Articles Tagged With: Pat Collins

Rent at Phoenix Festival Theatre

Reviews June 8, 2026 Lisa Standish

author: Lisa Standish

It is a special treat to watch a community theater production where the love for the craft is palpable from the moment you walk in. Phoenix Festival Theatre’s current production of Rent, running now through June 14th at the Chesapeake Theater, is a vibrant, visually stunning testament to the talent in our community. Under the spectacular vision of co-directors and choreographers Bambi and Eyvo Johnson, this production feels both fresh and deeply respectful of the source material.

Next To Normal at Iron Crow Theatre

Reviews March 8, 2026 Leonard Taube

author: Leonard Taube

Do you know what it’s like to die alive? That may be a heavy question, but it’s one that Diana asks and sets the stage for an evening of intense, raw, gut-wrenching drama. Iron Crow Theatre’s production of Next to Normal opened at the beautiful M&T Bank Exchange this evening to a large house and more than a few wet eyes. You simply cannot be unmoved by its subject matter and,

American Idiot at Street Lamp Community Theatre

Reviews July 25, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

“Don’t wanna be an American Idiot! One nation controlled by the media. Information age of hysteria. It’s calling out to idiot America.” We— the last of the American girls, the rebels, those of us who walk alone along the boulevard of broken dreams could not have imagined a louder time in history these rock-n-roll lyrics were needed and felt than when they came out with Green Day’s concept album release— American Idiot (2004.) Enter 2025 where we’re living in unprecedented times and the message that thrums at the core of this concept-album-come-stage-musical is more potent,

Next To Normal at Street Lamp Community Theatre

Reviews May 9, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Who’s crazy? The one who’s half gone? Or maybe the one who holds on? Or maybe you’re crazy— at least you will be if you don’t catch Street Lamp Community Theatre’s production of Next To Normal. This evocative and heart-ripping story will shake you to your core. Theatre was designed to comfort the discomforted and discomfort the comfortable; somehow this stellar production does both, all while bringing the waterworks (and the questions at the very,

Jesus Christ Superstar at The State Theater of Havre de Grace

Reviews April 11, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Blood and destruction— because of one man. If that isn’t ever an accurate summation of today’s society compliments of Andrew Lloyd Webber… but if you strip away the myth from the man…what are you left with? A striking, and damn near award-winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar at The State Theater of Havre de Grace, that’s what. Directed by Austin Barnes with Musical Direction by Jarrett Rettman, and Choreography by Veronica Lane, this brilliantly nuanced and extremely meticulously plotted production is a staging for the ages;

Into The Woods at Street Lamp Community Theatre

Reviews December 6, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

Into The Woods without delay! But careful not to lose the way… Into The Woods who knows what might be lurking on the journey. Into The Woods to get the thing that make it worth the journeying— be it cow, wish, potion or festival…Street Lamp Community Theatre makes it worth your journey all the way up to Rising Sun to see their impressive production of the Sondheim beast that is Into The Woods.

Natalie Giovan as Carrie in Carrie The Musical at Street Lamp Community Theatre ???? Matthew Peterson

Carrie at Street Lamp Community Theatre

Reviews July 26, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

Street Lamp Community Theatre. They’re here to tell you how this whole damn freak show works. And once you’ve seen…you can’t unsee. Known for their edgy, unusual choices in musicals that are rarely produced, SLCT is bringing you a dark and bloody thriller for the ages! Directed by Matthew Peterson with Musical Direction by Mia Bray and Choreography by Stephanie Peterson, Carrie is here to thrill you with a few shivers up the spine from the powerhouse company belt-blasting their way through this haunting score.

Spring Awakening at Street Lamp Community Theatre

Reviews August 5, 2023 Richard Mahoney

Street Lamp Community Theatre- “The Little Theater That DOES!” presents a beautiful production of a haunting yet poignant story. Spring Awakening is a coming-of-age story of teenagers in 1905 Germany. Originally, The Awakening of Spring was written in 1891 by German playwright Frank Wedekind. Spring Awakening is the reimagined story of Wedekind’s as a rock musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik. SLCT’s Spring Awakening is not to be missed.

Review: The Widow Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre

Reviews January 29, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

Who is dead in the White House? A haunting question that repeats itself in the grief-stricken mind of a recently widowed first lady. Commemorating the 150th year since President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Ford’s Theatre has commissioned a work that captures the essence of the aftermath as told through the eyes of the eyes of Mary Todd Lincoln. Written by James Still and Directed by Stephen Rayne, this powerfully evocative drama enchants the audience into a surrealistic world of grief and mourning;