Articles Tagged With: Rachel Miller

Livin’ It Up On Top: The Graduating Seniors of 2026 from Children’s Playhouse of Maryland Chat About Their Final Show- Hadestown

Interviews May 2, 2026 Amanda N. Gunther

Way down… Hadestown… way down under the ground. And it’s the show that has swept the nation, captivated the hearts of my generation and their generation and the graduating seniors (class of 2026) at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland could not be more enthusiastic and passionate about getting to perform in it as their final production with CPM. In the fourth annual “Graduating Seniors Interview” we’ve sat down with this year’s group— a total of five individuals,

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.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame at September Song Musical Theatre

Reviews August 12, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Once a year— they throw a party here in town!

Once a year— they turn all Westminster upside-down!

People come to see their shows from miles around!

Once again it’s summertime— time to plaaaay.

It’s the day— September Song they do their best!

It’s the day their show goes and outdoes the rest!

Give a cheer— for all their wonders— magical— no set-break blunders— it’s the year— for—

The Hunchback of Notre Dame!

Mamma Mia! at Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre

Reviews August 19, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

People everywhere! A sense of expectation hanging in the air! Giving out a spark! This theatre’s glowing and they’re shining in the dark— it’s Mamma Mia! and it has landed at Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre for three performances only this summer! Directed by Diane M. Smith, with Musical Direction by Charlotte Evans, and Choreography by Rachel Miller, this ABBA-sensation splashy Broadway hit is not your grandmother’s Mamma Mia! With a more realistic,

Rachel Miller (left) with Diane Smith (center) and Charlotte Evans (right) on the set of Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre's Mamma Mia

Super Troopers: The Titan Talent Behind Mamma Mia’s Creative Team at Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre

Interviews August 14, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

Just one look and I can hear a bell ring!

One more look and I forget everything!

Whoa—ooh! Mamma Mia! Here I go again— except I won’t be forgetting that summer where Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre produced Mamma Mia (it was now— right now— this summer, summer of 2024 and you still have a chance to see it!) And I definitely won’t forget that I got to sit down with the three Titans of Theatre— Diane Smith,

Anastasia at September Song Musical Theatre

Reviews August 9, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

Be very careful of these rumors that prevail. Be very careful what you say. I am the girl who knows the truth behind the tale…don’t let this one get away! The Neva flows! September Song shows— and now it’s finally here… They’re on the stage, they’ll turn your page… with their Anastasia this year. In case you somehow haven’t heard, (the rumors in Carroll County-berg) September Song Musical Theatre is celebrating their 50th Anniversary season with Anastasia,

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Newsies at Cockpit in Court’s Court Jesters Summer Theatre

Reviews June 25, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

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Ain’t it a fine life? Carrying the banner to the hall (The lecture hall— of the admin building!) A mighty fine life! Carrying the banner tough and tall! And boy oh boy is them kids doing exactly that with this brilliant and energetic production of Disney’s Newsies! You read it here first, folks! And the papes don’t lie! Some sensationally talented kids are giving you two weekends worth of summertime entertainment over at Cockpit in Court Jr.

Kinky Boots at Dundalk Community Theatre

Reviews May 11, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

Step aside, Cinderella! Move over, Imelda Marcos! Because Dundalk Community Theatre is here! And they are lighting up the stage like a live wire with Lola’s Kinky Boots! Directed by Roger Schulman, with Musical Direction by Catina Ramis McLagan, and Choreography by Rachel Miller, this stunning production of a gloriously heartwarming tale invites you to embrace yourself for who you are, live your best life, and to simply— just be!

Buckle up for a trip to Northampton as seasoned Technical Director Marc W.

Mean Girls at Children's Playhouse of Maryland

Mean Girls (High School Edition) at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

Reviews May 6, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

Plastic, glitter, and rhinestones don’t shine like these stars do! And Children’s Playhouse of Maryland is closing out their 2023/2024 season with some of the shiniest stars around with their production of Mean Girls (High School Edition). It’s so phenomenal— IT’S FETCH!! Directed by Liz Boyer Hunnicutt, with Musical Direction by Charlotte Evans, and Choreography by Rachel Miller, this fabulous and cautionary tale is an extraordinary way to end their season and showcases some of the area’s brightest and most talented stars making their way out into the theatrical universe one twinkle at a time.

That is SO FETCH: An Interview with Five Fabulous Performers from Children’s Playhouse of Maryland’s Current Production of Mean Girls

Interviews April 27, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

Get in, Losers! We’re going— interviewing!? And Shut. Up. NONE OF THEM WORE PINK. Except Regina George, of course. That is so FETCH!! Just like these fabulous, five performers that I was fortunate enough to snag before their rehearsal this morning at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland! If you haven’t figured out whether or not butter is carb by now, you probably have no idea what we’re talking about…like— DUH— MEAN GIRLS (High School Edition) which is closing out the CPM mainstage 2023-2024 season!

Finding Nemo Jr. at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

News March 3, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

Just below the coral— sea parents dream of who their kids will be! And live on the stage of Children’s Playhouse of Maryland— you can see how wondrous these talented kids can be! Just as long as you— JUST KEEP SWIMMING, JUST KEEP SWIMMING, JUST KEEP SWIMMING! And you’d better swim fast if you want a chance at catching this production of Finding Nemo Jr.— several of the performances have sold out!

Neverland: A New Musical at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

Reviews December 5, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

What if you can’t remember the last time you were able to let go, have fun, and just be yourself? Well isn’t that exactly what theatre is for? A place to let go, have fun, and just be yourself! And Children’s Playhouse of Maryland has always been that place for all of the up-and-coming theatrical talents that pass through their doors over in Essex. Celebrating the holiday season with a very special, brand-new-production (written and conceived by their musical director and her father) Children’s Playhouse of Maryland is thrilled to present Neverland: A New Musical.

Anastasia at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

Reviews September 26, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

Dancing youths…painted scenes…things I almost remember… then a song— someone sings… once upon a…September… when the Children’s Playhouse of Maryland presented the area premiere of Anastasia, the much-anticipated, full-length musical. A sparkling gem, a radiant endeavor, this delightful and charming show is both beautiful and serene, full of humor and heart, and a spectacular start to the 2023/2024 season at CPM. Directed by Liz Boyer Hunnicutt, with Musical Direction by Charlotte Evans Crowley,

Fiddler on the Roof at Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre

Reviews August 22, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

To theatre! To theatre! L’chaim! To Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre! L’chaim! After an eternity of waiting, they’ve finally been granted the rights from on high…up in New York or wherever MTI is headquartering these days! After many denied applications for one reason or another, Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre has finally been approved to produce Fiddler On The Roof! L’chaim! Directed by Diane M. Smith with Musical Direction by Charlotte Evans Crowley and Choreography by Rachel Miller,

The Sound of Music at September Song

Reviews August 11, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

I have confidence in musicals! I have confidence in rain. I have confidence that September Song will get to play again! And play again they did (despite the rain’s best efforts!) after a live-theatre hiatus, September Song Musical Theatre has returned to the stage their much-anticipated production of Rogers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. And no storm or last minute venue-change is going to hold them back. Directed by Stephen Strosnider with Musical Direction by Kelly Stoneberger and Choreography by Amy Appleby,

The Prom at Cockpit in Court

Reviews July 22, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

“And nobody out there ever gets to define the life I’m meant to lead with this unruly heart of mine.” Because love is love is love is love. And you will fall in love with The Prom at Cockpit in Court. Not because it’s an amazing story that should be told and seen and heard and embraced. Not because it has an amazing cast chock-a-block with sensational talent all across the board or because its got astonishing scenery,

Matilda Jr. at Cockpit Court Jesters

Reviews July 11, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

They are revolting children! Living revolting times! They sing revolting songs! Using revolting rhymes! And you’ve got to get your tickets to see them do their thing— they’re stupendous, they’re great— they are REVOLTING! Only in a Roald Dahl musical could you use an adjective like revolting as a pride-of-place badge to describe a wildly talented bunch of kids as they bounce all around the stage with exuberant energy and smashing voices. Which musical is that you ask?

Changing Lives: The Apples & Bees of The Prom at Cockpit in Court with Coby Kay Callahan, Randy Dunkle, Darren McDonnell, and Shannon Wollman

Interviews July 11, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

Earth-shaking! Life-affirming! Breathtaking! Gut-wrenching! Heart-aching! In two words, it’s history-making! They’re really and truly changing lives— at least they hope to be! The four actors, some of Baltimore’s most recognized members of the theatre community, playing the four Broadway stars who find themselves in a small town in Indiana trying to ‘change lives’ though perhaps for all the wrong reasons. Sound familiar? It is Prom season, after all. In a sit-down interview, we talk with Shannon Wollman,

Jesus Christ Superstar at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

Reviews May 8, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

Sing out for yourselves for you are blessed! Blessed to hear the stellar talent performing live on stage for the final production of the Children’s Playhouse of Maryland 2022/2023 season. Closing this season with a bang, their production of Jesus Christ Superstar is nothing short of stunning; it will give you chills, bring tears to your eyes, and make you thunder with applause by the time the show reaches its conclusion. Directed by Liz Boyer Hunnicutt,

The Graduating Seniors of Children's Playhouse of Maryland's "Jesus Christ Superstar" (from L to R) Sophia Koman, Sammy Jungwirth, Myles Taylor, Emma Hammett, Linda Brown, and Katreese 'Clover' Wellons

Everything’s Alright, Yes. Everything’s Fine: An Interview With The Six Graduating Seniors of Children’s Playhouse of Maryland’s Jesus Christ Superstar

Interviews April 19, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a’happening? What’s the buzz? I’ll tell you what’s happening!

It’s Jesus Christ Superstar! Yes, the full-length stage musical, yes produced by Children’s Playhouse of Maryland, yes featuring some of the finest young talents in Baltimore and the surrounding areas. And TheatreBloom has a special treat for you readers. We’ve taken a few moments, on an early* Saturday morning to sit down with six very special cast members of the upcoming Jesus Christ Superstar to talk to them all about their experience with this production thus far and their experiences with Children’s Playhouse of Maryland as a whole.

Cinderella at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

Reviews March 10, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

Your majesties! Your majesties! A list of the royal necessities! At the top of that list there simply must be a— ticket or two to see Cinderella! (Youth Edition) at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland! The iconic Rogers & Hammerstein classic is proving that impossible things are happening every day with a score of talented young performers parading all across the stage in their ballroom finest trying to catch the eye of his royal highness Prince Christopher Rupert Windemere Vladimir Karl Alexander Francois Reginald Lancelot Herman— Herman!?

Disney’s Descendants at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

Reviews December 8, 2022 Amanda N. Gunther

They got all the ways to be W-I-C-K-E-D! Just get your tickets and you’ll see them be W-I-C-K-E-D! Children’s Playhouse of Maryland is bringing the house down this holiday season with their production of Disney’s Descendants. And it is living up to its wicked namesake! Directed by Liz Boyer Hunnicutt with Musical Direction by Charlotte Evans and Choreography by Rachel Miller this thrilling, high-energy, totally upbeat and wildly twisted tale of the children of Disney’s finest ‘evils’ will have you recognizing that bad is the new good all through the holiday season.

42nd Street- Youth Edition at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

Reviews September 23, 2022 Amanda N. Gunther

Hey— y’all hear? CPM is doin’ a show! Children’s Playhouse of Maryland is doing a show! So get ready to come and meet those dancing feet— on the avenue they’re taking you to—42nd Street (youth edition.) All the glamor, glitz, and glory of your favorite tunes, with all of the dusty treacle trimmed out for a succinct bullet (over-Broadway) point version of the iconic musical with a sensational score of tap-dancing youth ready to knock your socks off!

Newsies at Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre

Reviews August 23, 2022 Amanda N. Gunther

See the headline:

Newsies Make Front Page News At Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre Summer 2022

That’s right! They’ll be out there— for two more performances— carrying the banner, side by side! Yes, they’re out there— filling all their parents’ (and friends and families’) hearts with pride! Newsies on a mission— kill the competition! They are out there— giving one of the most rousing, engaging, and talented productions of Disney’s Newsies that the Baltimore area has seen in quite a long,

High School Musical at Cockpit In Court Jr.

Reviews July 16, 2022 Amanda N. Gunther

They’re soarin’! Flyin’! There’s not a star in heaven that they can’t reach! Because they’ve got their heads in the game! That’s right! Cockpit in Court Jr. is bringing you millennial Grease AKA— Disney’s High School Musical. Serving as the high-school show of the early 00’s, this Disney show gives agency to characters who are too often pigeonholed into a particular stereotype. Two things can be true and when you live your best life?

42nd Street at Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre

Reviews August 3, 2021 Mike Zellhofer

Maya Angelou wrote, “The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” For almost two years we were homeless; without our “safe place”. As we all settle into the “new norm”, Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre has given us a taste of the past, sprinkled with hope for the future, and laced with the safety of home. Theatre is back! And Beth Tfiloh’s production of 42nd Street,

Newsies at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

Reviews May 6, 2019 Amanda N. Gunther

And The World will
know! And The Sun will too! ‘Bout
these Newsies and the awesome job they
do! The things they do today will be tomorrow’s news! And you heard it here
first— right in black in white— front page ABOVE the fold! That’s right— read
all about it! Right here! Children’s Playhouse of Maryland does Newsies and makes Disney proud with all
of their energy,

Anything Goes at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

Reviews September 18, 2018 Amanda N. Gunther

At words poetic, they’re not pathetic; they’re always at their best!

They’re getting those songs up off their chest

And they’ve got lots of things to express— The Children’s Playhouse of Maryland that is with their fall opener of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes! They’re a stellar show, they’re a must see-n-go, they’re the farthest thing from a flop! Yes, baby, they’re not the bottom— they’re the top! Directed by Liz Boyer Hunnicutt with Musical Direction by Charlotte Evans and Choreography by Amanda Poxon,

Hairspray at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

Reviews May 9, 2018 Amanda N. Gunther

You can’t stop an avalanche as it races down the hill! And CMP is stopping their season here, with a show that’s such a thrill! And you can try to stop their dancing feet, but they just cannot stand still! Cause the world keeps spinning round and round and their hearts are keeping time to the speed of sound, they were lost ‘til the heard the heard the drums (go Lisa Wood, go, go,

Singin’ in the Rain Jr. at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland

Reviews September 16, 2017 Amanda N. Gunther

Moses supposes that of all of the showses, that this one is roses, so Moses supposes. But who needs Moses and his supposes when the Children’s Playhouse of Maryland has got Singin’ in the Rain Jr. Directed by Liz Boyer Hunnicutt and Musically Directed by Charlotte Evans? It’s a glorious production! You’ll be happy again to be back with CMP for the 2017/2018 season, this production being first of this season, and you’ll love every minute of this timeless Hollywood style movie musical stage show.