Review: PILLAR RABBIT Hops Lively At Spotlighters through Sunday, August 25th
by Cybele Pomeroy - August 20, 2024
In Mel Holley's PILLAR RABBIT, produced by the Baltimore Playwrights Festival, you’ll meet characters you feel you already know, and laugh and cry with them. Director Ta'Von Vinson assembles an excellent multi-generational cast to perform against a beautiful set at historic Spotlighters Theatre in B...
Review: Not in Kansas Anymore: Tornado Tastes Like Aluminum Sting at CATF
by Jack L. B. Gohn - July 18, 2024
In presenting the story of a neuro-diverse protagonist mostly through the protagonist's eyes, and shredding narrative consistency and sequence, the playwright Harmon dot aut has rendered a confusing story. But with captivating characters and subject matter, this is still a play worth seeing....
Oh What A Night! My Eyes Adore JERSEY BOYS at Toby's in Columbia
by Cybele Pomeroy - July 14, 2024
Toby's in Columbia presents the ‘origin story’ of New Jersey natives who became The Four Seasons. The script of JERSEY BOYS is tight, the pace rapid: this script and these songs - the Four Seasons’ catalog, plus others- form a stellar example of a really GOOD jukebox musical. I recommend you go imme...
No Mystery: Go See CLUE at Hippodrome
by Jack L. B. Gohn - May 08, 2024
So, even with one major problem, the muddy sound denign, whether to go see this show is no mystery. The solution: catch it while it’s here....
Review: MISS HOLMES at Fells Point Corner Theatre
by Tina Collins - May 02, 2024
Enter the foggy alleyways and well-appointed drawing rooms of Victorian London for some sly sleuthing and witty social commentary in MISS HOLMES, currently playing at the Fells Point Corner Theatre. ...
Review: The Atreides Are Us in THE ORESTEIA at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
by Jack L. B. Gohn - February 19, 2024
There are great depths here, and great wisdom, and Playwright Ellen McLoughlin’s handiwork and that of Chesapeake Shakespeare convey them well. It is good to see a Shakespeare-oriented theater applying its tools and insights to other material from time to time, particularly classical material that i...