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Alone in the Dark: Two excellent peformances anchor this emotionally powerful experience

Stage | 2/4/2010 | By Anna Ditkoff

I can't remember the last time I cried during a play. I'm not the type that gets teary easily, but Two Rooms at Everyman Theatre left me wiping my eyes with the back of my hands as the lights went up....[MORE]

Murder Most Foul: Insanity and marriage go hand-in-hand in this mystery classic

Stage | 1/27/2010 | By Erica Bauman

Murder mysteries have come a long way from their stodgy origins: The Sherlock Holmes of yore was an eccentric, sure, but also cerebral, and most of Doyle's writing involved long explanations of his th...[MORE]

I Love Money: Moliere's money grubber offers a fun romp

Stage | 1/27/2010 | By Andrea Appleton

The Fells Point Corner Theatre's production of Moliere's The Miser is set in Depression-era New York City, with nary a bosom-boosting corset or powdered wig. It's a choice that may disappoint purists-...[MORE]

Hey, Big Nose!: CenterStage's Cyrano trims the play and loses the point

Stage | 1/27/2010 | By Geoffrey Himes

CenterStage has given us a terrific Cyrano de Bergerac, full of all the poetry and passion Edmond Rostand's play is capable of. That was back in 1980 when an up-and-coming actor named F. Murray Abrah...[MORE]

Curtain Time

Curtain Time | 1/20/2010 |

Pole Position The Baltimore Polesque "Baltimore's only pole dancing burlesque troupe" take a spin at the Ottobar (2549 N. Howard St., [410] 662-0069, theottobar.com, baltimorepoledancetroupe.com) Jan...[MORE]

Giants in the Distance: An old knight stumbles into battle for this local theater

Stage | 1/20/2010 | By Erica Bauman

At the beginning of Man of La Mancha, Miguel De Cervantes (Edward J. Peters ) states "I come in a world of iron to make a world of gold." And while the Vagabond Players' production of the Dale Wasser...[MORE]

One Man Poe: "That horror guy" Jeffrey Combs gets to be so much more as the literary master of the macabre

Stage | 1/20/2010 | By Lee Gardner

The last thing actor Jeffrey Combs was looking for was another horror role. Not, he hastens to add, that he isn't "humbly grateful" for the lengthy list of horror and sci-fi movie and TV credits that...[MORE]

Death Spoof: The EMP Collective debuts with We're All Gonna to Die

Stage | 1/20/2010 | By Bret McCabe

A solitary man drags a cart into the center of the room. He looks haggard, at his wit's end. A patch covers one eye. And just as he turns a cursing fist to the sky, a woman approaches. She looks a...[MORE]

Starr Struck: A one-woman show explores the love life of a fictional diva

Stage | 1/15/2010 | By Blair Bedford

Starr isn't someone you would want to play games with. First introduced to the Theatre Project in 2003 in Roxi Starr in 3-D with Elvis, this self-praising diva is loud, brash, and has eccentricities ...[MORE]

Curtain Time

Curtain Time | 1/13/2010 |

OPENINGS The Miser hits Fells Point Corner Theatre (251 S. Ann St., [410] 276-7837, fpct.org) Jan. 15-Feb.14. Molière's comedy pits the titular tightwad against his free-spirited romantic kids. ...[MORE]

Vanishing Axe: Scars literal and figurative afflict the characters in this sweet musical

Stage | 1/13/2010 | By Bret McCabe

With only two productions to its credit, the new local company Teatro 101 is already proving itself an emerging player in Baltimore's up-and-coming young theater community. Back in July, the company...[MORE]

RIP the Lof/t?

Arts and Minds | 1/6/2010 | By Bret McCabe

By the end of January 2010, the Lof/t—the mixed-use performance and gallery space located on the first floor of the Load of Fun Studios on West North Avenue—will no longer exist. At least,...[MORE]

It's That Time of Year: Two holiday classics hit the stage

Stage | 12/16/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

At the preview performance of The Santaland Diaries at CenterStage, production director and company Artistic Director Irene Lewis hilariously and unnervingly described her disdain for the Bob Dyla...[MORE]

Puppy Love: A dog threatens to break up a marriage in this not very convincing dramedy

Stage | 12/9/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

The best performer in Mobtown Players' Sylvia is, hands down, the dog. Normally, that would be a pretty harsh dig, but seeing as the dog is the center of the show and played winningly and fur-free by ...[MORE]

Curtain Time

Curtain Time | 12/9/2009 |

HOLIDAY CHEER David Sedaris' play about his time as a not-so-jolly department-store elf, The Santaland Diaries, comes to CenterStage (700 N. Calvert St., [410] 332-0033, centerstage.org) Dec. 8-20. F...[MORE]

Juggling Act: Sara Felder keeps a lot of balls in air in this coming of age story

Stage | 12/9/2009 | By Geoffrey Himes

At one point during her delightful, one-woman show at the Theatre Project, Out of Sight, Sara Felder describes the first time she fell in love. It happened when she was a college student from Brookly...[MORE]

Globe Trotters: Jules Verne's classic is an incredible voyage in CenterStage's capable hands.

Stage | 12/9/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

Everything about Around the World in 80 Days is retro, from the Victorian setting, scenery, and costumes to the broad, stylized way it's acted and directed. It's the kind of affair that can end up f...[MORE]

Tanya-Tanya in an adaptation at Towson Studio Theater, Dec. 4 to 12

Arts and Minds | 12/3/2009 | By John Barry

Olga Mukhina, whose play Tanya Tanya runs at Towson University Dec. 4-12, isn't your average Russian playwright. That is in part because, at least until the early 1990s, there were relatively few prac...[MORE]

The Sound of Silence: A play without words speaks volumes

Stage | 12/2/2009 | By John Barry

In the opening scene of Single Carrot Theatre's Illuminoctem, you may wonder if you've shown up in the right theater. As composer Jesse Case's score thumps, we see actress Giti Jabaily elaborately d...[MORE]

Curtain Time

Curtain Time | 12/2/2009 |

GET CRACKIN' You can see not one but two productions of the Nutcracker this week. The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre pirouettes onto the Hippodrome stage (12 N. Eutaw St., [410] 837-7400, france-merrickpa...[MORE]