Articles Tagged With: Joshua Ikotun

Pride & Prejudice at Compass Rose Theater

Reviews November 21, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther 2 Comments

A lady’s imagination is very rapid, and while this lady’s imagination is not jumping from admiration to love to matrimony the way some of the Bennet daughters do in Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, it is certainly jumping from point to point trying to extrapolate the thoughts and opinions formulated upon viewing Compass Rose Theater’s current production, as adapted by Emma Whipday under the direction of Madeline Austin (of no relation to the playwright.) I am only resolved to write in that manner,

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

Reviews August 20, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

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.

Hairspray at Suburban Players of Saint Demetrios

Reviews February 8, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

I can’t see why people disagree each time I tell them what I know is true— and I’m telling people— the Suburban Players of Saint Demetrios’ production of Hairspray is where it’s at! Now run and tell that! Marking their 50th anniversary season, and the first of many area productions of Baltimore’s iconic musical, the Suburban Players of Saint Demetrios are putting on an extraordinary show— a true Bawlmer extravaganza, hon! And you won’t want to miss it!

A Few Good Men at Lumina Theatre Company

Reviews November 23, 2024 Erin Klarner

author: Erin Klarner

A Few Good Men – the 1989 play by Aaron Sorkin which he adapted into the famous screenplay – is visiting the Howard County Arts Center for a limited one-weekend run in their black box theater, directed by Meghan Hackett of the Lumina Theatre Company. And it is well worth making time in your weekend to see.

With many short scenes, it is important to keep scene transitions quick so that the pace doesn’t get bogged down and lose the audience’s interest.

A Raisin in the Sun at Spotlighters ???? Spotlighters Theatre/Jonathan Hemphill

A Raisin in the Sun at Spotlighters Theatre

Reviews September 27, 2024 Lilou Von Kokoro

author: Lilou Von Kokoro

I honestly haven’t ventured into the city in many years. But on the last day of summer, I spent the evening at Spotlighters Theatre, located in Baltimore City on St. Paul Street, seeing A Raisin In The Sun, written by Lorainne Hansberry, as directed by Rain Pryor.

Spotlighters definitely has an intimate feeling especially with its theater in the round staging. The crowd that night was small but you could feel the anticipation.