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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Ta-Nehisi Coates condemns Israel’s ‘oppression’ of Palestinians in new book by Mary Carole McCauley

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke Wednesday about his new book, 'The Message,' in which he outlines similarities between America's legacy of slavery and Israel's treatment of Palestinians living…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:03PM
Thursday, June 6, 2024

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Everyman Theatre explores middle-aged love | STAFF REVIEW by Mary Carole McCauley

By casting actors in their 50s as the quartet of young lovers, this production could be the Elizabethan era's version of 'The Golden Bachelorette.'

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 01:15PM
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Boosted by Hopkins gift, Parkway Theatre envisions future as incubator for filmmakers, gamers by Mary Carole McCauley

Parkway Theatre operators unveiled a plan Tuesday night that would reinvent the 1915 Baltimore movie palace as an incubator for filmmakers and gamers.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 01:22AM
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

The Parkway Theatre will reopen later this year. Will its new plan stem the financial drain? by Mary Carole McCauley

A lot is riding on the success of a new plan to convert the theater into a multipurpose venue. The outcome will impact the Station North neighborhood and have implications for taxpayers who …

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 05:00AM
Thursday, May 16, 2024

Center Stage’s 2024-25 season features big names, two world premieres by Mary Carole McCauley

"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner will debut his play about John Wilkes Booth at Center Stage, and playwright Jordan E. Cooper, fresh from Broadway, comes to Baltimore to stage his newest wor…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 05:00AM
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Broadway revival of ‘The Wiz’ lacks fizz but doesn’t entirely fall flat | STAFF REVIEW by Mary Carole McCauley

Though it has a lot going for it including powerhouse performances, the revival of the pioneering 1975 musical lacks a crucial ingredient for success.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 05:28PM
Friday, February 9, 2024

Review: Everyman Theatre’s ‘Crumbs from the Table of Joy’ shows why Lynn Nottage is among greatest American playwrights by Mary Carole McCauley

Though Lynn Nottage is a highly respected, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, she hasn't yet broken through to the upper echelon of such scribes as Tony Kushner or Lin-Manuel Miranda. And th…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 11:03AM
Friday, January 26, 2024

Hippodrome Theatre to launch national tours of ‘& Juliet’ and ‘Life of Pi’ this fall by Mary Carole McCauley

The national tours of "& Juliet" and "Life of Pi" will debut in Baltimore as a result of the 2022 tax credit program for live theater.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 09:13PM
Friday, January 19, 2024

Baltimore Center Stage lays off employees, institutes mandatory salary cuts by Mary Carole McCauley

The cutbacks afflicting Maryland's largest regional theater in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic are hardly unique to Baltimore.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 03:21PM
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Tony-nominated Broadway director Stevie Walker-Webb to lead Baltimore Center Stage by Mary Carole McCauley

Stevie Walker-Webb, a theater director and rising star who at the age of 36 has already been nominated for a Tony Award, was appointed Thursday as Baltimore Center Stage’s next artistic di…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 05:02AM
Friday, May 5, 2023

Review: After 29 seasons, Rep Stage’s closing act is a spellbinding production of ‘Falsettos’ by Mary Carole McCauley

This Tony Award-winning musical has been almost perfectly cast by director Joseph Ritsch. Once Rep Stage shuts down, Howard County will lose its only fully professional live theater.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 01:53PM
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Baltimore theater notables, including Wendell Pierce, who played Bunk in ‘The Wire’, score Tony nominations by Mary Carole McCauley

When the winners of the Tony Awards are announced July 11 on CBS, Baltimore theater lovers will have at least three reasons to watch.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 02:15PM
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Center Stage’s Latina artistic director faced a racial reckoning, a pandemic and a boardroom revolt in tumultuous tenure by Mary Carole McCauley

The offstage drama at Baltimore Center Stage, which included a mass resignation of board members and withdrawn donations, mirrors the ongoing tensions around diversity, equity and inclusion …

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 12:47PM
Friday, February 3, 2023

Baltimore Backstage: Arena Players wins grant, Single Carrot prepares to close and Hippodrome announces new Broadway season by Mary Carole McCauley

One local theater is expanding, another has unfurled its lineup of musicals for next season, and one longtime stalwart is shutting down.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 02:35PM
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Artistic director Stephanie Ybarra to leave Baltimore Center Stage this spring by Mary Carole McCauley

Beginning April 1, Center Stage will be led by Ken-Matt Martin, the newly appointed interim artistic director who hails from Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 01:43PM
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Baltimore’s performing groups are resuming performances amid COVID’s new wave. Will there be anyone in the audience? by Mary Carole McCauley

Baltimore's theaters and concert halls are requiring mask-wearing and proof of vaccination as they welcome patrons back for in-person live performances.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 06:00AM
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

The Lyric removes the Modell name from its historic Baltimore theater, severing relationship with benefactors by Mary Carole McCauley

Both Lyric administrators and a family spokeswoman say this ends the dispute and they will move on.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 10:30PM
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Baltimore arts groups start to reopen doors to public; BSO plans festival honoring music director Marin Alsop by Mary Carole McCauley

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra announced Tuesday that it will stage two free outdoor community concerts in June conducted by outgoing music director Marin Alsop. Other arts and cultural in…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 04:58PM
Friday, January 22, 2021

Healthy Holly’s hangups explored in Single Carrot Theatre Production by Mary Carole McCauley

The character Healthy Holly plays a pivotal role in the Single Carrot Theatre's new “Healthy Holly’s Hidden Hideaway” production.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 06:48AM
Monday, December 14, 2020

When will live theater performances resume in Baltimore? Here’s what we know. by Mary Carole McCauley

The Sun checked in with the five largest stage companies in the Baltimore area to find out what they’ve had to reschedule, what they’re offering now and when they hope to once again welc…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 09:29PM
Sunday, May 5, 2019

Everyman Theatre announces 2019-20 season and new festival with focus on women by Mary Carole McCauley

If you’re hanging around Everyman Theatre this summer, you might hear the gritty growl of a buzzsaw or the dull thump of hammers. Those are the sounds a theater company makes when it expan…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 09:52AM
Thursday, May 2, 2019

Baltimore native Andre De Shields nominated for third Tony Award by Mary Carole McCauley

The acclaimed Baltimore-born actor Andre De Shields received his third career nomination Tuesday for an Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award. De Shields was nominated for best featured actor in a m…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 08:10AM
Thursday, April 25, 2019

How Chesapeake Shakespeare Company creates intimacy on the stage in the #metoo era by Mary Carole McCauley

Intimacy choreographer Chelsea Pace carefully designed every detail of a passionate embrace on stage between two young actors, down to the way they tilted their heads. "First, there's a shor…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 01:20PM
Friday, March 15, 2019

Taye Diggs to direct Baltimore Center Stage play this fall by Mary Carole McCauley

Taye Diggs’ megawatt smile will be seen in Baltimore this fall. But the Broadway star and former cast member of TV’s “Empire” will be behind the curtain for a change. Diggs will make…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 07:00AM
Saturday, February 2, 2019

Everyman Theatre production inspires Baltimore couple to look for the man they think killed their son by Mary Carole McCauley

On Friday night, Mark and Sandra Laken sat side by side in Everyman Theatre, where they have dedicated a pair of front row seats to the memory of their late son. They watched the opening nig…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 10:20AM
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Hippodrome Theatre's 2019-2020 season to feature Tony-winning musicals 'Dear Evan Hansen,' 'The Band’s Visit' by Mary Carole McCauley

Go ahead and cancel your bus tickets to New York. Two of the most acclaimed musicals of the past few years will anchor the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center’s 2019-2020 season, the ven…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 05:25PM
Monday, January 14, 2019

Single Carrot to leave Remington theater, focus on 'meaningful and relevant' art by Mary Carole McCauley

Single Carrot Theatre will take a bold leap into the unknown this June when it gives up its permanent performing home at 2600 N. Howard St. Instead, the 12-year-old troupe will conduct a ser…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 07:20PM
Friday, August 10, 2018

An oversized mural of acclaimed Baltimore artist Amy Sherald's work will be installed at the Parkway Theatre by Mary Carole McCauley

Now you won’t have to go to a museum to see a painting by acclaimed Baltimore artist Amy Sherald. The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts announced Friday in a press release that an o…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 12:35PM
Friday, July 13, 2018

Anne Tyler's latest novel evokes Hamilton. Here are possible real-life stand-ins for locations in 'Clock Dance' by Mary Carole McCauley

Author Anne Tyler has become known for creating offbeat characters who are instantly recognizable as residents of Charm City, the kind of people who pronounce “another” as a noun, as if …

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 11:30AM
Saturday, November 26, 2016

Ballet Theatre of Md. gives Baltimore its first professional ballet company residency since 1993 by Mary Carole McCauley

Don't let the toe shoes fool you. They might look like nothing but pearl-colored satin and glossy ribbons, but those kicks are made to take a pounding.When the Ballet Theatre of Maryland's d…

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 03:00AM
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Fells Point Corner Theatre's 2016-2017 season draws on theme of rescue by Mary Carole McCauley

The Fells Point Corner Theatre has announced its 2016-17 season of eight dramas and comedies based on a theme of rescue. The venerable community theater is dedicating its 28th season, which …

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 07:04PM

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