Tuesday, March 19, 2024
This show isn’t about Harry Potter. It’s about Wayne Hopkins (Gabe Douque), an orphan who grew up in New Mexico with his uncle. It’s not about the brave kids, the smart kids, or the �…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:45PMWednesday, February 21, 2024
As a kid, there’s nothing more nerve-wracking than waiting for your turn at a spelling bee. Will I hear the dreaded bell? Will I get a difficult word or something a little easier? Will I k…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:57AMSunday, December 10, 2023
Is there anything that celebrates the holiday season more than a classic version of “The Nutcracker?” Ballet Chesapeake’s version of the two-act, classical ballet conceived in 1892 by …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:06PMTuesday, October 24, 2023
Are you ready to rock? If so, “Airness” by Chelsea Marcantel is the show for you. It features air guitar competitions with some fierce competitors—Shreddy Eddy (Maddox Christenson), Go…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:08PMWhat happens when a woman who wants to be an ‘it’ girl gets together with a man who dreams of shooting things up? Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The Baltimore premiere of “Bonnie &…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:50PMFriday, September 29, 2023
“Anastasia: The Musical” is the story of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna. The youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the entire family was brutally murdered by Bolshevik soldiers in t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:13AMTuesday, July 25, 2023
What happens when four has-been actors decide to take on a social cause in a small Indiana town? A lot of laughter, a lot of drama, and a dinner at Applebee’s. The Drama Desk Award-winni…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:11PMSaturday, June 3, 2023
“Sondheim on Sondheim,” which is currently at Silhouette Stages, is full of surprises. For one, Stephen Sondheim, regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th century musical th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:59AMSaturday, March 18, 2023
Silhouette Stages’ production of “The Wedding Singer,” directed by Jeremy Goldman and with music direction by Emily L. Sergo, is a totally awesome trip back in time. The costumes (by D…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:55PMTuesday, February 21, 2023
Is it possible to do all of William Shakespeare’s plays in less than two hours? For the Vagabond Players, it is! “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” written by Adam …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:40PMMonday, December 5, 2022
What happens when a 13-year old boy feels like the world is against him? He gets visited by a yew tree who forces him to face his biggest fears. In “A Monster Calls” at Studio Theatre at…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:29AMTuesday, November 15, 2022
What happens when an intelligent, wonderful little girl is born into a family who learns everything they need to know from the telly? Something entirely magical. “Matilda the Musical,” t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:45AMSunday, November 13, 2022
What’s a fringe festival? As a newbie, I had absolutely no idea. What I saw at the newly renovated Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum (and the oldest museum in the United States), was a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:49AMSaturday, October 29, 2022
Love or fear. Old Nicky Machiavelli said there are only two choices. In “A Bronx Tale, the Musical,” presented by Dundalk Community Theatre, Calogero has to make a choice between the lov…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:31PMTuesday, October 25, 2022
Did you know there were female astronomers working at Harvard in the early 1900s? “Silent Sky” by Lauren Gunderson tells the story of one of these astronomers, Henrietta Leavitt, who mak…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:52PMSaturday, October 8, 2022
Just like lightning, “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” is full of energy. Silhouette Stages’ production has a talented cast of both high school students and adults who k…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:33PMMonday, September 26, 2022
When I heard Center Stage was going to put a Baltimore spin on “Our Town,” I wasn’t sure what to expect but this production definitely has a Baltimore influence. The result is a play w…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:45PMTuesday, July 26, 2022
Presented by Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre,“Sweet Charity” offers up fun, some laughs, and a good time. When I saw the show, it was filled with a crowd of senior citizens, which is a g…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:24PMMonday, July 18, 2022
“Zanna Don’t!” is a musical in a parallel universe to the one we’re living in today. Girls are with girls, boys are with boys, and heteros are bullied. In fact, the main character, Z…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:48PMThursday, July 14, 2022
A crowd full of excited summer campers was the perfect audience for CCBC Cockpit in Court’s production of “Disney’s High School Musical.” Before the show started, the MC got the crow…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:35PMSunday, May 14, 2017
‘I like to be in America’ when I get the chance to see “West Side Story,” directed by Liz Boyer Hunnicutt and presented by Children’s Playhouse of Maryland. With a sweeping…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:43PMOh my god, you guys. “Legally Blonde The Musical,” directed by TJ Lukacsina and presented by Silhouette Stages, is just so totally amazing. The story of a co-ed who makes her way from so…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:34PMMonday, May 1, 2017
This is NOT your usual fairy tale. Sure, there’s a princess that needs to be rescued and a fire-breathing dragon guarding the tower. But since when does the ogre rescue the princess? So go…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:40AMMonday, April 3, 2017
Combine the Columbia Orchestra and Towson University Community Dance, and you have an afternoon full of the best of the arts. “The Firebird and Other Heroic Tales” at the Gordon Center …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:19AMSunday, April 2, 2017
It’s the 1920’s, and Millie is a modern girl on a mission… to get a job with one of New York City’s most eligible bachelors and get him to marry her. Sudbrook Middle takes fl…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:27AMSunday, March 26, 2017
“Mad Libs Live!” lets the audience fill in the blank. The musical, featuring four high school kids competing for the title of Teen Superstar, uses adjectives, adverbs, nouns and …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:17PM“Everybody wants to be a cat… because a cat’s the only cat who knows where it’s at.” And all the cool cats are at Carroll Arts Center, which is currently presenting Disney’s ‘T…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:06PMMonday, March 6, 2017
Hakuna Matata. There are no worries when watching “The Lion King,” presented by Children’s Playhouse of Maryland at CCBC Essex, because the show is just that good. From the beginning, …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:03AMSunday, March 5, 2017
Demon, spirit, snake or human? These are the questions that confront us during ‘The White Snake,’ currently playing at the newly-renovated Baltimore Center Stage. This old Chinese fable …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:46AMMonday, February 27, 2017
Incongruous. When watching the Baltimore Dance Invitational at the Gordon Center, this is the first word that came to mind. The outfits, scenery, music and moves seem to often be at odds wi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:09PMIf you feel the need for reeds, ‘Unraveled’ by the Akropolis Reed Quintet is the perfect concert. This group of five super talented musicians takes listeners on an amazing, interactive m…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:55AM 
