Sunday, November 12, 2023
"I and You," the award-winning play by Lauren Gunderson at Compass Rose Theater, is a poignant, moving work that will take you to unexpected places. Directed by Jerry Winters, it is perfectl…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:48PM[SHARE]Monday, November 6, 2023
Theatre AACC returns this season its production of "12 Angry Jurors." The American classic, "12 Angry Men," was written by Reginald Rose and adapted by Sherman L. Sergel as "12 Angry Jurors.…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:17AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 29, 2023
Happenstance Theater's "Cabaret Macabre" has returned to Baltimore Theater Project with a series of delightful vignettes that are dark, sometimes bloody, disturbing, and always funny. These …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:17PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 24, 2023
The Colonial Players have never shied away from unusual plays or difficult topics. Their latest offering, "Wit," written by Margaret Edson, is a bracing, funny, and heartbreaking look at one…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:45PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 3, 2023
There are two sure things about the latest offering from Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC): "As You Like It" is a total delight and it is an excellent starting place for anyone shy about …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 8, 2023
"Mean Girls," a Talent Machine Company summer production at Anne Arundel Community College, is the perfect vehicle for taking us back"some would say" to a terrible time in our lives. With mu…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 6, 2023
"First Date" is a delightful night of summer entertainment in downtown Annapolis. It was written by Austin Winsberg with lyrics and music by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, and directed by …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Although Shakespeare lived almost entirely under the reasonably stable reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the machinations and murders of previous princes, from Richard III to Henry VIII and all th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:07AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 11, 2023
With the promise of presenting of all 37 of Shakespeare's plays in 97 minutes, it's hard to imagine what to expect. Funny and irreverent certainly, but "The Complete Works of William Shakesp…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:34PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 13, 2023
The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's production of "Hamlet," directed by Eleanor Holdridge, is an energetic and familiar story filled with the perils of politics, loyalty, and love. The open…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 16, 2023
 "Putting it Together," a musical review of Stephen Sondheim's songs, is a fast-paced, intimate portrayal of the bright and dark aspects friendship, marriage, and relationships. Loosely c…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:45PM[SHARE]Monday, April 10, 2023
 Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Our Town" was written in hard times. The country was in the grips of the Depression; farmland was disintegrating into the dust bowl; …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 2, 2023
Maryland Theatre Collective's production of "Disney's Freaky Friday The Musical" is a delightful and spirited iteration of the franchise, which includes three movies and most recently a musi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:34PM[SHARE]Monday, March 27, 2023
What does a play from the 1700s have in common with a 70s sitcom? Not a lot, really, other than the fact that few people in the audience remember the culture of either. It is an odd pairing,…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:55PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 28, 2023
It is hard to imagine a world that Shakespeare does not grace. Based on a true-story, "The Book of Will" shows us how easily the bard could have vanished into the ages. George Elliot said th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:55PM[SHARE]"Love Like Tuesday," playing at the Capital Hill Arts Workshop, is a tightly choreographed and seamless world premiere under the direction of Francesca Chilcote and movement coach Kathryn Zo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 15, 2023
"The Learned Ladies," a comedy written in verse by Molière in 1672, is now playing at Classic Theatre of Maryland in Annapolis. That description can be a little intimidating, if not off-put…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:34PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 9, 2023
We expect a lot from touring Broadway shows to go along with their ticket prices, and "Les Misérables," now playing at the Hippodrome, does not disappoint. Producer Cameron Mackintosh's …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:24PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 4, 2023
The Tony Award-winning play "Peter and the Starcatcher" by Rick Elice has landed on the Children's Theatre of Annapolis stage like a huge blender set on 11 speed. Met at first with the calmn…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:03PM[SHARE]Monday, January 23, 2023
After a three-year Covid hiatus, the Compass Rose Theater is back with a vengeance, alive and well in its new home at Maryland Hall. The company's first offering fits their new space well. "…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:02PM[SHARE]Monday, December 19, 2022
Seeing Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" presented by the Ballet Theatre of Maryland at Maryland Hall is like being enveloped in a home town crowd at a sporting event. The audience is eager and…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:28AM[SHARE]Monday, December 5, 2022
Anyone who loves the 1954 movie "White Christmas" will love this second seasonal offering at Classic Theatre of Maryland. "White Christmas" is the younger, happier sibling of Classic Theatre…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:20PM[SHARE]Â Kudos to The Classic Theatre of MD for taking "A Christmas Carol," one of the most familiar and produced stories in the world"and making it fresh and compelling in a new adaptation by S…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:49PM[SHARE]Monday, November 28, 2022
It can be said there is no new idea under the sun, and with an all-too-familiar play like "A Christmas Carol," it is hard to imagine a production that separates itself easily from the other …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:31PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 15, 2022
A new translation of "Antigone" is currently being presented at Anne Arundel Community College. Originally written by Sophocles in 441 B.C., it warns of the dangers of tyranny and, amazingly…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:52AM[SHARE]Friday, November 11, 2022
"The Lifespan of a Fact," written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell is loosely based on a book by the two male leads, John D'Agata and Jim Fingal about their relationship.…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:10PM[SHARE] 
