Verdi’s “Don Carlo” was recently performed at the Music Center at Strathmore by the Maryland Lyric Opera. While based largely on the history play by Friedrich Schiller, the production migh... Read more
On May 14, Columbia Pro Cantare (CPC) presented “American Voices,” a compilation of music that reflects our American heritage of inclusion and our goal to create a society of many voices tha... Read more
There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who can dance, and those who wish they could. At least, that’s the way it seems to most of us showbiz types. The Broadway musical “A Chorus... Read more
When you hear a ballad sung by a dragon, watch a dynamic and funny fight scene between the dragon and a powerful wizard, have your whole body resonate with heavy metal guitar when the dragon... 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 jukebox musical, “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations,” with music and lyrics from “The Legendary Motown Catalog,” a book by Dominque Morisseau, and directed by Des Mc... Read more
Tennessee Williams’ autobiographical memory play, “The Glass Menagerie,” presented by Rep Stage, may raise some eyebrows for some traditionalists. Director Joseph W. Ritsch... 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
There’s blood in my mouth. The language of my mother and her mother, erased. These thoughts are mused by Patricia in the outro takes of “Flip it and List it” during the fin... 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
