Review: WICKED at The Hippodrome
by Timoth David Copney - December 22, 2025
For the last couple of years or so, theatre nerds everywhere have been besotted with the film version of the hit musical Wicked. After the debut of the first installment, anticipation only grew for Part Two, which dropped this past November. But amid all the brouhaha and ballyhoo over the cinematic ...
Review: DECEIVED at Everyman Theatre
by Tina Collins - December 17, 2025
Christmas is the season for goodwill, warm hearths, and ghosts, real and imagined. Dark days and chill nights conjure tales of things tapping at the window or lingering in the shadows. ...
Enjoy Your ELF at Toby's in Columbia through January 4, 2026
by Cybele Pomeroy - November 29, 2025
Enthusiastic performances, a snappy live band, bright costumes and lively dancing adorn Toby's production of ELF The Musical. This sweet and charming lighthearted family-pleaser will put a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Director/ Choreographer Mark Minnick delivers engaging group numbe...
Review: Jane Austen's PERSUASION at Chesapeake Shakespeare
by Jack L. B. Gohn - October 06, 2025
There is a great deal to like about the dramatization of Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion, just opened at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. There’s Kristina Lambdin’s stunning military dress uniforms and high-waisted Regency dresses....
Review: BALTIMORE, LEND ME YOUR EAR! at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
by Daniel Collins - June 30, 2025
One does not have to be a fan of Shakespeare (or iambic pentameter) to know the tragic tale of JULIUS CAESAR – how this would-be-Emperor was felled by members of the Roman Senate, Caesar’s failure to beware the Ides of March, the famed line, “Et tu, Brute?”, before falling in a pool of blood and his...
Review: JULIUS CAESAR at CHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
by Tina Collins - June 25, 2025
There may be no better place to witness the slow, thunderous unraveling of a republic than beneath the open skies of the Patapsco Female Institute’s crumbling grandeur. In its current production of Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company creatively transforms “The Ruins' into...
Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID at Toby’s in Columbia is A Fine Kettle of Fish
by Cybele Pomeroy - June 19, 2025
Musicians and vocalists shine in an undersea world that’s full of color and liveliness, longing, love, and a desire for authenticity at Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia, Maryland. Mark Minnick directs Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID, playing through August 17th, 2025....
Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Arts Centric
by Timoth David Copney - April 20, 2025
Arts Centric is taking their turn at bat with a presentation of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom now playing through April 27th, 2025. Read our full review of the production here!...
Review: HOW TO TRANSCEND A HAPPY MARRIAGE Sizzles At Iron Crow
by Cybele Pomeroy - April 22, 2025
HOW TO TRANSCEND A HAPPY MARRIAGE, directed by Ann Turiano at Iron Crow, is highly polished and lovingly crafted. The Iron Crow team builds an experience that’s immersive, fascinating and a delight to the senses. Excellent acting and snappy dialogue augment unusual situations in this surreal show....