“Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay to mold me man? Did I solicit thee from darkness to promote me?” – John Milton, from “Paradise Lost” There have been several stage adaptations... Read more
Long ago, in the “before times” (pre-COVID), there was a growing trend among our more cutting-edge companies: “devised” theater. Starting without roles or even a script, performing ensembles... Read more
As the souls of the dead live for’er in my mindAs I live all the years that they left me behindI’ll stay on the shore but still gaze at the seaI remember the fallen and they thin... Read more
With a few notable exceptions, the 21st century has been a bit of a dry spell when it comes to new Broadway musicals. Still, the beast must be fed, and a popular method for creating new inco... Read more
Beginning in 2018, the Baltimore group Fools and Madmen has created a marvelous series of hip-hop adaptations of Shakespeare’s works. Their unique distillations are designed for a traveling... Read more
This month, Baltimore’s Asian Pasifika Arts Collective has partnered with another established theater company to co-produce a new work for the stage: a “book in hand” performance of new shor... Read more
The late Tim Kelly was a prolific playwright who caught the parody bug sometime in the late 1970s. His “The Butler Did It” was a silly, formulaic melodrama, in which every detective stereoty... Read more
Takoma Park–based Alex and Olmsted is a puppet theater company also specializing in film work. Two years ago they received a grant from the Jim Henson Foundation (their second) for developme... Read more
A doorman building in one of the fashionable artsy neighborhoods of lower Manhattan finds two couples getting together for an evening of drinking and vitriol. The hostess, a white artist, is... Read more
Seven years have passed since Tamir Rice. These years are producing a creative upheaval in the theater as playwrights raise defiant voices against broken systems and tragically wasted lives.... Read more
