Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Every region has its own local holiday traditions. Around these parts, one of the most anticipated events is the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s annual “Holiday Spectacular.” For lots o…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:01PMFriday, December 22, 2023
The Charm City Ballet is a relative newcomer on the dance scene around these parts, but don’t let their short history mislead you into thinking that their steps are tentative or unpolished…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:30AMThursday, May 4, 2023
The Engineers Club in Baltimore’s Mt. Vernon Square is one of the most beautiful, small performance halls I’ve ever seen, and how wonderfully appropriate that Opera Baltimore is housed t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:42PMThursday, April 13, 2023
There has been a real shift in the panoply of the American musical, where shows eschew the usual formulas and displays and cater to a darker, meaner, leaner version. It can be argued that ev…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:17PMThursday, December 15, 2022
Alanis Morrissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” stomped onto the stage at Baltimore’s Hippodrome this week with all the swagger and strength of the musical juggernaut of the album that for…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:28PMMonday, November 7, 2022
Bemoaning the fact that I haven’t been able to travel anywhere fun, I requested to cover the opening of a play at Baltimore’s renowned professional theatre, Baltimore Center Stage. Littl…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:28AMMonday, May 16, 2022
There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who can dance, and those who wish they could. At least, that’s the way it seems to most of us showbiz types. The Broadway musical “A Cho…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:19PMMonday, April 11, 2022
Artistic Synergy of Baltimore (ASoB) is the quintessential “Little Theatre That Can” with a combination of sheer chutzpah and a tireless sense of spirit, willing to take on challenges bu…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:36PMMonday, December 6, 2021
Way back last spring when I found out that André De Shields was going to perform with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, my little heart starting going pitty pat. There are only a handful of…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:43AMWednesday, December 1, 2021
All too frequently, one of Baltimore’s best little theatres flies under the radar of the viewing audiences. This is a shame because Arena Players is now in its 68th year and celebrating th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:42AMWednesday, November 24, 2021
Gather a bunch of Black theater makers together and chances are that a majority of them will have had some association with “Dreamgirls.” After watching the current iteration currently r…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:26PMTuesday, November 16, 2021
As far as I knew, noted composer Gian Carlo Menotti only wrote one short opera, namely “Amahl and the Night Visitor.” What a delightful surprise to find that I was, once again, mistaken.…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:58PMFriday, April 23, 2021
This worldwide pandemic has served as a reminder to us all that we need to appreciate things while we have them, no matter how fleeting. And on a chilly spring evening this week, one of the …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:26PMTuesday, December 24, 2019
I have heard about the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Spectacular Concerts for years, so when I was asked to review this year’s, I was beyond excited. So often we build up expe…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:03AMMonday, December 16, 2019
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Fells Point Corner Theatre (FPTC) has made a name for itself by presenting works that push the needle ever further, frequently straddling that line between excellent theatre and thought-prov…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:14PMTuesday, August 6, 2019
One of the frothiest confections to ever drift across these parts has landed at Glyndon Area Players in the form of their offering this summer, “Mary Poppins.” A huge, sprawling, spect…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:06PMThursday, July 25, 2019
I am kind of a fan of most of juke box musicals. How’s that for a non-committal opening line? Seriously, I like some of them, like Mama Mia, featuring the songs of ABBA, or Rock of Age…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:39AMMonday, June 17, 2019
“Disaster, the Musical!” is anything but in its current incarnation at Cockpit-In-Court. Whatever the opposite of disaster is by definition, this is it. Cockpit has kicked off their 20…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:00PMWednesday, June 5, 2019
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC (GMCW) threw a party that was thinly disguised as a concert last Sunday. The show was titled, “Stonewall 50” and was a commemoration of the 50th a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:20PMWednesday, May 15, 2019
I look forward to every production I am privileged to see at Dundalk Community Theatre (DCT). Even the ones that are not my musical cup of tea are so well done that they usually change my mi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:54PMSunday, March 10, 2019
Center Stage, Baltimore’s preeminent professional theatre, has never shied away from controversial pieces. How delicious that the current production of Paula Vogel’s “Indecent” is …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:42PMTuesday, February 12, 2019
When the indomitable and fearless Mike Zellhoffer, Executive Director of Third Wall Productions (TWP), first told me he wanted to mount a production of “Newsies,” (music by Alan …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:00PMMonday, December 17, 2018
Spotlighters Theatre is going slightly off-book this year by offering a non-traditional holiday offering. Leave it to one of the most venerable artistic institutions in the city to do som…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:48PMWednesday, December 12, 2018
Sometimes, certain theatrical venues can be victims of their own past productions, having set the bar so high that it seems impossible to reach that standard again, let alone surpass it. B…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:12AMWednesday, November 14, 2018
Come See the Freaks! A typical carney huckster works the crowd during the opening number of Dundalk Community Theatre’s outstanding take on “Side Show,” the musical with a bo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:58PMTuesday, September 25, 2018
Last week, on a lovely moonlight night, I had the pleasure of dining – and listening – at Citron. If you haven’t heard of it, no worries, I’m going to tell you all about it. And …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:55PMTuesday, August 7, 2018
Arts Centric is continuing its trajectory of presenting some of the finest musical theatre to be seen in the city with their latest offering, “Aida,” now running at Motor House in Sta…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:16PMWednesday, August 1, 2018
Cockpit in Court, the theatre company housed on the CCBC Essex campus, has scored another hit with their production of “The Little Mermaid.” If Disney musicals are your thing, th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:54PMTuesday, July 24, 2018
I’ve not seen a lot of the little gems that Cockpit-In-Court puts on in their charming theatre in the round upstairs of their main auditorium. If the one currently running is any indicat…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:33PMSunday, July 1, 2018
What happens when you put one of my favorite local playwrights together with one of my favorite theatre companies and toss in one of my favorite actresses to boot? You get “Judy and …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:28PM 
