Saturday, May 28, 2016
Edna Turnblad will be arnin' some more clothes and her likewise well-fed daughter, Tracy, will be trying out again for a spot on a TV dance show when the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra brings …
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It was ambitious enough of Everyman Theatre to tackle two classics of the American stage, "Death of a Salesman" and "A Streetcar Named Desire," rotating in repertory. But the company upped t…
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How do you follow up a remarkable season devoted solely to works by female playwrights? Well, you could try one that includes the world premiere of a musical about a female impersonator and …
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If you've been hesitant to give Lyric Opera Baltimore any attention (and from the empty seats Friday night, I'd say that means a whole lot of you), the company's season-ending presentation o…
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Being mocked for one's looks or unconventional point of view; stirring up crowds against a perceived threat to society — sounds like just another day in contemporary politics. But such edg…
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When it comes to tragedy, it's still hard to beat the one about "a pair of star-crossed lovers" named Romeo and Juliet, who defy their feuding families and are denied happiness by a dreadful…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 08:16PMAre you among the zillions of people trying desperately to get tickets to "Hamilton" in New York? Now you can be among zillions more who will no doubt be trying to get tickets when the natio…
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From the astounding prelude -- 136 measures of orchestral music swirling through an E-flat major chord evoking the river Rhine-- to the profound close, when that river overflows and Valhalla…
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Few guests arrive with as much baggage as Blanche DuBois when she alights from a New Orleans streetcar named Desire, transfers to another called Cemeteries and rides six blocks to reach an a…
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There is never a shortage of reasons to head off to New York, but last weekend's musical activities there proved particularly enticing. I always like to see the hometown team play Carnegie H…
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As Baltimore marks the first anniversary of the Freddie Gray riots, Center Stage presents a rewarding opportunity for people to examine the familiar issues — race, justice, family, poverty…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 08:35PMThe weighty chapter of American history that stretches from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to the struggles by his successor to push civil rights legislation through a recalc…
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It has been 400 years since William Shakespeare "shuffled off this mortal coil" ("Hamlet"). We don't know if he had "immortal longings" ("Antony and Cleopatra") as he departed, but the world…
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To mark its 15th season, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will stage its namesake's "Othello" for the first time, and add some musical theater for the first time with a production of "The Fant…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 08:32PMA plantation owner with the pop-culture-reference-loaded name Orry Main Scarlet looks out over his domain: "It's a beautiful day," he says, with great warmth of feeling. "A beautiful day to …
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If your idea of a great Broadway show includes Las Vegas and cruise ship revues, "The Illusionists" should provide abundant satisfaction during its run at the Hippodrome Theatre. For some of…
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At 85, Marjorie sometimes forgets to eat, or just doesn't bother — especially since even taking a spoonful of peanut butter means having to confront the type with "the oil slick at the top…
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In 1791, the year we ratified our Bill of Rights and Louis XVI tired to escape revolution-rattled France and Mozart died in Vienna, a sprawling comedy titled "Wild Oats" premiered in London.…
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The Lyric Opera House has been galvanized by the voices of some extraordinary women during its 122-year history, starting with Nellie Melba on opening night and going on to include such lumi…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 07:19PMThe message was loud, clear and irresistible: "Calling out around the world: Are you ready for a brand-new beat?" That opening line from the Martha and the Vandellas 1964 single "Dancing in …
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 07:19PMThe more distance we get from the appalling early days of the AIDS crisis, you might think that "The Normal Heart," Larry Kramer's tense play about that time and its seemingly unstoppable to…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 07:19PM"Motown the Musical," a hearty, hefty celebration of Berry Gordy and the downright revolutionary record label he built from scratch, reached Baltimore this week. From the sound of things ope…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 07:19PMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will honor the 100th anniversary of its namesake's birth during the 2016–2017 season, which will also see the arrival of three new "artis…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 07:19PMThe brooding Danish prince looks like Kurt Cobain, reads "Trainspotting" and clearly has issues in Cohesion Theatre Company's staging of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." That this grunge-evoking char…
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It really isn't a spoiler to quote the last line of Stephen Sondheim's "Road Show," which is enjoying a rare and welcome revival at Signature Theatre: "Sooner or later we're bound to get it …
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 09:46PMThe ancient Greeks had an enviable knack for understanding human nature and, especially, human misjudgments, the kind that can set off wave after wave of tragedy. A multilayered case in poin…
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On March 4, 1933, the day Franklin Delano Roosevelt took his first oath of office as president, his wife Eleanor wore a ring she had recently been given by journalist Lorena Hickok. A couple…
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Now arriving at the B&O Railroad Museum: "Ghost Train," an opera about a mysterious, dangerous vision that rides the rails. British-born American composer Paul Crabtree intended this work to…
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Paul Meecham, who became president and CEO of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra a decade ago after a period of high deficits and rocky morale, and quickly corrected its course, is stepping do…
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No wonder all the cool people are in Arden, the forest at the heart of Shakespeare's "As You Like It." That's where you're free to be who you are and where you can find a helping hand, maybe…
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Raina, the 30-ish single mother at the heart of Michael Hollinger's intriguing play "Under the Skin" receiving its Baltimore premiere at Everyman Theatre, finds herself struggling with an un…
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