Articles Tagged With: Melanie Kurstin

Assassins at Laurel Mill Playhouse

Reviews April 6, 2026 Amanda N. Gunther

Free country: means your dreams can come true here. Right?

Not exactly an accurate reflection of the country in which we currently live. And if anyone tries to tell you that politics don’t belong in theatre and you believe them? I’ve got some oceanfront property in Nebraska to sell you. Once belonged to Abraham Lincoln too. It’s a fiery, unprecedented world in which we currently live and Laurel Mill Playhouse is stepping up to the plate with their current production of Stephen Sondeheim’s Assassins,

Company at Damascus Theatre Company

Reviews February 10, 2026 Amanda N. Gunther

Phone rings, door chimes, in walks— Company. Damascus Theatre Company (in partnership with the city of Gaithersburg) is presenting this Sondheim classic for three weekends during February and it’s a heartfelt joy with a lot of beautifully humorous moments that really bring the show to life. Directed by Rachelle A. Horn, with Musical Direction by Keith Edward (live orchestra conducted by Stuart Y. Weich), and Choreography by Karen Kushner Creel,

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.

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.

Melanie Kurstin (left) as Yitzhak and Lynwood McLeod (right) as Hedwig in MET-X presents: Hedwig & The Angry Inch 📷 Jeff Behm

Hedwig & The Angry Inch at MET-X

Reviews August 15, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Love is immortal because it creates something that wasn’t there…procreation…recreation…sometimes just creation… profound statement coming from Stephen Trask & John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig & The Angry Inch. It’s a project seven years in the making but it’s finally arrived on the MET-X Stage, produced by Eric & Nancy Jones, and it’s ready to rock your world, turn you upside-down, and give you all that glittery,

Whitechapel at Stillpointe Theatre

Reviews January 17, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Welcome to the end of days…trapped willingly in Stillpointe Theatre’s maze…

Come one, come all…to Whitechapel: A New Musical, making its world premiere at The Club Car, Stillpointe Theatre’s resident home performance space, and you’re in for a salacious treat. Directed by Ryan Haase with Musical Direction by Stacey Antoine, and Choreography by Sarah Fremuth, this 80-minute sordid story drops you right into the heart of the ominous tale of Jack The Ripper.

Hurricane Diane at Iron Crow Theatre

Reviews January 22, 2023 Leonard Taube

OK, listen up folks. Do you believe climate change is real? Do you have a penchant for HGTV? Do you secretly binge watch “Real Housewives of New Jersey”? If the answer is yes, have I got a show for you! Even if the answer is no to all or at least one of those questions, Iron Crow Theatre’s production of Hurricane Diane is one that promises to please nonetheless. And make you laugh.

Blown Away: An Interview with Iron Crow Theatre’s Natka Bianchini on Hurricane Diane

Interviews January 16, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

Gods don’t die; they just change form. And what if one of the most revered Gods of all time— especially to those in the theatre community— were to reappear in a different form, come down to earth and hope to bring about a change of days? Then you sound like you might be prepared for Iron Crow Theatre’s production of Madeleine George’s Hurricane Diane. And if you’d like to be more prepared,

Blood, Sweat, and Fears at The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre

Reviews October 20, 2022 Amanda N. Gunther

Are you ready for your one-way ticket to nightmarish places? Ghastly things and ghoulish notions to put you in the mood for the season of the macabre? In their live-stage-performance debut, The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre brings Blood, Sweat, and Fears to the FPX Events stage just east of Poe’s beloved Baltimore. Directed by Jay Brock the conceptualized work formulated by Jennifer Restak and Richard J. Hand with Alex Zavistovich, will have some of Poe’s lesser known works on display for your darkened sense of entertainment.

Melanie Kurstin & Jon Townson in Rocky Horror Show

Rocky Horror Show at Wolf Pack Theatre Company

Reviews October 31, 2019 Amanda N. Gunther

There’s a liiiiiiiight! Over at the Taylor Street Plaaaace!
There’s a liiiiiiiii— iiiiiiii— iiiiiiight! Burning in their fireplace, there’s
a light— in the darkness of the October-November calendar and it is blazing
rainbows, folks. That’s right, as only Wolf Pack Theatre Company can do, they’ve
but a kooky and queer-positive spin on an already zany cult classic. Are you
just dying with antici— PATION to know what we’re talking about? Cause it’s
just a jump to the left (of Bladensburg) and then a step to the right (of DC.) Put
your hands on your hips— and HOLD ON TIGHT because Wolf Pack Theatre Company is
bringing you their very own Rocky Horror Show.

The Wild Party at Greenbelt Arts Center

Reviews August 31, 2019 Amanda N. Gunther

Queenie was a blonde.

And Burrs will make you happy.

And Kate is the life of the party.

And maybe they like it that way.

They’re raising the roof over at The Greenbelt Arts Center with their wild, wild party. Not just any party, but Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party, directed by Jeffrey Lesniak with Musical Direction by Elizabeth Alford, and Choreography by Rikki Lacewell.