When Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Our Town” opened on Broadway in 1938, the world was a very unsettled place. Still reeling from a horrific global war and confronted with i... Read more
Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre’s latest offering is a romp through Transylvania with “Young Frankenstein,” directed by Stephen Emery. Adapted for stage by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from... Read more
On the face of it, a big production show like “42nd Street” seems like a risky choice for a small-staged theater like Classic Theatre of Maryland. After the overture played in the dark and t... Read more
It is hard to think of saints as real people. They are ancient, holy, and remote from the lives that most of us lead. As a White Sox-loving kid growing up on the south side of Chicago, howev... Read more
It was a dark and stormy night, but the lights of the theater marquee cut through the mist like a homing beacon: ”City of Angels,” at the Colonial Players. Inside, the usual suspects awaited... Read more
August Wilson’s brilliant, 1987 Pulitzer and Tony award-winning “Fences” graces the stage at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and we thank them for it. This powerful play is the sixth present... Read more
We use Charles Dickens’ seasonal staple “A Christmas Carol” to remind ourselves to appreciate the things we take for granted and that redemption for our transgressions may just be possible.... Read more
Compass Rose Theater’s production of “Pride and Prejudice” is a sweet treat that will erase the stress of a week of work and news. Written by Jane Austen in 1813 and adapted here by Emma Wh... Read more
Directed by Debbie Barber-Eaton at The Colonial Players, this production of “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” (written in 2023 by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen in 2023) is silly, fast-pace... Read more
There are so many things to love about Jane Austen stories and characters. They are funny, ridiculous, and poignant without being sappy or sad; they are universally about women navigating li... Read more
