Articles Tagged With: Mark Wallace

The Importance of Being Earnest at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet the kindly old Polonius sends his son, Laertes, into the world with some wise, fatherly advice.  “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.”  “Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice.”  And, my personal favorite, “to thine own self be true.”  However, I would have given my son one more piece of advice.  I would have told him that, above all, it is important to be earnest.  And no such lesson could have been better taught than Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest showing for one weekend only at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore (Rosedale,

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Hoodoo Love at Spotlighters Theatre

Set in Memphis during the Great Depression, Hoodoo Love – written by Katori Hall, directed by Rain Pryor, and currently playing at the Spotlighters Theatre – exists at the seamy and sultry crossroads where superstition, the blues, and matters of the heart converge… the sort of crossroads where Tommy Johnson, referenced in this piece (along with a great many other blues legends), might well have stood at midnight and sold his soul for his music.

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The Mousetrap at Spotlighters Theatre

The wonder.

The mystery.

The Mousetrap.

While the ending may be the world’s best-kept secret, there’s no wonder or mystery that it is London’s longest-running performance in The West End. This Agatha Christie stage play is loaded with intrigue, deception, suspense, and— of course— mystery. And it’s now appearing on The Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre stage, directed by Paul Saar. With edgy moments of suspense, thrilling moments of spine-tingling terror,

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Three Little Birds at MET’s Fun Company

One love! One heart! Let’s get together and feel alright! Everyone could stand to feel alright right about now. And what better way to do it than by coming out to see the MET Fun Company’s production of Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds? Directed and choregraphed by Ray Hatch, with Musical Direction by Valerie A. Higgs, this six-person ensemble on stage is jammin’! They’re jammin’ and they want you to come jammin’ too!

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Moon Over Buffalo at Spotlighters Theatre

Ken Ludwig’sMoon Over Buffalo is the second installment from Spotlighters
Theatre’s 58th season. If you are looking for some gut chuckling, tears
down your cheeks humor, then you won’t want to miss this show. Director Brandon
Richards has mentored his cast through door slamming, side splitting hysterics that
will keep you laughing all the way home.

Moon Over Buffalo at Spotlighters Theatre. Photo: Shealyn Jae PhotographyShealyn Jae Photography Moon Over Buffalo at Spotlighters Theatre. Photo: Shealyn Jae Photography

The first thing you notice upon
entering the theatre is the very cozy and well-designed set of Sam Martin.

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