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The Hollow at Laurel Mill Playhouse

Reviews November 3, 2025 Chris Pence

author: Chris Pence

The Worshipper: The Hollow at Laurel Mill Playhouse

Love is murder, though who’s the killer? The Queen of Mystery reigns supreme as Laurel Mill Playhouse presents Agatha Christie’s The Hollow, a weekend romp through the countryside that brings love, lust, intrigue, and murder. Produced by Laurel Mill’s own Queen of Mystery, Maureen Rogers, The Hollow is one of Christie’s lesser-known stories, though it still packs all the same classic twists and turns that made Christie one of the world’s most famous writers.

Eric Jones (center) as Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show at MET & FCC

The Rocky Horror Show at Maryland Ensemble Theatre & Frederick Community College

Reviews November 1, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

It’s astounding. Time is fleeting. Madness…takes it’s toll. But listen closely— not for very much longer— literally a performance tonight and three next weekend— they’ve got to keep control! Do you remember— doing the Time Warp!? It’s that time of year again! And the Maryland Ensemble Theatre has partnered with Frederick Community College to reprise their annual tradition of mounting Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show to the stage of the Jack B.

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,

Art at Everyman Theatre

Reviews October 28, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

It’s often said that death brings out the worst in people; you see family’s tear one another apart over left-behind possessions in the wake of someone’s passing. But what happens when the death of a friendship is eminent? How do friends behave when the threads that bind them are no longer frayed but thinly grizzled and hardly friends at all? So much so that a singular choice— one might even say a matter of personal taste and opinion— or a disagreement over said choice,

Hair at Vagabond Players

Reviews October 20, 2025 Mike Zellhofer

author: Mike Zellhofer

“I’m doing it for you, man.” – Claude

In a world saturated with “me” it is refreshing to hear those words. After a brief off-Broadway run Hair opened in April 1968. The country was in turmoil, divided, at war, just as it is today. In 1968 they tried to divide us black and white. Now they try to divide us blue and red.

The Canterville Ghost at Endangered Species Theatre Project

Reviews October 20, 2025 Ashley Gerhardt

author: Ashley Gerhardt

Endangered Species Theatre Project is back again with their fall production of The Canterville Ghost. A Short story written by Oscar Wilde in 1887 and adapted for the stage by Anne Raugh, Deanna Kinzie, and Christine Mosere. I was lucky enough to catch this show on Oscar Wilde’s actual birthday, and boy oh boy am I glad I did! This delightful story of an American family who moves into an English manor set the late 1800’s is charming,

Vesper: Luu Pham being lifted, L to R: Alix Fenhagen, Ally Ibach, Chelsea Thaler, Matthew Williams, Parker Matthews, Hailey Withrow 📷 Kiirstn Pagan

Vesper at The Voxel

Reviews October 18, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther 2 Comments

Do you know the feeling when day turns to night?

A question posed in the ethereal menagerie that is Vesper, a dream play, a new work premiering at The Voxel in Baltimore’s Remington neighborhood. Conceived and Directed, or dare I say dreamed, by Jarod Hanson (with a co-productive assist from The Acme Corporation and assistant directorship from Brandice Thompson) this masterfully articulate and evocative work of living theatricality encapsulates the essence of the rich,

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.

The Wild Party at Other Voices Theatre

Reviews October 15, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

It always pays to raise the roof. No limits. No boundaries. No compromise. Other Voices Theatre is certainly pushing their boundaries, breaking their limits, and giving it their all for their current production of Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party. Directed by Diane Causer with Musical Direction by Sheila Melendez and Choreography by Amanda Patten, this musical is one heck of a bumpy and wild ride, so buckle up, put your bugle beads on and get ready for one intense evening of theatre.

Super BROS Adventure VI: Garbage Quest DX at Baltimore Rock Opera Society (photo: David Iden)

Garbage Quest DX at Baltimore Rock Opera Society (BROS)

Reviews October 14, 2025 Erin Tarpley

author: Erin Tarpley

“I love beets”

One of the joys about growing up across the last years of the 20th and beginning years of the 21st Centuries (or across multiple millennia, because a part of me finds that both mind-blowing and fun to say) is getting to grow up with video games. Some of my earliest memories involve playing games on the SNES, or getting to play Oregon Trail as a “school activity,” or getting my first GameBoy as a result of my parents’ divorce (hooray for buying a child’s love!) Like many my age and younger,

The Crucible at Silhouette Stages

Reviews October 14, 2025 Leonard Taube

author: Leonard Taube

Intense. Thought provoking. Suspenseful. Relevant. Those are just some of the adjectives I can think of to describe the powerful piece of theatre that is Silhouette Stage’s (Columbia, MD) current production of The Crucible by American playwright Arthur Miller. This dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1692-1693 may be part fiction, but one thing is for sure. While the play was written as an allegory for McCarthyism (when the US government persecuted people accused of being communists),

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,

Rogue Swan Theatre Company's "Something Wicked!" 📷 James Craig Photography

Something Wicked! A Rogue Swan Halloween Vaudeville

Reviews October 11, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Do you want to have a party in the middle of the street? Or perhaps a spooky celebration to kick off the haunting season with a real bang? By the pricking of my theatrical thumb… I tell you now… Something Wicked! this way comes! And it’s come to Havre de Grace. The STAR Centre to be more specific, by way of Rogue Swan Theatre Company! A flashy fun spectacle— a Vaudeville— chock-a-block with variety and crazy characters some years in the cultivatory cauldron,

Murder On The Orient Express at Manor Mill Playhouse 📷 Zoe Leonard

The Second Conductor: Murder On The Orient Express at Manor Mill Playhouse

Reviews October 7, 2025 Chris Pence

author: Chris Pence

It was the one case that kept Poirot awake at night, the one that had more twists and turns than a rail line through the mountains, the Murder On The Orient Express. Agatha Christie’s timeless mystery finally comes to the stage, roaring into the station at Manor Mill Playhouse.

Based on the novel of the same name by the Mistress of Murder herself, Dame Agatha Christie,

The Hot L Baltimore at Greenbelt Arts Center

Reviews October 5, 2025 Steven Wilson

author: Steven Howell Wilson

When an ensemble cast meshes seamlessly, hitting every cue, overtalking in the right places,
quipping and bickering, interweaving a dozen diverse life stories, it’s uniquely satisfying. It’s as
impressive as watching the coordinated dives and catches of a troupe of aerial acrobats. Well,
maybe the audience’s blood pressure stays lower with the actors than with the acrobats.
Greenbelt Arts Center’s production of The Hot L Baltimore hits this satisfying mark.

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,

Water For Elephants National Tour 📸 Photo by Matt Murphy for MurphyMade

Choose The Ride: Water For Elephants at The Hippodrome

Reviews October 1, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

You wanna see something to set your spine tingling? Something that blows Ringling out of the ring? It’s coming around the bend— arrived just before the month did end— it’s something better than the rest— feast your eyes, your eyes, and your senses on the best— it’s Water For Elephants at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre. Launching from Charm City’s beautiful Hippodrome Theatre as one of three brand-new touring productions to launch their Broadway-Across-America season here in the heart of Baltimore,

Will Pullen as Morris in Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress at MET Fun Company 📸 Spence Photographics

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress at MET’s Fun Company

Reviews September 29, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

“I am loved. And I am strong. If I can dream it then I can do it.”

There are few more important words that children (and children at heart) need to hear right now in this topsy-turvy, upside-down world that no longer makes a lot of sense. And you can hear them, feel them reinforced, and live them as the MET Fun Company kicks of their 2025/2026 season with Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Juliany Taveras (based on the book by Christine Baldacchino &

Oleanna at WFB Productions

Reviews September 25, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Everybody needs to expose themselves to different points of view. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s essential. But what happens when the viewpoints are so skewed there’s no good side to take? What happens when no matter whose viewpoint you see a scenario through you’re in the wrong? It’s exactly that type of dialogue that WFB Productions is attempting to encourage with their production of David Mamet’s Oleanna. Referred to as ‘not-your-mama’s’ Oleanna,

Shining Like The Top of The Chrysler Building: Annie at Compass Rose Theater

Reviews September 25, 2025 Chris Pence

author: Chris Pence

Admit it, you had “Tomorrow” running through your head from the second you read the title. And who wouldn’t? It’s such an ebullient anthem to optimism (try saying that three times fast)! Producer Barbara Webber and Compass Rose Theater reignite inspiration, determination, and optimism with Annie, the classic tale of the little redheaded girl that has been stealing Americans’ hearts since 1924.

Based on characters from Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie comic strip,

The Little Mermaid at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

News September 25, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Down here all the fish is happy! As aft ‘cross the stage they roll! They bringin’ you lotsa joy here— having fun in this show and that’s their goal— such wonderful things surround them— right there on the Children’s Playhouse of Maryland floor! They’re talented an havin’ a blast there! What more is your looking for? Are you ready to go under the sea with CPM’s season-opener for their 2025/2026 season— Disney’s The Little Mermaid?

Not Your Mama’s Oleanna: An Interview with M. Eden Walker & Teagle Walker on their company WFB Productions and their upcoming production of Oleanna

Interviews September 16, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Not your father’s root beer. Not your granny’s bingo. Not your mama’s— Oleanna!? The David Mamet play, which I can recall studying a bit during my BFA program at UMBC (though I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen or reviewed live on stage) is coming to the Motor House for a limited three-performance engagement. With a brand new theatre company, getting its feet wet and spreading its theatrical wings. WFB Productions— a family-run small professional company founded by M.

Craigslisted at Nu Sass Productions

Reviews September 15, 2025 Steven Kirkpatrick & Charles Boyington Steven Kirkpatrick & Charles Boyington

author: Steven Kirkpatrick & Charles Boyington

Nu Sass Productions’ production of Sharai Bohannon’s Craigslisted is best described as a dramedy even as early smiles lead toward fear and possible disaster. The play presents an engaging, though psychologically murky, narrative and is well-suited to younger adult audiences, as its protagonist utilizes social media while searching for straightforward solutions to a prevalent concern among today’s students. This production is well acted and deftly produced in an intimate setting.

Four Old Broads at Laurel Mill Playhouse

Reviews September 15, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Grab your turbo-strength girdle! Put your teeth in! And pull-up those big-girl panties! Because all hell’s about to break loose at the Magnolia Place Senior Living Home! But before we let the broads loose on the audience for approximately two and a half hour’s stage traffic, we should take down the particulars! Laurel Mill Playhouse is the where! This upcoming weekend (September 19th, 20th, and 21st 2025) is the when! (Also 8:00pm on Friday &

Julius Caesar at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Reviews June 26, 2025 Erin Tarpley

author: Erin Tarpley

“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.”

As the sun begins to set behind the many hills of Historic Ellicott City, the air begins to cool. But tonight (or today, if you go on a Sunday), you are not in Historic Ellicott City. No, my friend. You have travelled back in time and space 2,000 years to the historic seven hills of Ancient Rome.