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Sunday, July 1, 2018

Review: ‘Urinetown’ by Stillpointe Theatre by Cassandra Miller

Baltimore-based Stillpointe Theatre’s trademark is taking cult and non-mainstream musicals, and with bare-bones resources and the absolute best local talent, delivering productions that ma…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:26PM

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Review: The Second City’s ‘Generation Gap…Or, How Many Millennials Does It Take to Teach a Baby Boomer to Text Generation X?’ by Cassandra Miller

The Second City’s Generation Gap is everything you’ve made fun of about your parents, grandparents, recent grad intern and tween niece, but wittier and with better lighting. Generation G…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:12PM

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Review: ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ at ArtsCentric by Cassandra Miller

Let me begin by saying ArtsCentric’s production of Smokey Joe’s Cafe is one of the best things I’ve seen on a Baltimore stage, ever, anywhere. I had high expectations for this self-pro…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:10PM

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Review: ‘The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity’ at Cohesion Theatre by Cassandra Miller

Talk about a political farce! The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity might as well be titled Divided America in the Time of Trump as Analogized Through TV Wrestling. Cohesion Theatre’s produ…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:04PM

Monday, May 14, 2018

Review: ‘Incredibly Dead!’ by the Baltimore Rock Opera Society by Cassandra Miller

The Baltimore Rock Opera Society’s latest creation, Incredibly Dead!, is a damn good time. From the flying severed heads to the ridiculous collection of characters, the B-horror original m…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:41PM

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Review: ‘Follow no strangers to the fun places’ by The Acme Corporation by Cassandra Miller

Seeing an Acme Corporation show is like attending a graduate class for which you never got the reading list, but still have to take the exam. Those who have studied theater academically will…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:15AM

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Review: ‘Peter Pan: Wendy, Peter. Peter, Wendy’ at Single Carrot Theatre by Cassandra Miller

The idea behind Single Carrot Theatre’s Peter Pan: Wendy, Peter. Peter, Wendy. is one of the most interesting and exciting concepts in recent Baltimore theater history. The company commi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:51AM

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Review: ‘Hoodoo Love’ at Arena Players by Cassandra Miller

Katori Hall’s Hoodoo Love is like a three-hour, heartache-filled blues song. Set in Memphis in the 1930s, the memories of slavery still linger and the reality of life in the south for Afri…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:51AM

Monday, April 9, 2018

Review: ‘Honey’ by Nameless Theater by Cassandra Miller

“Clutch my pearls!” one audience member remarks toward the end of Nameless Theater’s motel-room drama, Honey, which has at least three throat-clutching twists during its less than 30-m…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:19PM

Review: ‘She Kills Monsters’ at Green Globe Theatre by Cassandra Miller

Eighties and Nineties nostalgia is big right now. Adults newish to marriage and mortgages and over the hump of deciding to spend the $10 in their wallet on laundry or beer are starting to da…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:27AM

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Review: ‘School of Rock’ at the Hippodrome Theatre by Cassandra Miller

Dewey Finn, the schleppy hero of School of Rock, is a modern-day Maria Von Trapp, leading children to find happiness through music. While posing as a substitute teacher, he shares his passio…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30PM

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