Tom Piccin News

Neil Simon's indecision about genre in Brighton Beach Memoirs was related to his problem being direct about his parents. A true account would necessarily have revealed their fighting, his father's desertions and infidelities, and the eventual failure of their marriage, and could only have been presented as a tragedy or melodrama. A comedy (and Brighton Beach is formally a comedy) would need to present a sanitized version of what Simon remembered; it would satisfy his audience (which expected comedies) and his parents, but it would also come further from the flavor Simon wanted to present. What we get in consequence is a play in three somewhat inconsistent genres.

Just Off Broadway's (JOB) delightful production of Neil Simon's RUMORS includes exactly what we all need right now - an evening full of plenty of laughs. From the setup to the final pay off, this cast brings the chuckles (and a few guffaws) to a decades old script, that still holds up today. The story begins, how every great story should, with a party. In this instance, it's in a fancy house in New York, circa 1990. However, from the start, things seem a little off. The man of the house, may have tried to end his life, and the woman of the house is missing. Also, all of their closest friends are gathered for their anniversary party. From then on, things go spectacularly awry. Basically, it has all the makings of a fabulous farce.

Back for its SEVENTH installment, Fells Point Corner Theatre is delighted to bring you a fantastic lineup of hilarious and compelling 10-minute plays by local playwrights in our annual 10x10x10 Play Festival! In just two short hours, audiences will see 10 brand-new, fully-produced  works presented by an ensemble of 10 of the area's finest actors. At the end of each performance, audiences vote on their favorites as the playwrights compete for cash prizes!

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. I'm so sorry you had to find out this way...

Rapid Lemon Productions will present Variations on Sacrifice this summer as part of their 2018 season. A full production of 11 ten-minute plays appearing for two weeks will be followed by a third weekend of staged readings of 8 more short plays. All were chosen from local authors' submissions to the 14th annual Variations Project.

Rapid Lemon Productions will present Variations on Sacrifice this summer as part of their 2018 season. A full production of 11 ten-minute plays appearing for two weeks will be followed by a third weekend of staged readings of 8 more short plays. All were chosen from local authors' submissions to the 14th annual Variations Project.

Point Corner Theatre is proud to present their annual 10 minute play festival, 10x10x10! Our ten minute play festival has sold out so many times over the last two years we had to move it to our downstairs stage! 10x10x10 is fast becoming a staple in the Baltimore theater community, and we could not be prouder to give these new plays a home.

Fells Point Corner Theatre is proud to present their annual 10 minute play festival, 10x10x10! Our ten minute play festival has sold out so many times over the last two years we had to move it to our downstairs stage! 10x10x10 is fast becoming a staple in the Baltimore theater community, and we could not be prouder to give these new plays a home.

Just Off Broadway presents the East Coast Premiere of Dear Friends, a drama from the Emmy award winning film and television author who gave us 12 Angry Men, Reginald Rose. Dear Friends is currently in rehearsal and runs ONE WEEKEND from April 18-21, 2017.

Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (BSF), working closely with world-renowned dialect and original pronunciation (OP) expert Paul Meier, will open its 2017 season with an historic production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, March 31 through April 23 at The Great Hall at St. Mary's Community Center.

Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (BSF), working closely with world-renowned dialect and original pronunciation (OP) expert Paul Meier, will open Antony and Cleopatra, March 31 through April 23 at The Great Hall at St. Mary's. BSF's presentation will be the very first time that modern audiences will be able to hear Antony and Cleopatra spoken the way Shakespeare's audiences would have heard it when it was first performed in the early 1600s.

Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (BSF), working closely with world-renowned dialect and original pronunciation (OP) expert Paul Meier, will open its 2017 season with an historic production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, March 31 through April 23 at The Great Hall at St. Mary's Community Center. BSF's presentation will be the very first time that modern audiences will be able to hear Antony and Cleopatra spoken the way Shakespeare's audiences would have heard it when it was first performed in the early 1600s.

Spotlighters offers family fun for the holidays in a holiday murder mystery comedy, THE GAME'S AFOOT (or Holmes for the Holidays) by Ken Ludwig.

Spotlighters offers family fun for the holidays in a holiday murder mystery comedy, THE GAME'S AFOOT (or Holmes for the Holidays) by Ken Ludwig.

Such dramatic suspense as exists in Crash and Burn hangs on the question whether it is possible Financier Milty has outsmarted himself (perhaps out-stupided himself might be a better phrase) by retaining two such paragons of dimness, greed, and vanity as Lawyers Crash and Burn to represent him: Might they fail at failure?