118 stories by "Patricia Mitchell"
Last week, the theater community suffered a great loss with the death of Anthony Lane Hinkle. Below is a lovely tribute, penned by our fellow Baltimore theater reviewer, The Bad Oracle. Plea…
I've got to make this quick because there are only two more chances to see the fully staged, workshop performance of Sally McCoy at The Strand Theater Company ("Strand"), and one of them is …
I never made it up to New York to see Fun Home. I did the same thing with The Ramones; it just always seemed like there'd be time to do it later. Fortunately for me " and unlike my gaffe wit…
On Saturday, I attended the inaugural production in the newest post-renovation Baltimore Center Stage ("BCS") performance space " the descriptively-named Third Space. BCS chose a play with i…
In the less than two years since it was founded, Submersive Productions ("Submersive") has established so positive a reputation that tickets to many performances of its new immersive theater…
The Kids Are Alright Mom's dead. Dad is never there. What happens when kids are left " virtually abandoned by the adults in their lives " to fend for themselves? In Edith Can Shoot Things an…
It was night like any other night in Charm City; me and my fella were sitting home, gabbin' about what to do. We remembered hearing some buzz about a brand new play that ain't never been see…
Dad jokes are an odd construct. As likely to make you cringe as to laugh, they are both funny and not funny at the same time. You may laugh at a dad joke, but you almost feel bad that you di…
I was a bit skeptical when I first heard about Cohesion Theatre Company ("Cohesion") setting its production of Shakespeare's Henry V in Appalachia, smack dab in the middle of the feud betwee…
One More Performance " See Colorblind: The Katrina Monologues at Arena Players TODAY at 4:00 PM This Friday, it was my good fortune " courtesy of Artistic Director Donald Owens " to experien…
Everyman Theatre ("Everyman") continues its 2016/2017 season with an ambitious production: Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. A work of literature epic in scope and scale, the most notable…
It’s only the end of January and, with its production of The Tempest, The The Baltimore Annex Theater ("Annex") has already set a very high bar for my 2017 theater viewing. Founding Ar…
TODAY at 5:30 p.m. in each time zone across the country, members of the theater community " from Broadway to regional theaters to high schools and colleges and community theaters " will come…
Ever-willing to mount bold musicals with large casts you'd never expect to see in such an intimate, cozy space (remember last year's gorgeous Evita?), Fuzz Roark at Audrey Herman Spotlighter…
"A man with a club is a lawmaker." Charlie Bethel walks casually onto the stage, a metal coffee cup in hand, and gazes into the distance. He strolls past the shiny dog food bowl at center st…
Continuing "The 100 Percent Season" " an entire season consisting exclusively of works written by women " Strand Theater Company. ("the Strand") presented the World Premiere of Amy Bernstein…
Tomorrow " Thursday, January 12, 2017, master storyteller Charlie Bethel returns to Charm City to perform his newest adaptation " a one-man show of Jack London's The Call of the Wild at Balt…
In October, after several seasons of success with their Wright-Right-Now ("WRN") program " the micro-commissioning series in which playwrights produce patron-prompted short plays on demand "…
In October, after several seasons of success with their Wright-Right-Now ("WRN") program " the micro-commissioning series in which playwrights produce patron-prompted short plays on demand, …
There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays. When Everyman Theatre ("Everyman") Founding Artistic Director Vincent M. Lancisi left the Humana Festival of New Plays in Louisville, Kentucky la…
"Love and revenge, two of your favorites." It's the eve of the French Revolution and the crème of the French aristocracy " the "original one percent" so aptly described by Artistic Director…
My wee littles stopped being wee little some time ago so, until yesterday, it'd been a number of years since I'd been to see children's theatre. I've been hearing a lot of positive things ab…
Birthday Party, Cheesecake, Jelly Bean, Boom On Black Friday, The Annex Theater ("Annex") invited Baltimore to "celebrate anti-consumerism and new art" by attending the World Premiere of 1-8…
This weekend I had the pleasure of attending an opening weekend performance of The Game's Afoot (Holmes for the Holidays), by Ken Ludwig at Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre ("Spotlighters"…
Puberty is the worst thing that ever happened to me. I looked fabulous at age ten. This weekend, Schoolgirl Figure, a play written by Wendy MacLeod, opened at Cohesion Theatre Company ("Cohe…
