Monday, September 18, 2023

A genial ‘Sherlock Holmes’ to enjoy, by Kentlands Community Players by Nicole Hertvik

With stellar performances, spot-on accents, and sumptuous Victorian costumes, this production was a thoroughly entertaining experience. By NICOLE HERTVIK

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:54PM
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts and ‘solve-along’ Murder She Wrote: bizarre fringe parodies by Mark Fisher

On Edinburgh fringe stages, pop is eating itself with a series of pastiches and tributes that riff on TV hits and surreal celebrity reimaginings This review goes out in honour of Gerard Slev…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:13PM
Monday, August 14, 2023

Edinburgh’s superstar magicians on secrets and surprises: ‘You have to be very good at lying’ by Kate Wyver

Magic and mentalism abounds at this year’s festival. But how are the tricks done? Some of the best performers remain tightlipped – while others reveal all “That feeling you have right …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AM
Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Sherlock Holmes brings the ‘a-ha!’ moments to Wheat Ridge by Eric Fitzgerald

'Sherlock Holmes: The Case of Alice Faulkner' runs through Aug. 13 at Wheat Ridge Theatre Company The post Sherlock Holmes brings the ‘a-ha!’ moments to Wheat Ridge appeared first on OnS…

SOURCE: www.onstagecolorado.com at 09:23AM
Thursday, July 27, 2023

Jerome Coopersmith Dies: ‘Hawaii Five-O’ Writer, Broadway Playwright Was 97 by Greg Evans

Jerome Coopersmith, who wrote more than 30 installments of the classic 1960s-70s police drama Hawaii Five-O and received a Tony Award nomination for his book for the 1965 Harold Prince-direc…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:30PM
Monday, July 10, 2023

The Play That Goes Wrong | Jul. 20 – Aug. 13, 2023 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2022-2023/play-that-goes-wrong/ What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python had an illegitimate Broadway baby? You…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:07PM
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Theatre Review: ‘Ravenscroft’ at The Colonial Players of Annapolis by Susan Nolan

Meet Inspector Ruffing. Cut from the same cloth as Dame Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Ruffing is a complex detective with sharp…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:35PM
Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Edith Meiser: Brought Sherlock Holmes to Radio by Trav S.D.

“She don’t hit you between the eyes with the snappy bits — she hands it to you like a lady” So saith a vaudeville flack on the topic of Edith Meiser (1898-1993). Thanks to her great-…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:54AM
Saturday, February 11, 2023

Sherlock Holmes gets a cheeky female update by Alex Miller

BETC production of ‘Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt 2B’ is a thrilling, funny and dark comedy

SOURCE: www.onstagecolorado.com at 11:47AM
Monday, February 6, 2023

The Mystery of the Valkyrie coming to QPAC by Aussie Theatre

After a mysterious and unfortunate start to 2022, (think floods in Brisbane and QPAC closing!), Sherlock Holmes will finally step

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 05:41AM
Friday, January 27, 2023

News: Back-to-back plays by DC writer Ken Ludwig set box office records at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

KEN LUDWIG’s MURDER and BASKERVILLE now all-time top-sellers at Baltimore’s EVERYMAN THEATRE Two recent plays by the award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig – MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:49PM
Thursday, January 26, 2023

World premiere by Big Muddy Dance Co. adds to universe of Sherlock Holmes adaptations by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Big Muddy Dance Company will stage the world premiere of “My Dear Watson,” which combines pieces from many of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories and novels.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:00PM
Friday, December 16, 2022

Musical Theatre Was the Best Gift My Mother Ever Gave Me - How a Broadway birthday tradition shaped my life by Daniel Guss

How a Broadway birthday tradition shaped my life --- They say a mother always knows. Even before a boy comes to realize he is "that way," it will be evident to his mother that he is destined…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Theatre Review: ‘Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery’ at Everyman Theatre by Max Garner

The holidays are a time when many of us entertain out-of-town guests. It serves as a wonderful opportunity to show off our area to them. Family and friends whose ideas of Baltimore come from…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:44AM

Ken Ludwig’s bonkers ‘Baskerville’ at Everyman is side-splitting by Colleen Kennedy

Subtitled 'A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,' the farce features brilliant and broad performances from an incredibly gifted team of comedic actors.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:38AM
Sunday, November 27, 2022

‘Cleverly done & beautifully portrayed’: A SHERLOCK CAROL – Marylebone Theatre ★★★★ by Louise Penn

What happens when you cross A Christmas Carol with Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle and add a murder mystery and a love interest (Rosie Armstrong) from the past? It’s…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Friday, November 25, 2022

A Sherlock Carol review – the detective takes on Dickens in a fresh festive mashup by Arifa Akbar

Marylebone theatre, LondonThere’s only one sleuth in Victorian London who can get to the bottom of the suspicious death of Ebenezer Scrooge, in this winning crossover mystery This is Sherl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AM
Monday, November 21, 2022

15 Holiday Shows to Celebrate the Season in NYC - See the Radio City Rockettes, a naughty 'Nutcracker' and more festive offerings by Raven Snook

See the Radio City Rockettes, a naughty Nutcracker and more festive offerings --- The holiday season has officially arrived and seeing shows with your loved ones is a great way to celebrate.…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Thursday, November 3, 2022

Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear review – an elegant last adventure by Arifa Akbar

Available onlineEffectively filmed for streaming audiences in a sharply told adaptation, this adventure stars Luke Barton as the bumptious master detective “If this is to be our final adve…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

People You Should Know . . . Kathleen Brant by Zack Calhoon

Kathleen Brant’s NYC directing credits include Parish Dunkeld (WorkShop Theater Co.), Requiem for Sherlock Holmes (WorkShop Theater Co.), The World of Expression Awards (Danny Kaye Playhou…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 01:03PM
Friday, October 7, 2022

‘A fantastic double act’: SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE VALLEY OF FEAR – Greenwich Theatre & Touring ★★★★ by Debbie Gilpin

The game is afoot once more, as Blackeyed Theatre hase adapted the Sherlock Holmes story The Valley of Fear into a brand new stage show. This production is currently touring the country, and…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Monday, August 29, 2022

November 2022

Follow Sherlock Holmes & Dr. John Watson on two of the detectives' most daring cases: A Scandal in Bohemia and The Final Adventure. These stories introduce us to Sherlock’s greatest l…

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:28PM
Monday, June 27, 2022

Whofunit: Why We Love Murder Mysteries on Stage - TDF is on the case! by Tyler Riley & Melissa Meli

Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things --- Today's topic: What makes murder mysteries so compelling on stage? TDF's Tyler Riley and Melissa Meli, coh…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Sunday, June 12, 2022

Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood review by Mark Fisher

Pitlochry Festival theatreWhat starts as a straight Conan Doyle adaptation takes a surprising twist in this two-hander about the limitations of story At first, you assume Lesley Hart’s pla…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM
Thursday, May 12, 2022

The Play That Goes Wrong | Jul. 18 - Aug. 13, 2023 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2022-2023/play-that-goes-wrong/ What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python had an illegitimate Broadway baby? You…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:18PM
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Rob Ashford to Direct New Production of SHERLOCK HOLMES

Producer Antonio Marion has announced that Tony and Olivier Award-winning director, Rob Ashford, is set to direct a brand-new production of Sherlock Holmes, a stage epic by British writi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PM

Rob Ashford to Direct New Broadway-Aimed Sherlock Holmes Play by Caitlin Moynihan

The game's afoot! A new stage adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is in development and eyeing Broadway and the West End, according to Deadline. Tony winner Rob Ashford i…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PM

Rob Ashford Will Direct West End and Broadway-Aimed Sherlock Holmes by Andrew Gans

Akram Khan will choreograph Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel's play.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PM

New Sherlock Holmes Stage Play In Development For Broadway & London; Tony-Winner Rob Ashford To Direct by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: A new stage play adaption of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is being developed with an eye toward the West End and Broadway. The Tony- and Olivier Award-winning Rob As…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:00PM
Monday, March 7, 2022

Walnut Street Theatre presents Bill Van Horn's Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Following protests by a cohort of Philadelphia artists taking aim at the Walnut’s leadership, the theater produces a shlocky, self-indulgent, and sometimes cringeworthy adaptation of Sherl…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:42PM
Thursday, February 24, 2022

Sherlock Holmes on Stage by Doug Reside, Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: TH-50730 This month, A Sherlock Carol, a new play featuring Sherlock Holmes and the characters of A Christmas Caro…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PM