Articles Tagged With: Arsenic & Old Lace

Arsenic & Old Lace at Vagabond Players đź“· Shealyn Jae Photography

Arsenic and Old Lace at Vagabond Players

Do you long for a simpler time? A time when things weren’t so complicated? A time, perhaps, when simpler virtues— things like candlelight, good manners, and poisoned wine were on offer in every Old Spinster household? Vagabond Players has got just the show for you, my friends, but whatever you do— DO NOT DRINK THE WINE! That tried and true comedic classic, Arsenic and Old Lace, written by Joseph Kesselring, is now appearing at Vags under the direction of Katie Sheldon and it’s a doozy!

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Kim Bessler (left) as Abby with Amanda Matousek (center) as Teddy and Joanne Bauer (right) as Martha in BTC's Arsenic & Old Lace ???? Reed Sigmon

Arsenic & Old Lace at Bowie Community Theatre

 

A Spoonful of Wine Helps The Poison Go Down: Arsenic & Old Lace at Bowie Community Theare

author: Chris Pence

Don’t drink the wine at Bowie Community Theatre! Joseph Kesselring’s 1939 classic black comedy Arsenic & Old Lace follows Mortimer Brewster, a theatre critic who comes home to 1930’s Brooklyn to announce to his beloved Aunts Abby and Martha that he’s engaged to Elaine Harper,

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Arsenic & Old Lace at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore

Arsenic Silliness of Baltimore, no wait, that’s not right. A Summer of Brewsters, no that doesn’t sound right either. Oh, I remember, it’s Arsenic & Old Lace at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore! Three years of no theatre has my brain a little foggy, but Sarah O’Hara’s directorial debut makes it clear that she and ASoB are back! Not only are they back, they are back with a bang, or in this case a sip.

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