Articles Tagged With: Eliyahu Kheel

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (in concert) at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore

Reviews December 12, 2025 Bill Kambergers

author: Bill Kamberger

Stephen Sondheim called this show “a musical thriller,” and he was dead right. The plot, which depicts an understandable attempt at revenge that spirals into indiscriminate serial killing, provides many thrills and even more chills, but the music is the most thrilling of all. It frequently gives a listener chills in the most beautiful sense, even when it is sending a shiver up the spine as well. Several famous concert presentations of the score have proven that it can thrill even with minimal staging,

Murder on the Nile at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore

Reviews October 13, 2025 Kenny Sigal

author: Kenny Sigal

Was it the husband? The Ex-Girlfriend? The Steward? The only way to find out is to come to Artistic Synergy of Baltimore and check out this 1940s classic Whodunnit mystery that is Murder on The Nile. Written by Agatha Christie, and directed by Jim Morgan, this classic follows a newlywed couple on their honeymoon cruise filled with relaxation, refreshments, and murder. With a perfectly selected cast of experienced actors,

Damn Yankees at Cockpit In Court

Reviews June 17, 2025 Leonard Taube

author: Leonard Taube

Anyone ever get so angry with you that they’ve told you to “Go to the devil!”? Well, now you can (so-to-speak) and enjoy the trip as well! Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre (in residence at CCBC Essex) is currently putting on the 1955 musical comedy Damn Yankees. With a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, Damn Yankees is set during the 1950’s during a time when the New York Yankees dominated major league baseball.

Young Frankenstein at Third Wall Productions

Reviews April 5, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Forget about the foxtrot— throw away the waltz! Take away the two-step and all that other schmaltz! Are you ready for what’s been going on in Phoenix? It’s a doozy…makes ya’ woozy…it’s the new phenomenon— well…not that new…but the first production of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein this side of Charm City since 2022 (SLCT in Rising Sun!) And it’s all the rave and roar right in this reviewer’s backyard— Third Wall Productions and their zany,

Pippin at Artistic Synergy

Reviews February 28, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Sets. Costumes. Lights. Magic. They’ve actually got all of those things. Which is pretty dang impressive all things considered. Artistic Synergy of Baltimore is razzle-dazzling with their current production of Pippin, directed by Broadus Nesbitt with Musical Direction by Charlotte Evans and Choreography by Samantha Reynolds. Lending itself to the cobbled-together nature that church-basement-community theatre is often expected to present, this production of Pippin sets the bar high with its full and resonant ensemble,

The Pirates of Penzance at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore

Reviews December 4, 2023 Chris Pence

The Very Model of a Modern Major Musical: Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore

W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan’s classic comedic opera comes to life at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore! The Pirates of Penzance follows hopeful orphan Frederic in his mistaken apprenticeship with a wild band of singing, dancing pirates! Frederic’s story takes a drastic turn when he falls in love with Mabel,

he Sound of Music at Third Wall Productions ???? Kevin A. Clasing

The Sound of Music at Third Wall Productions

Reviews January 20, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand? Third Wall Productions will show you how with their stellar production of Rogers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Having changed venues again, to what is hopefully now their theatrical-forever-home, the hard-working community theatre brings its 2023 stage productions to the stage & hall of Chestnut Grove Presbyterian, and is settling into the space a bit like Maria Rainer is settling into the von Trapp household,