UMBC PROSCENIUM THEATRE

by Tina Collins - January 14, 2026

This gem of a production is a perfect way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws, the blockbuster that started it all....

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 ...

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. ...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....

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!...

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....