Articles Tagged With: Jake Stuart

Footloose at Cockpit in Court đź“· Trent Haines-Hopper/Real Good Pictures

Footloose at Cockpit in Court

Everything I learned that gets me through the worst, I learned at my Mama’s knee. And I invite her along plenty to come see musical theatre, out and about with me. And while she couldn’t make it to the opening of Cockpit in Court’s Footloose— my Mama says, it doesn’t matter, if you’re a first-timer or you been there before, you better get your tickets to see that show, before they ain’t got tickets no more!

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Emma Hammett as Elle (center), Kailyn Quince as Pilar (left), Emma Kessler as Margot (inner right), Alayna Mall as Serena (outer right) in Legally Blonde at Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre 📸 Bella Comotto

Legally Blonde at Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre

Get on your feet! Take to the street! Don’t be afraid! Join the parade! They’ve got— Legally Blonde! Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre is doing it right— and for just one more day and one more night— they’re doing this show— and you’ve gotta go, see— Legally Blonde! The silver screen gem turned stage musical is live for two more performances this summer at BCTC and it’s a rocket burst of energy.

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Beauty & The Beast at Phoenix Festival Theatre. ????Matthew Peterson

Beauty and The Beast at Phoenix Festival Theatre

Well, who’d have thought? Well, bless my soul! Well, who’d have guessed? Well, who indeed? That Phoenix Festival Theatre would be sold out before you could be their guest? Just wait and see— standing room at least— that’s all that’s left for their stunning production of Beauty and The Beast. Disney has a funny way of enchanting ticket buyers to purchase tickets before the run even truly gets underway. Good luck finding someone who wants to give up their ticket to this sold-out performance.

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Sister Act at Cockpit in Court

Hallelujah for Sister Act at Cockpit In Court! CCBC Essex presents a family musical with sincerely praise-worthy voices and a lot of spirit in the F. Scott Black Mainstage Theatre. The stage musical of Sister Act is based on the Whoopi Goldberg movie of the same name, but while audiences loved hearing familiar Motown tunes used innovatively in the context of a cloister, the stage production got Alan Menken— you remember Alan Menken?

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Assassins at Phoenix Festival Theater

Hey, pal! Feeling blue? Don’t know what to do? Hey, pal— I mean you! Come on and shoot a president! Pretty darn appealing prospect, isn’t it? Especially when you listen to their stories and hear it in their songs; you learn that angry men don’t make the rules and guns don’t write the wrongs! Everybody’s got a right to their dreams! So come on, and shoot a president! But if you’d rather not take the rap sheet and fry up in the hoosegow,

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Review: The Wedding Singer at Cockpit in Court

What’s love got to do— got to do with it? Who needs a heart when you can have an entire cast full of fun at Cockpit in Court this summer season? Kicking off their musical series with The Wedding Singer, is a great way to put love in the air for the summer. Directed by Greg Dorsey, with Musical Direction by Nathan Christopher Scavilla, this 80’s based on the New Line Cinema film is sure to get you dancing to the well-loved riffs of the era all throughout the night.

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The company of Rent at Phoenix Festival Theatre

Review: Rent at Phoenix Festival Theatre

How do you document real life when real life’s getting more like fiction each day? The Phoenix Festival Theatre is documenting the musical that captures that essential message with spectacular brilliance in their current production of Jonathan Larson’s Rent. Directed by Laurie Starkey with Musical Direction by Terri Mathews, this timeless musical of life, love, and humanity comes roaring to life straight off the stage in Harford County with punch,

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