You might feel just a wee bit guilty laughing at some of the things in "The Divine Sister," the ever-so-irreverent Charles Busch comedy now getting an enjoyable spin at Fells Point Corner Th…
Be there for the dawning of the Age of Aquarius this week at McDaniel College as students transport the audience back to the late 1960s with their production of "Hair." The musical tours thr…
Baltimore Development Corp. has accepted Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre's proposal to renovate the former Read's Drug Store building on Howard Street, a landmark of black history in Balt…
You can argue that there's no compelling reason to turn Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1957 TV musical "Cinderella" into a bona-fide Broadway show. Or that the version fashioned by Douglas Carter…
The whole crazy business of falling for someone " jitters, confusion, uplift, deflation " has generated many a play, but none quite like "Savage/Love." This nonlinear collection of 19 poems …
In her mid-50s and in a post-divorce rut, Sharon takes the risky step of advertising for someone with whom to share her Iowa City home. The last thing she expects to walk through her kitchen…
The Baltimore-born actor Andy Karl, who starred on Broadway two years ago in the title role of the musical version of "Rocky," will be back on the Great White Way this spring to head the cas…
Stillpointe Theatre, one of the cool DIY troupes on the Baltimore scene, is spreading out. After opening new rented digs last year in Station North at 1825 N. Charles Street, the company thi…
Founded on a shoestring less than a decade ago, the Strand Theater Company has made a significant contribution to the local scene by putting extra emphasis on women's voices " playwrights…
Banned in Boston, an act that could only guarantee more attention, Joseph Moncure March's 1928 poem "The Wild Party" presented a decidedly seamy slice of the times. The poet conjured up a ro…
Working its way back to the Hippodrome Theatre for the third time in five years, the touring production of "Jersey Boys" again delivers a satisfying combination of hit parade and eventful ba…
You can take in a whole lot more than a play this season at Everyman Theatre, which seems to have developed quite an appetite for offering extras to its patrons. The company introduced a…
On the heels of a summer of successful children's shows, the season is changing at Laurel Mill Playhouse. Its current production of Patrick Barlow's "The 39 Steps" " a raucous adult (but fam…
Politicians, pundits and protesters have had much to say about the deaths of young black men in Baltimore and other cities. Saturday night at Morgan State University, musicians will address …
A line of around 200 colorful "Hairspray" hopefuls wrapped around the Hippodrome Theatre on Thursday morning, each waiting for a chance to be a part of a live televised production of the Bro…
"Wait Until Dark" isn't a fool-proof thriller. While the 1966 play by Frederick Knott contains ingredients for suspense " the central figure is a blind woman in Greenwich Village, N.Y., terr…
People of a certain age might still get a chill at the mention of the 1967 film "Wait Until Dark." It earned Audrey Hepburn an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Susan, a blind wo…
A sampling of creative attractions in the Station North Arts and Entertainment District. Galleries and studios Graffiti Warehouse, 128 W. North Ave. Inside: gallery and studios. Outside: Gra…
Baltimore Improv Group, most recently housed at Mercury Theater in Station North, will take up residency this fall at Single Carrot Theatre in Remington. The local improv group will…
At Baltimore Youth Arts, teenagers are painting murals around the city. At Mercy High School, students are performing alongside music and theater professionals. And at Creative Alliance, kid…
Maryland has its fair share of local athletes competing in the Rio Olympics. But back at home, a group of Baltimoreans have also been going for gold " in a slightly different competition.…
Long before we all found our email inboxes crammed with tantalizing news of fortunes nesting in Nigerian banks, needing only the simplest of responses before all that money could be ours, ne…
Part 1 of this series ended in 1933 with the sale of the Laurel Theater by its original owner, Sidney Lust, to Lloyd Wineland. Lloyd Wineland was the head of Wineland Theaters, which eventua…
Gloria DeHaven, who started in show business as a child, was under contract during the golden age of movie musicals and later reinvented herself for soaps and more, has died. She was 91. The…
An artist group behind a quilt project dedicated to upsetting "the culture of rape" was named the 2016 winner of the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize."FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture" wi…