Last night the Columbia Festival of the Arts began on the Lakefront in Columbia. (This review is of the last two performances of the evening as those were the ones that were viewed and not t…
In Tom Stoppard‘s wonderful farce, On the Razzle, the humor relies on mistaken identities, lots of puns and malapropos, pratfalls, sex, and pomposity. Silver Spring Stage’s hi…
Tonight, Laurel Mill Playhouse will be presenting one of Shakespeare's later comedies, The Tempest. Unlike the Bard's earlier comedies, The Tempest does not rely on some of his more tradi…
The Columbia Festival of the Arts is in the 28th  year. It began is an offshoot of the Columbia Fair that celebrated the anniversary of the city. On the 20th anniversary celebration they …
Arthur Miller’s The Price, now playing at Olney Theatre Center, is brilliantly directed by Michael Bloom. The play, which opened in 1968 on Broadway, takes place in the late 1940s. Lik…
Silhouette Stage’s Godspell, directed by Stephen M. Deininger, opened last night at Slayton House in Columbia. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michae…
On Saturday May 2, 2015 the Columbia Pro Cantare choral group, lead by Conductor Frances Motyca Dawson, ended their 38th Season with The Great American Songbook performed at the Jim Rouse…
What a glorious day to go to tea at a beautiful mansion. The Israeli Tea at the Strathmore Mansion was a special as the beautiful Spring Afternoon. If you get there early, you can browse the…
Little Shop of Horrors opened last night at the Laurel Mill Play House, directed by Michael Hartsfield and produced by Maureen Rogers. This quirky satirical farce has become an American clas…
College theaters have always been forerunners in experimental theater, and Arts Collective at Howard Community College’s zany production of Avery Crozier’s Eat the Runt …
Fools by Neil Simon opened this weekend presented by the APL Drama Club located on the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab campus in Laurel, MD. The members and performers are mostly the s…
The Language Archive at the Silver Spring Stage, is not a play about the language of love but of language and love, or more specifically, communication and emotion. The play centers on th…
I was born and raised in New York City just miles away from the theatre district. However, I find myself jealous of the opportunities many community theater groups around the country, but es…
The Heritage Players’ uproarious production of the farce Rumors is written by Neil Simon. Yes, the word farce and Neil Simon usually don't go together, but if you are old enou…
Silhouette Stages’ hilarious production of Monty Python’s Spamalot opened last night at Slayton House in Columbia, MD. It is based on the movie Monty Python and the Holy Gr…
333 Variations is a drama by Moisés Kaufman that deals with the nearly always fatal disease of ALS and the study, not just of music, but also the variations of life. The main character is D…
The intimacy of the recital room at the Strathmore Mansion creates the perfect atmosphere to listen to a piano virtuoso play a night of sonatas. Jenny Lin chose these particular composers, b…
The main emotion I felt last night at Strathmore, while I watched The President's Own United States Marine Band, was pride. These very talented musicians gave up the chance for a professi…
Harvey, currently playing at Laurel Mill Playhoue, and produced by Maureen Rodgers, is a wonderful classic American comedy. It was unique when it opened in the 1940s. First of all, it won a …
Epic Productions, Inc.’s inaugural production of the popular musical I Love You, Your Perfect, Now Change, with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and music by Jimmy Roberts, is…
I would say that Austin Pendleton’s Orson's Shadow is the best show I've seen all year, even though the year is only about a week old. So, I will state it is the best show I have se…
If George and Mary Bailey, the main couple in It's a Wonderful Life, time traveled from the 1940's to the 2010's, they might have trouble identifying with the young actors cast in three of t…
In James W. Rodger's play adaptation of the Frank Capra film, It's a Wonderful Life, you have the confluence of many generations from little Zuzu to Uncle Billy. When doing a play that is no…
When the Arts Collective at HCC (“AC”) decided how to mark its 20th Anniversary with James W. Rogers' play, It's A Wonderful Life, Producing Artistic Director Susan G…
Directed by Mark T. Allen and produced by Maureen Rogers, Death Takes a Holiday follows the fate of a group of aristocrats at the mansion of Duke Lambert, played by Larry Simmons. We hear th…