Romeo & Juliet at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
If love be roughâ be rough with love! Or get on down to Club Escalus for Mercutioâs Funky Boogie Woogie! Or both! All of the above. Groove to rhythm of â75, babyâ and nah, we donât mean no 1575. Weâre talkinâ 1975, ya dig? And weâre talkinâ Baltimore Baby! Closing out their 2023/2024 season on their Main Stage (and please join them for their fabulous summer fling out at the PFI in Ellicott City when R&J closes) Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is bringing you the grooviest production of Romeo &
Reefer Madness at The State Theater of Havre de Grace
Tell your children! Fight the menace! Kill the devil! Save our country! Because itâsâ
Reefer Madness!
Now live on stage at The State Theater of Havre de Grace for two weekends only! Directed by Marion Jackson with Musical Director Jerrett Rettman and Choreography by Katie Gordon, this âcult-classicâ black-comedy musical has all the warnings you need to protect America from THE REEFER!
One of the most impressive things about the performance is how well-balanced the orchestra pit is.
A Man of No Importance at Greenbelt Arts Center
author: Alan Duda
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âItâs not Immodest, itâs Art!â
Alfie Byrne loves art. Specifically the works of Oscar Wilde. Which he reads daily to the commuters of the Dublin bus he conducts. And nightly as he conducts Wildeâs plays for his community theater at St. Imeldaâs church. And everyone loved their Importance of Being Earnest. But as Wilde himself discovered, not everyone loves the idea of them putting on Salome.
CLUE COMES TO BALTIMORE’S HIPPODROME THEATRE
Whodunnit!? Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center that’s who!! They’ve got CLUE coming the first full week in May! And you won’t want to miss your chance to see this comic thriller in action!
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“Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night theyâll never forget! Don’t miss Clue on Tour at the Hippodrome Theatre May 7-12. Get tickets to the ultimate whodunnit inspired by the classic Hasbro board game.
A Jumping-Off Point at Round House Theatre
author: Charles Boyington & Steven Kirkpatrick
Round House Theatre launches the premiere of Inda Craig-GalvĂĄnâs play A Jumping-Off Point. It is a great launch and worth seeing! The new piece focuses on Leslie Wallace (Nikkole Salter), an African American writer newly hired to develop a series for HBO, whose personal victory is compromised by the return of Andrew (Danny Gavigan), a white man from her graduate school days, who accuses her of plagiarism.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Silver Spring Stage
author: Wes Dennis & Liana Olear
How shall you beguile the lazy time, if not with some delight? Perhaps by running off to Silver Spring Stage for their performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and spending the evening with besotted Athenian lovers, pranking fairies, and those oddest of creatures, amateur actors!
The Director, Emma Hooks, shows a solid understanding of Shakespeare’s language, and her actors illustrate the words with enthusiastic action (though language purists â or audience members not expecting to hear multiple F-bombs punctuating the iambic pentameter â may not appreciate the choice to also insert modern phrases to add reactions where the bard neglected to spell them out).
The Hot Wing King at Baltimore Center Stage
Lessons can be blessings. Mistakes can be good. Finding a way to learn the lessons and take the âBeyoncĂ©â approach to making lemonade when life wonât stop raining fiery hot lemons down on your head is exactly what the Pulitzer Prize-Winning play The Hot Wing King, by Katori Hall is serving up in the Pearlstone Theatre of Baltimore Center Stage. Itâs a limited engagement, playing through the end of the month of April but itâs a powerhouse piece thatâs equal parts funny and heartfelt,
Please Come To Our House: An Interview With Tommy Malek & Rachel Sandler On Maryland Theatre Collective’s Falsettos
âItâs a song I was waiting to hear so long, so long ago.â
Five years in the makingâ a show that was planned and cast and ready to go before the pandemic, now finally appearing on the Maryland Theatre Collective Stageâ Falsettos is rounding out MTCâs first full season in production and itâs a proper doozy well worth investigating! In a few minutes following their sitzprobe, Director and Musical Director Rachel Sandler and Associate Director and Performer Tommy Malek sat down to discuss the production and how thrilled they both are to finally be getting it up on its feet for an audience in 2024.
Fag Gods at Spotlighters Theatre
author: Jamie Gerhardt
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Fag Gods is a mythic camp comedy making its worldwide performance debut at Spotlighters in their 61st season in Baltimore, and it truly couldnât have had a better opening. Written by John Bavoso and presented at the Baltimore Playwrightâs Festival last year, it was the highest-rated selection of that season, and Spotlighters (very thankfully!) decided to give this wonderful little show its debut. The show is highly representative of the LGBTQIA+ communityâ as you might be able to discern from its titleâ and as someone who came out as transgender myself within the past year,
Little Shop Of Horrors at Anne Arundel Community College Theatre
author: Chris Pence
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 On the 12th day of the month of April, in a small auditorium not too far from your home, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence, and this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places⊠Anne Arundel Community College! Howard Ashmanâs cult classic Little Shop of Horrors creeps with terrifying new life onto the AACC stage.
42nd Street at Scottfield Theatre Company
Broadway dreams. Weâve all had âem. And Scottfield Theatre Company is havinâ âem right now. Theyâve got all you need to cheer you up right on the ends of their ankles! Side by sideâ theyâre glorifiedâ that amazing tap corps that makes up the splashiest, flashiest dance routines of 42nd Street. Directed and Choreographed by Becky Titelman, with Musical Direction by LaShelle Bray, this iconic golden-era Broadway musical is a true dancerâs dream and every bit the spectacular dance show one expects.
Look Out! Look Out! Look Out! A Quick-Chat with Ethan Keller, Sarah Johansen, and Ally Baca on Little Shop of Horrors
With the solar eclipse having just passed us by, hereâs hoping everybody counted their plants both before and after! And that nobody ended up with any extra!! And if you did end up with an extra plantâŠperhaps one that has teeth and looks sort of oddâŠwell you can bring it with you to see Little Shop of Horrors at Anne Arundel Community College Theatre opening this weekend and playing through April 21st 2024.
Peter Pan at The National Theatre
author: Charles Boyington
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Delightful! So much fun! Run and get tickets!
Peter Pan at the National Theatre through April 21st, 2024Â is surprisingly fresh and relevant. The first surprise of the evening was how excited the audience was. I honestly did not think that kids knew anything about Peter Pan anymore. However the youngsters were applauding and screaming as the overture started, and it continued to grow.
Doubt, a Parable at Vagabond Players
Innocence is only wisdom in a world without evil. But why is it we are so quick to believe that of which we are not certain? Why are we so quick to judge? The most innocent interaction can see seem sinister to a poisoned mind. Why do we let our minds be primed so readily with poison? In a striking and evocative drama now appearing on the Vagabond Playersâ stage as the penultimate production of their 108th season,
alight, Sweet hearted at The Strand Theater
author: Lilou Von Kokoro
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Friday night was cold, raw and blustery, but as I entered The Strand Theatre, I was warmly welcomed by Producer Elena Kostakis. I wasnât sure what to expect but let me tell youâ this was not just a performance; it was an experience. Interactive would be an understatement! To quote their program, âWelcome to the immersive production of alight, Sweet hearted.â
alight,
Heathers at Third Wall Productions
Dear Diary,
My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a body count. But whatâs your damage, Heather? Is your name even Heather? Just in case it isnât, Third Wall Productions has a whole bunch of them (three to be in fact) with their fiery production of the screen-to-stage musical Heathers, now playing through April 14th 2024. Directed by Jake Schwarts with Musical Direction by Anton Van De Motter and Choreography by Kelly Williams Carlson,
The Squirrels at Maryland Ensemble Theatre
Our subject tonight?
The Squirrels. Better stillâ The Squirrels at Maryland Ensemble Theatre as the penultimate production of their 2023/2024 main stage season. Written by Robert Askins (Hand To God) and Directed by Julie HerberâŠwell⊠buckle up, you discerning patrons of the arts, because this oneâs a doozey. Hellâ Iâll say it. Itâs nuts!
Playwright Robert Askins is wringing audiences in Frederick through the high-octane spin-cycle of this satirical washing machine.
Come And Meet Those Dancing Feet: Dueling Divas in 42nd Street at Scottfield Theatre Company- Elizabeth Marion as Dorothy Brock
Side by side, theyâre glorified! In the other half of our dueling-divas interview exclusive (if you missed part 1, you can click here or catch the link at the bottom of the page to read the interview with Katelyn Dixon who is currently playing Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street) we get to sit down with Elizabeth Marion, currently playing the role of Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street at Scottfield Theatre Company.
Mexodus at Baltimore Center Stage
Todos estamos juntos en esto.
Weâre all in this together.
Changing the face of musical theatre, changing the soundscape of our nationâs narrativeâ Mexodus is the story of the Underground Railroad that led south; a story that they will have to pass down by word of mouth. Itâs a moment omitted from the history booksâ but itâs a story of thousands worth a second lookâ rapture and release, visceral emotions and peaceâ this is one for the ages splitting time on two stagesâ but you get to be in the room where it happened firstâ The Head Theatre at Baltimore Center Stage.
Don’t Lie On Your Resume: A Chit-Chat with Marshall Logan Gibbs & Max Wolf about Truest Ethos’ Production of No Experience Necessary
Did we not learn our lesson about how we arenât supposed to lie on our resume? And that taking the old adage of âfake it âtil you make itâ a step too far can result in disastrous consequences? In case youâre still out there learning that lesson (the hard way) and need a crash-course reminder in why this is a bad idea, Truest Ethos Theatre Company has a play for you! And itâs not even an ocean-front play in Arizonaâ wait,
Little Shop of Horrors at Ford’s Theatre
Little Shop of Horrors returns to Ford’s Theatre from March 15 through May 18 after a previous mounting in 2010. From its origin as a low budget 1960 sci-fi dark comedy by Roger Corman, to its initial adaptation as an off-Broadway musical in 1982, to subsequent high-budget film versions and worldwide stage success, Little Shop of Horrors has become one of the most treasured pieces of American musical theatre.
If you have never seen this American staple of musical theatre then you should run and see this production.
Matilda at Small Town Stars Theatre Company
Weâre told we have to do what weâre told, but surely sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty! Like doing all those things you shouldnât doâ reading books, loving musicals, and going to Small Town Stars Theatre Companyâs production of Matilda! Those are all naughty little things you absolutely should be doingâ and the third thing on that list you should definitely be doing this weekend! Directed by Joel Roberson with Musical Direction by Kelly Stoneberger,
Come And Meet Those Dancing Feet: Dueling Divas in 42nd Street at Scottfield Theatre Company- Katelyn Dixon as Peggy Sawyer
What was that word you just said? Havre de Grace? Theyâre offering you the chance to see the biggest musical the cityâs seen in 20 years and you sayâ Havre de Grace? Now listen, readers, and listen goodâ cause youâre gonna wanna come on along and listen toâ Scottfield Theatre Company as they present the splashy, flashy, big, lush, Broadway musical 42nd Street. And in a sit-down two-part interview session, weâve got the showâs dueling divas answering some questions all about the production and their experiences!
Company at The Kennedy Center
Somebody hold me too close. Somebody hurt me too deep. Somebody sit in my chair and ruin my sleep and make me aware of being alive. Being alive. Thatâs the plea of protagonist Bobby in Stephen Sondheimâs musical Company (book by George Furth) which is currently gracing the stage in the elegant Opera House at The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts in our nationâs capital. Originally produced in 1970 Company was nominated for 14 Tony Awards and won six.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Compass Rose Theater
Charmingâ (adjective) âExtremely pleasing or delightful.â Compass Rose Theater is now producing the most charming production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee I think I can ever recall seeingâ and thatâs saying something as Iâve covered it over a dozen times in as many years, including just a month ago elsewhere! C-H-A-R-M-I-N-G. Directed & Choreographed by Tommy Malek with Musical Direction by Rachel Sandler, this feel-good, upbeat, absolutely adorable musical is perfectly parsed in the intimate staging space that Compass Rose Theater has at Maryland Hall;
Puffs at Silhouette Stages
Puffs at Silhouette Stages: Revenge of the Nerds,â Potter Style
Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a side character in a story? To not be the hero, but just another onlooker? Matt Coxâs Puffs at Silhouette Stages examines this idea in hilarious fashion as we delve into the world of a Certain School of Magic and Magic. A riotous romp through mediocrity,
The Secret Garden at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church
Come spirit! Come charm! Come days that are warm! Come magical spellâ they will help you get well! Come to their garden for the most extraordinary theatrical experience that is so stunning, so professional, and so polished youâll find it hard to believe that itâs a community organization and playing in a church nonetheless! The Secret Garden now live in living color is appearing through the weekend of March 17th with the Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church and it is beyond remarkable,
Jesus Christ Superstar at Third Wall Productions
Third Wall Productions, you know I love you. Did you see I waved? I believe in you and your show so tell me that Iâm saved! If youâre ready to rock and roll along with the best of them, Third Wall Productions is bringing you that iconic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar and itâs the most solid production that theyâve had so far! (In their new home at Chestnut Grove Presbyterian.) Directed by Mike Zellhofer,
Steel Magnolias at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore
âLaughter Through Tearsâ
Grab your curlers and spill the tea, because itâs time for Steel Magnolias at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore! Playwright Robert Harlingâs comedy-drama comes to stunning life through skilled direction and superb performing. Based on experiences from Harlingâs life, Steel Magnolias tells the story of six women who become lifelong friends in a Louisiana nail salon, coming together to support each other through good times and bad.
The Book of Mormon at The National Theatre
âTomorrow is a Latter Dayâ
Hello, my name is Elder Tarpley. And I would like to share with you the most amazing play now showing at The National Theatre!
Since its debut on Broadway way back in 2011, The Book of Mormon has been continuing to stun audiences all over the world with its funny, offensive, but surprisingly sweet story, and top-notch music sure to make the Musical Theatre Greats of the Twentieth Century proud⊠minus all the F-bombs⊠and the satirical sacrilegious look at organizational religionâŠ.