company
by Lisa A. Crayton - April 23, 2026
What did our critic think of HER PORTMANTEAU at Strand Theater Company?...
Review: Let Down Your Hair at Stand Up For Theatre's RAPUNZEL, A Sweet Treat Family Show
by Cybele Pomeroy - March 26, 2026
SUFT has a great deal to be proud of with this production of RAPUNZEL: It's a cute and colorful show which even backstage is devoted to teamwork, personal ethics, resourcefulness and an untiring devotion to the quality of experience for people participating in theatre for perhaps their first time. S...
Review: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Is A Sumptuous Ride At CCBC Dundalk Through March 15, 2026
by Cybele Pomeroy - March 24, 2026
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: The beautiful theater inside of CCBC Dundalk hosts an equally beautiful production. What a treat to view this classic, seeing and hearing people respond to its twists and turns as if seeing it for the first time- or perhaps actually seeing it for the first time- realizi...
Review: CAESAR/AMERICANA at Fells Point Corner Theatre
by Jack L. B. Gohn - March 15, 2026
A logistically and artistically ambitious mashup of Shakespeare's play and modern American songs with some great acting....
Review: Iron Crow's NEXT TO NORMAL, Next To Hippodrome, at M&T Bank Exchange
by Cybele Pomeroy - March 14, 2026
Iron Crow’s brave production of NEXT TO NORMAL deserves a longer run. The script is a dramatic treatment of a nearly untouched topic, and the music is gorgeous and brilliantly rendered by excellent musicians and vocalists....
Past Shows
The Scottsboro Boys
Based on the true story of nine black men ripped from a train in Alabama and accused of rape by two white women in 1931....
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf
Ntozake Shange's first work and most acclaimed theater piece which captures the brutal, tender, and dramatic lives of contemporary Black women, "For Colored Girls..." offers...
Once on this Island
A Caribbean Fairytale!As the show opens, a child is terrified by a tropical storm, and the community comes together to comfort her with a story....
RENT
Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, Jonathan Larson's Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling...
The Wiz
The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is a joyous modern retelling of L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s story reflecting contemporary African-American...
Black Nativity
ArtsCentric Presents Black Nativity, a retelling of Langston Hughes' classic Nativity story in scripture, verse, song, and dance. The show features traditional Christmas songs sung...
ELTON JOHN AND TIM RICE'S AIDA
Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA is a contemporary musical take on a grand classic tale of the timeless bond between an enslaved Nubian princess...
Jesus Christ Superstar
BALTIMORE - Maryland-based theater production company, ArtsCentric, will revive the iconic 1970s rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” this October in a newly designed theater space...
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Structurally, For Colored Girls is a series of 20 poems, collectively called a "choreopoem". "Shange's poetry expresses the many struggles and obstacles African-American women face...
Videos
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Baltimore (8/15-8/15) |
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God of Carnage Cockpit in Court (6/12-6/28) |
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Footloose Cockpit in Court (7/24-8/02) |
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Deathtrap Cockpit in Court (7/24-8/02) |
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Blood of the Lamb - regional premiere Rapid Lemon Productions (8/28-9/13) |
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Hamilton (Angelica Company) Hippodrome Theatre- France-Merrick Performing Arts Center (3/09-3/28) |
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Weird Al Yankovic at Merriweather Post Pavilion Merriweather Post Pavilion (8/02-8/02) |
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Sleeping Beauty: The Time Traveler Adventure Theatre MTC (6/18-8/23) |
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The Crayon King, or Learning How to Share Spotlighters Theatre (6/12-7/05) PHOTOS |
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As You Like It Maryland Ensemble Theatre (6/25-6/28) |
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