78 stories by "Steve Charing"
Hello, you munchkins out there. Do I have news for you! One of the most endearing and enduring Broadway musicals of all time, the touring production of "Wicked," is making its fourth stop at…
Several weeks ago, Christopher Hefty, the facilitator for the Columbia-based Rainbow Youth and Allies (RYA), asked the members how they could help the first ever LGBTQ Pride celebration (HoC…
It may as well have been a 1980's rock concert sans illegal substances: mind-blowing, hand-clapping rock music with an infusion of metal; multi-hued strobe lighting; fog effects; and an audi…
Nearly 20 years ago, a 21-year-old gay college student named Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, robbed, beaten, pistol-whipped, tied to a fence and left to die on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyomi…
Patrons entering the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab at Olney Theatre Center expecting to see a traditional set specifically designed for Gilbert and Sullivan's “H.M.S. Pinafore” wil…
Newsies, just opened at Toby’s Dinner Theatre, takes us back to 1899 New York City, when newspapers were sold on street corners by impoverished newsboys to people who trusted the ̶…
When I first saw the term "10 Hairy Legs" I thought we were talking about a mutant spider. Then I learned it is the name of an all-male, New Jersey-based repertory American modern dance comp…
When Iron Crow Theatre's Artistic Director and CEO Sean Elias chose to dub the 17-18 Season as the "Season of Identity," he must have had Caryl Churchill's “Cloud 9” in mind f…
Wouldn't you like to escape for a couple of hours from the current tumult in the world and head back to the 1950's when polio shots were mandatory, kissing with tongue seemed like hitting a …
Sometimes history has a way of repeating itself. Imagine a musical from 80 years ago having relevancy in the present. That is the focus of Iron Crow Theatre's presentation of "The Cr…
Qué gran espectáculo! Any successful musical offers at least one great moment for audiences to remember. Kicking off the 2017-18 Season, the Olney Theatre Center partnering with the …
The Beth Tfiloh Community Theater (BTCT), in its 9th season, has shown a recent liking for musicals that have plays within the musical. Last year's lively production of "Man of La Mancha…
Olney Theatre Center's black box theatre has been configured into a 150-seat college lecture hall with a sign on the rear of the stage wall reading, "Howard University Welcomes Thurgood Mars…
"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it." ― J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan The concept of imagination was never more on display…
Without question, Shakespeare is an acquired taste. Many love his works; others not so much. But how many actually HATE Shakespeare? Well, in the hilarious musical "Something Rotten!" there …
British author Terry Pratchett once wrote, "It's still magic even if you know how it's done." In "The Magic Play" that is currently inhabiting the Mainstage at the Olney Theatre Center in a …
"What's the matter with kids today?" That was the question famously posed by Paul Lynde in the classic 60's musical “Bye Bye Birdie.” In Iron Crow's presentation of “Ed…
Iron Crow Theatre, Baltimore's only professional queer theatre company, announced its new season line-up on March 19 at a reception at the Motor House in Baltimore's arts and entertai…
Britain has always been given a bad rap"fairly or unfairly"for the taste of their food. If anyone had actually eaten Mrs. Lovett's meat pies in 19th century London, you would see why. Th…
There are different ways to climb the social ladder. There are different ways to rise above others to get rich. But killing your competition? Eight of them, in fact? That's a whole d…
The holidays couldn't arrive soon enough for many folks, and the spirit of Christmas in more ways than one is alive and well at Toby's, the Dinner Theatre of Columbia. Charles Dickens' belov…
"Imagine having to take the 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you're riding through Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude w…
It could have just been a concert that played The Four Seasons' numerous hits and the audience would have been enthralled. Yet, “Jersey Boys,” kicking off the 2016-17 season as p…
One could only imagine the horror, the terror and the heartbreak experienced by those who suffered and perished during the Holocaust. We are reminded of those atrocities through personal acc…
If my memory serves me correctly, and it's been quite awhile, the Spanish Inquisition was not a pleasant period. There was an abundance of greed, cynicism, hostility, violence and yes, tortu…
