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Acme Corporation explores the nature of online communities
By Baynard Woods
5/22/2013
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Baltimore Rock Opera Society reaches epic new heights with Murdercastle
By Bret McCabe
5/8/2013
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Center Stage’s Raisin Cycle confronts ownership, history, and race in response to A Raisin in the Sun
By Geoffrey Himes
5/8/2013
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Tension mounts in Everyman’s production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer-winning play
By Evan Serpick
5/1/2013
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Single Carrot investigates 126-day hostage crisis in Peru
By Bret McCabe
4/24/2013
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Fells Point Corner Theatre presents 10 plays by 10 playwrights
By Geoffrey Himes
4/17/2013
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Last week, Center Stage began its public previews of Clybourne Park (pictured), Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer Prize-winning take on Lorraine Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun. Norris’ portrayal of race, class, and real estate, which runs through June 16, will be
4/17/2013
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Three Sisters goes viral in Glass Mind production
By John Barry
4/10/2013
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What happens when an urban gay teen moves to Iowa
By Baynard Woods
4/3/2013
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Everyman’s new production nasty, brutish, and short
By Baynard Woods
3/27/2013
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Acme Corporation performs 12- and 24-hour versions of Beckett’s Play
By Baynard Woods
3/20/2013
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Center Stage’s new play reflects the fragility behind the laughter in uncertain times
By By Baynard Woods
3/20/2013
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Dramatist brings insight, blowjob jokes to town
By Baynard Woods
3/20/2013
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A counter-fable, a story that suggests leaving the South was a mistake
By Geoffrey Himes
3/6/2013
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Yellow Sign Theatre combines dystopian sci-fi with romantic comedy
By Baynard Woods
2/20/2013
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Single Carrot brings “the land of plastic, elastic mescaline rush” to life
By Baynard Woods
2/13/2013
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Everyman opens its new doors with expansive play, powerhouse performances
By Evan Serpick
1/30/2013
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Katouri Hall’s play imagines King’s final night
By Geoffrey Himes
1/23/2013
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Southern Promises, Strom Thurmond Is Not a Racist, and Mary, on consecutive nights as part of their Play Lab series.
By Baynard Woods
1/23/2013
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The Full Circle Dance Company presents Moving Passages: Dances Inspired by Writing
By Geoffrey Himes
1/23/2013
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John Waters dishes on Hairspray: In Concert, hitchhiking, and Baltimore’s music scene
By Baynard Woods
1/23/2013
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Baltimore is gaining a reputation as a hub of theater development
By John Barry
12/26/2012
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Mixed Doubles explores the dynamics of marriage
By Geoffrey Himes
12/19/2012
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Office Ladies offers profound—and profoundly funny— meditation on water, ants, and the atomic bomb
By By Baynard Woods
12/12/2012
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Bus Stop amplifies the deep undercurrents beneath the surface of the 1950s Midwest
By By Geoffrey Himes
12/5/2012
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Everyman ends its Charles Street run with heroic bluster
By Geoffrey Himes
11/14/2012
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Festival hopes to unite Charm City’s theater scene
By Rebecca Messner
11/7/2012
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A brilliant performace is wasted on a stagnant script
By Geoffrey Himes
10/29/2012
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Baltimore Performance Kitchen asks a lot from the audience
By Bret McCabe
10/29/2012
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Fells Point Corner Theatre brings dumb decisions to life with smart dialogue
By Geoffrey Himes
10/24/2012
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Mobtown Playwrights Group breaks down the fourth wall
By Jenn Ladd
10/10/2012
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Exploring the life of forgotten British hero Alan Turing
By Andrea Appleton
10/10/2012
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Center Stage’s season-launching show examines the power of the crowd
By Geoffrey Himes
10/3/2012
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Time Stands Still looks at lives torn between the public and the private
By Geoffrey Himes
9/11/2012
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Kwame Kwei-Armah aims to make Center Stage the hub of a global theater community
By Evan Serpick
8/29/2012
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Chiffon, Pulse, Breaking the Code, and more
8/29/2012
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Play examines paradoxical mix of anger and affection
By Geoffrey Himes
8/15/2012
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Four young girls must deal with the mysterious death of a classmate
By Erin Gleeson
8/8/2012
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Local burlesque group Gilded Lily talks waving eyelashes and what gets them through the workday
By Erin Gleeson
8/8/2012
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The Single Carrot Theatre ensemble hones its skills with help from a Bulgarian friend
By John Barry
7/31/2012
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Local game show pits bar-morons against one another in fake TED talks
By Jenn Ladd
7/25/2012
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Bosley gets nostalgic at the Strand Theater
By Baynard Woods
7/18/2012
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My Brother’s Keeper, Diary of a M.I.L.F., Pop Art in Action, and more.
By Ada Maxwell
7/18/2012
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Amidst the ruins
By Anna Ditkoff
7/11/2012
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Foot of Water offers shallow view of sex
By Baynard Woods
7/4/2012
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A new dance uses the sun to explore human movement
By Brandon Weigel
6/27/2012
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The UnSaddest Factory gears up for the final Ten Minute Play Festival
By Rachel Monroe
6/20/2012
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A selection of shorts at Glass Mind make for a bit of a hard slog
By Laura Dattaro
6/13/2012
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A queer theater company refines its identity
By Baynard Woods
6/13/2012
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A heavily adapted retelling of the Trojan War captures the spirit of the original
By Baynard Woods
6/6/2012
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Decades on, a local puppet troupe remains an animating force
By Baynard Woods
5/30/2012
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The provocative humorist talks about black identity, geekdom, and being a really nice guy
By Lionel Foster
5/30/2012
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A local production takes on the brutality Congolese women continue to endure
By Andrea Appleton
5/23/2012
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Everyman does its valiant best with a ponderous play
By Geoffrey Himes
5/23/2012
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Giant wolves, demon witches, and lascivious gods rock the Autograph
By Laura Dattaro
5/16/2012
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Public radio personality Al Letson tunes into Mobtown
By Baynard Woods
5/9/2012
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A drenched clown, an apathetic werewolf, and other bizarro characters help locals create an unconventional TV show
By Chloe Helton-Gallagher
4/25/2012
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A 17th-century scandal is brought vividly to life in Rep Stage’s last production of the season
By Rachael Pacella
4/25/2012
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10X10
At Fells Point Corner Theatre Through April 29
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Fells Point Corner Theatre debuted its 10X10 concept last year. It’s back for this second iteration due to popular demand, and no wonder. The production, a collection of
By Laura Dattaro
4/18/2012
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Production about the aftermath of slavery has a powerful immediacy
By Geoffrey Himes
4/18/2012
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MICA students create an entertaining production out of a flawed play
By Erin Gleeson
4/11/2012
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A play about death and all the things left unsaid lacks emotional punch
By Andrea Appleton
4/11/2012
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Q&A with Goat Boy, Dad, and a Spiritual Warrior Jim Breuer
By Joe MacLeod
4/11/2012
Lulu Eightball:
By Emily Flake
4/11/2012
Important Comics:
By Dina Kelberman
4/11/2012
Dirt Farm:
By Ben Claassen III
4/11/2012
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Play about assemblage artist Joseph Cornell doesn’t quite add up
By Geoffrey Himes
4/4/2012
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If you missed the show the first time around, go. It is simply breathtaking, and a rare opportunity indeed.
By Andrea Appleton
4/4/2012
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Lighthearted take on Charles Darwin is both funny and thought-provoking
By Sarenka Smith
4/4/2012
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Sondheim show gets a thought-provoking production at Center Stage
By Andrea Appleton
3/28/2012
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Great Depression-era play draws upon the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus and racial discrimination
By Sarenka Smith
3/28/2012
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Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play presents a triangle of a very different sort
By Laura Dattaro
3/21/2012
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An original production takes Cinderella to task
By Bret McCabe
3/14/2012
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The maestros of the macabre get a ho-hum portrayal at the Hippodrome
By Erin Gleeson
3/14/2012
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Three dazzling Baltimore tap dancers finally get their due
By Andrea Appleton
3/7/2012
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The Baltimore Improv Group successfully improvises a full-length play
By Laura Dattaro
3/7/2012
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Powerful production navigates the racial divides within an African-American community
By Erin Gleeson
2/22/2012
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Riveting production inspires laughter and rumination in equal parts
By Geoffrey Himes
2/15/2012
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A jetsetting playwright brings a local tale of love and violence to Baltimore
By Andrea Appleton
2/15/2012
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Morgan State University brings August Wilson’s Jitney back to Baltimore
By Geoffrey Himes
2/8/2012
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Prostitution, murder, and bloodletting, just in time for Valentine’s Day
By Laura Dattaro
2/8/2012
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Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking
At the Hippodrome through Feb. 12
More at weekly.citypaper.com
Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher’s one-woman show, opens with a song, Hollywood-style. Fisher walks onstage, showering glitter onto the heads of the nearest
By Andrea Appleton
2/8/2012
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A brilliantly staged classic pulls back the covers on our dreams
By Andrea Appleton
2/1/2012
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Baltimore’s comedy scene is going DIY too
By Joseph Martin
1/25/2012
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A story filled with dramatic changes. one moment, the couple embraces, only to be flung apart again
By Erin Gleeson
1/25/2012
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Jean-Paul Sartre’s 1944 existential exercise
By Laura Dattaro
1/25/2012
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A classic novel comes to breathtaking life
By Andrea Appleton
1/18/2012
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Hilarious production explores identity, growing up gay, and what happens when your best friend is a chicken.
By Laura Dattaro
1/11/2012
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Featuring Last Chance: The Story of a Broken Heartland
By Andrea Appleton
1/4/2012
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A straightforward show saluting a prolific songwriter charms like her work
By Erin Gleeson
12/28/2011
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A dazzling puppet-filled spectacle hits the Hippodrome
By Erin Gleeson
12/14/2011
The performer talks about writing, acting, and the Golden Age of Baltimore comedy
By Joe MacLeod
12/14/2011
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Local playwright impresses with her theatrical debut
By Laura Dattaro
12/7/2011
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The Unveiled playwright talks about diversity within the Muslim world and the power of theater
By Andrea Appleton
11/30/2011
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An old chestnut takes on a refreshing new flavor
By Andrew Holter
11/30/2011
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Meta comedy about closeted Hollywood mostly convinces
By Andrea Appleton
11/23/2011
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Award winning actor practices a reverse kind of method acting
By Geoffrey Himes
11/16/2011
Taut drama takes on three men, a junk store, and the heist that tears them apart
By Anna Ditkoff
11/16/2011
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A DIY production of Bertolt Brecht's classic promises your money’s worth
By Laura Dattaro
11/9/2011
Stage:
A DIY production of Bertolt Brecht's classic promises your money’s worth
By Laura Dattaro
11/9/2011
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A challenging, mixed-race production of the Tennessee Williams play exposes the unspoken
By Andrew Holter
11/9/2011
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15-member troupe explores the fraught topic of body image in B.A.R.E.: Bodies, Attitudes, Reflections, EXPOSED
By Andrea Appleton
11/2/2011
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A riveting production brings a disturbing play to life
By Laura Dattaro
10/26/2011
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The Arena Players produce an idiosyncratic, winning version of a modern classic
By Andrew Holter
10/19/2011
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An 18th-century play skewering young love and parental expectations gets big laughs
By Geoffrey Himes
10/19/2011
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The Strand concocts an odd but compelling experience
By Andrea Appleton
10/12/2011
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Line between theater and religion is rubbed out beyond recognition in Single Carrot Theatre production
By Geoffrey Himes
10/5/2011
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Revives material from the 25-year-old Kathy and Mo Show.
By Andrea Appleton
10/5/2011
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Billie Taylor hopes to transform 65-year-old Charles Village venue into the city's newest performance space
By Andrea Appleton
10/5/2011
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The multi-hyphenate comic talks about his new film, the endangered truth, and Diablo Cody cramming it
By Joe MacLeod
9/28/2011
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Four bumbling losers face their mortality
By Emily Schiller
9/21/2011
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The life stages of one woman, brought powerfully to life by three
By Laura Dattaro
9/21/2011
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Everyman’s shattering production of an American classic
By Andrea Appleton
9/14/2011
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Powerful play confronts racism, Facebook, and madness
By Laura Dattaro
8/31/2011
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Promising local family drama favors the daughter
By Geoffrey Himes
8/24/2011
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BPF musical a confusing detour despite good tunes and strong turns by its college-aged cast
By Audrey Szepinski
8/10/2011
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Time-traveling comedy steers clear of Back to the Future turf
By Audrey Szepinski
7/27/2011
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A local playwright takes on the healing properties of art
By Audrey Szepinski
7/20/2011
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A local playwright brings the internet to the stage
By John Barry
7/13/2011
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Lively play confronts the end with almost childish preciousness
By Bret McCabe
7/6/2011
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Satirical musical adaptation of cult flick a little too eager to please
By Laura Dattaro
6/29/2011
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Veteran local theater gem delivers satisfying, old-fashioned whodunit
By John Barry
6/29/2011
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Cabaret Red Light cruises into town aboard its seafaring theater
By Andrea Appleton
6/15/2011
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Cast highlights a bloody relationship drama
By Bret McCabe
6/8/2011
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BROS delivers a little too much rock opera for one hand night
By Bret McCabe
6/8/2011
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WordBRIDGE wants to bring playwrights, theater communities together
By John Barry
6/8/2011
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A Cockney flower girl learns to speak the queen’s English in this sharp skewering of class
By Geoffrey Himes
5/25/2011
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A half-dozen shorts make up a hit-or-miss night at the theater
By Laura Dattaro
5/25/2011
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Cast fails to find the sparks that make this class-conflict study fire
By Geoffrey Himes
5/4/2011
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Dostoevsky’s philosophical tome streamlined into gripping 90-minute one-act
By Andrea Appleton
5/4/2011
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A supposedly theater thing I’d probably do again
By Bret McCabe
5/4/2011
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The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony)
By Bret McCabe
4/27/2011
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Ordinary people take small steps that lead to a death in experimental Russian play
By John Barry
4/27/2011
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More than 50 artists invite you to an adventure through alienation
By Bret McCabe
4/27/2011
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Run of the Mill offers a skillfully handled look at disorder
By Bret McCabe
4/20/2011
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Just your average romantic comedy about a guy and a shark meeting cute
By Bret McCabe
4/13/2011
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MICA’s young Rivals of the West company takes on Streetcar
By Bret McCabe
4/6/2011
Comedy:
On podcasting as career tool and place to be a jerk
By Joe Macleod
4/6/2011
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Holiday memories power this thoughtful, if uneven, play
By Bret McCabe
3/30/2011
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Sly treatment turns boilerplate courtroom drama into something with a bit more presence
By Bret McCabe
3/23/2011
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Family get together redefines “family” in this harshly comic gem
By Bret McCabe
3/23/2011
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The former Fort Thunder filmmaker and theater artist talks about traveling to the sun, debuting his solo show in Baltimore, and failed mini-malls
By Geeta Dayal
3/23/2011
Over-compensating script about escaping planned community lifelessness packs an odd power
By Laura Dattaro
3/16/2011
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Performance Workshop Theatre returns in a new space with some old tales
By Geoffrey Himes
3/16/2011
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A minister experiences a crisis of faith in this durable religious investigation
By Geoffrey Himes
2/16/2011
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The humorist on pain, drinking, and how a dive bar helped cure his depression
By Andrea Appleton
2/16/2011
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Home is where the harsh is
By Bret McCabe
2/9/2011
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Playwright's manipulations far too apparent in this two-character production
By Geoffrey Himes
2/2/2011
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Susan Mele's Roxi Starr returns as a reality TV fame whore
By Laura Dattaro
1/19/2011
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The Arena Players produce an idiosyncratic, winning version of a modern classic
By Andrew Holter
10/19/2011
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Second City's Baltimore satire hits more often than misses
By Andrea Appleton
1/12/2011
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Baltimore Shakespeare Festival dresses the Bard's political drama in power suits
By Anna Ditkoff
12/15/2010
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The Strand Theater offers a peak inside one dysfunctional family's holiday circus
By Wendy Ward
12/15/2010
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Spotlighters Theater playfully wrestles with Charles Ludlam's riff on Hamlet
By Laura Dattaro
12/15/2010
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Single Carrot Theater searches for nirvana in Gao Xingjian's metaphysical play
By Bret McCabe
12/15/2010
Stage:
Here are two productions that not only don’t suck, but make holiday shows genuinely entertaining.
By Bret McCabe
12/15/2010
Top Ten:
The year in local stage is bookended by a pair of DIY transitions.
12/8/2010
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Playwrights go straight to the soldiers to bring their stories to the stage
By John Barry
12/1/2010
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Another Arthur Miller play wanders through the minefield of the nuclear family
11/24/2010
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The standup comedian on growing up, reproducing, and stupid babies
11/17/2010
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Narrative performance obliquely veers into headlong confrontation with abuse
By Bret McCabe
11/10/2010
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Playwright/actor Joseph Ritsch ventures into the mind of a serial killer
By John Barry
11/3/2010
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Heady satire takes hilarious and deadly aim at virtual "culture"
By Bret McCabe
10/27/2010
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Curious Shakespeare production fails to bring its interesting ideas into dramatic unison
By Bret McCabe
10/27/2010
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The Strand's cast makes an impressive effort with a disturbing script
By Glennis Markison
10/20/2010
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Giles Havergal's stage adaptation transcribes the source novel way too much
By Geoffrey Himes
9/8/2010
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Side Show tells an ordinary human story through the lives of two extraordinary women
By Bret McCabe
8/24/2010
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Musical charts the rise and early demise of Lubbock’s favorite son
By Rebecca Fishbein
8/11/2010
