Articles Tagged With: community theatre

The Mountaineer at Greenbelt Arts Center

Reviews January 12, 2026 Amanda N. Gunther

Who would you risk your life to save? And how high would your chance of dying have to get before you changed your mind? An evocative question that gets posited, albeit left unanswered, in the world premiere of the new musical The Mountaineer (a high-altitude musical by Diana Raynes) at the Greenbelt Arts Center running now through January 17th 2026. Directed, produced, and designed by Eric Honour, this three-person musical experience is a vexing project that has great potential for a future life beyond this first outing on the GAC black box stage.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at St. Gabriel Miracle Players

Reviews November 16, 2025 Chris Pence

author: Chris Pence

Revenge at Bethlehem: “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” at St. Gabriel Miracle Players

Good lord, another Christmas show. Who does a Christmas show in November? I mean, really! At least wait until AFTER Thanksgiving! Yeah, I get it, there are tons of cute kids, and holiday cheer and whatnot, but still!

Do you know someone who feels like this? Can’t seem to get them into the Christmas spirit until about December 23rd?

Web Of Murder at Bowie Community Theatre

Reviews November 7, 2025 Cybele Pomeroy

author: Cybele Pomeroy

Web of Murder of Bowie Community Theatre: Killer comedy? Or comedy killed?

Really, this show should slay you in your seat. It’s a cozy little Victorian scenario, with all the tropes you’d expect, including lots of doors for popping in and out of, a set decorated to within an inch of its two-by-four life, an eight-member multi-generational cast, dogs, secret passageways, supernatural trances and enough villainous intent to fill an Orient Express.

Dracula A Comedy of Terrors at Colonial Players

Reviews October 30, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

I am all in a sea of wonders…I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul…so instead I’ll confess to you— the folks of readerland— this Halloween spoof-spectacular is unhinged, off-the-hook, and absolutely the must-see, laugh-out-loud 95-minute thriller of the season. Forget about Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Christopher Lee, Adam Sandler, and whoever else you’ve seen don the cape on the silver screen through the years— they can’t hold a garlic-scented candle to Colonial Players and their present production of Dracula A Comedy of Terrors,

70, Girls, 70 at The Salem Players

Reviews October 22, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Go take a look at the old folks! They’re quite an int’resting sight! But if you want to see old folks— then get your tickets to The Salem Players 70, Girls, 70! It’s chock-a-block with old* folks! If you’re ready for a charming, sparkling little gem of a long-lost musical theatre show, then dust off your duds and get on over to The Salem Players. In other words, hit it, Lorraine! Haa-chaa!

Jekyll & Hyde at Just Off-Broadway

Reviews October 22, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

author Leonard Taube

In 1886 Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson penned a Gothic horror novella titled Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde. Becoming one of the most famous pieces of English literature, it also played a part in pop culture with the expression “Jekyll and Hyde” being used to refer to people that appear good but have an evil nature inside.

Kong’s Night Out at UpStage Artists

Reviews October 16, 2025 Wes Dennis

author: Wes Dennis

In Jack Neary’s Kong’s Night Out, the current production from UpStage Artists, Myron Siegel (Neil Swanson-Chrisman) has a problem. Once a big name among Broadway producers, Siegel longs to recapture the fame and reputation he’s lost following a string of flops — most of which failed due to the meddling machinations of one Carl Dennam (Peter Rouleau), a rival producer known for traveling to exotic locales to obtain thrilling on-site footage.

Something Rotten at Small Town Stars Theatre Company

Reviews October 2, 2025 Andrew Worthington

author: Andrew Worthington

Gracing the stage at the Carroll Arts Center this weekend is a thoroughly entertaining, hilarious, and delightfully chaotic production of Something Rotten! presented by Small Town Stars Theatre Company. Something Rotten!, first performed in 2015, is a modern musical comedy that focuses on two brothers competing with THE William Shakespeare as they work to create the world’s first musical… in the 1590s. With a blend of many musical references and styles that theatre-going audiences will recognize alongside a fast-moving and comedic script,

Hamilton is Cultivating Live Theatre! An Interview with Founders of Third Wall Productions

Interviews April 3, 2016 Amanda N. Gunther

After reviewing the situations— which was the smashingly impressive inaugural production of Oliver— TheatreBloom has taken a moment to sit down with the Executive Director and Founding Member of Third Wall Productions Mike Zellhofer and Company Manager and Founding Member Mea Holloway to talk shop about how the company got underway, what they’re up to, and where they’re going!

Let’s get some introductions going here, tell our readers who you are and what of your work they might recognize so they can familiarize themselves with the driving forces behind Third Wall Productions.

Review: Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got The Will at Just Off Broadway

Reviews May 28, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

When family is involved there’s never a dull moment. Add death into the mixture and the calamity of chaos becomes an uproarious and heartfelt comedy about putting the ‘fun’ in dysfunctional. Just Off Broadway Baltimore presents their seventh production of Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s got the Will this spring and it’s a hoot. Directed by Jason Crawford Samios-Uy, the laughs come rolling out of Lowake, Texas like tumbleweed scooting across the dessert at high noon.