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Sunday, January 15, 2017

Review: 'Love and Hours' at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Ilene Chalmers

Laurel Mill Playhouse offers up an ideal evening of theatre in Love and Hours by Stephen Metcalfe and directed by Daniel Douek. This intriguing play looks at love and aging through the persp…

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Saturday, September 17, 2016

Review: 'The 39 Steps' at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Ilene Chalmers

Laurel Mill Playhouse offers up a pleasing mix of comedy, melodrama, pathos and mystery in their amusingly fun production of The 39 Steps written by Patrick Barlow and directed by Stephen De…

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Saturday, July 9, 2016

Review: 'Charlotte's Web' at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Ilene Chalmers

Charlotte's Web spins a charming tale at Laurel Mill Playhouse. This wonderful piece of Children's Theatre was adapted by Joseph Robinette from E. B. White's delightful children's book and i…

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Saturday, June 11, 2016

Review: 'The Importance of Being Ernest' at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Ilene Chalmers

What better way to spend a lovely late spring evening than to be charmed by the words of Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest beguiles us at Laurel Mill Playhouse. This farcical s…

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Friday, May 20, 2016

Review: 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' at Arts Collective @ HCC by Ilene Chalmers

HCC Arts Collective's production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is hilariously F-U-N-N-Y (enjoyment, amusement or lighthearted pleasure) and delightfully Q-U-I-R-K-Y (chara…

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Saturday, April 30, 2016

Review: 'Assassins' at the Laurel Mill Playhouse by Ilene Chalmers

Assassins, comes to Laurel Mill Playhouse for a murderously fun evening of theatre. This quirky little musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, is based on…

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Saturday, March 19, 2016

Review: 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill' at Spotlighters Theatre by Ilene Chalmers

Picture yourself sitting in a dive bar in south Philadelphia in March of 1959. You're spending an evening listening to Billie Holiday's soulful voice as she sings her music and regales us wi…

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Review: 'Twelfth Night' at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Ilene Chalmers

William Shakespeare's delightful comedy Twelfth Night rings in the New Year at Laurel Mill Playhouse. The run of the show cleverly opens on the actual twelfth night, which was the original i…

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Saturday, December 12, 2015

'Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)' at Silver Spring Stage by Ilene Chalmers

Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some) Brings on the Joy at Silver Spring Stage Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some) got its start in 2003 when Michael Carleton, James Fi…

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Saturday, December 5, 2015

'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Ilene Chalmers

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever rings in the holidays at Laurel Mill Playhouse In this busy season of shopping, baking and parties, it's nice to take some time with our families to be gently…

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Saturday, November 21, 2015

'Morning's at Seven' at The Colonial Players in Annapolis by Ilene Chalmers

Morning's at Seven Delights at The Colonial Players in Annapolis Paul Osborn's award-winning play Morning's at Seven graces the stage at The Colonial Players in Annapolis, Maryland. The p…

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Saturday, November 14, 2015

'Marisol' at Montgomery College'sTheatre Department by Ilene Chalmers

Marisol keenly follows the traditions of Magical Realism and Theater of the Absurd. It is clear that Eugene Ionesco and Samuel Becket, who are known for this genre, are major influences o…

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