83 stories by "Herb Merrick"
“Kimberly Akimbo”, with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, is based on Lindsay-Abaire’s 2001 play of the same name. The show premiered Off-Broadway in…
"Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike" (VSMS) is a comedic play written by Christopher Durang which premiered at Princeton's McCarter Theatre in 2012. It moved to Off-Broadway and transferred…
Featuring Music Director and pianist Brent Frederick and Joe Bergamini on drums. Doo wop is a type of rhythm and blues music that dates back to the 1940s and was developed within African-Ame…
Alex and Olmsted is an internationally-acclaimed puppet theatre and film-making company based in Maryland. Composed of artists Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas (husband and wife), the du…
Featuring vocalists Ender Thomas and Jackie Mendez and instrumentalists José Sibaja on trumpet, Luisito Quintero on percussion, and Brian Czach on drums. This BSO Pops concert was a tribute…
"RENT" is a modern rock musical, with music, lyrics, and book by Johnathan Larson, based on the 1896 opera "La Boheme" by Giacomo Puccini. The first production was in 1993 at the New York Th…
Everyman Theatre is currently presenting the world premiere of "Dawn," written by playwright Tuyết Thị Phạm and directed by Seonjae Kim. Phạm is also an associate artist…
Once again Baltimore is the first stop in the national tour of a major Broadway musical, this one based on a novel by a former Baltimore resident! Kait Kerrigan adapted F. Scott Fitzgerald's…
Featuring vocalists Chester Gregory, Darren Lorenzo, and Michael Lynche, with instrumentalists Douglas Marriner (drums) and Tim Lappin (electric bass). This BSO Pops program presented a musi…
"Wicked," subtitled "The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz," with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, is adapted from Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, "Wicked: The …
Happenstance Theatre, founded in 2006 by co-artistic directors Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandell, is partially funded by the Maryland State Arts Council and has won several Helen Hayes Awards …
"Deceived" is a suspense-filled thriller written in 2024 by Johanna Wright and Patty Jamieson and adapted for modern audiences from the 1938 play "Gaslight" by Patrick Hamilton. As a result …
Leslie Odom, Jr., jazz recording artist, composer, author, and star of stage, film, and television, returned to Baltimore for a program of holiday music in the new "Live at the Meyerhoff" se…
Featuring vocalists Capathia Jenkins, Ryan Shaw, and background vocalists Calli Graver and Rajdulari The word "icon" generally refers to a person widely admired for influence or significance…
Alex and Olmsted (the husband and wife team of Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas), an internationally acclaimed puppetry and physical theater company, is now in residency at Baltimore The…
"The Phantom of the Opera," with music by Andrew Lloyd- Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and book by Lloyd-Webber and Stilgoe, is based on the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux,…
This musical celebration of Halloween started even before the first note was played. The Meyerhoff lobby staff, dressed as Count Dracula, greeted audience members, and the members of the orc…
"The Peculiar Patriot" is a one-woman show written and performed by actress, playwright, author, poet, activist, and youth advocate, Liza Jessie Peterson. The Old Globe Theatre commissioned …
Pink Martini has given concerts all over the world, and the vocalists sing in more than 25 different languages. Thomas Lauderdale named the group after his fondness for mid-20th century cock…
"Water For Elephants " The Broadway Musical" is based on the 2006 historical romance novel by Sara Gruen, with music and lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co. (a New York-based indie-folk band and th…
Mary Jane "Mae" West's career as a show business entertainer spanned more than seven decades. Her early career performing in vaudeville and theater was based in New York, and a later career …
Everyman's 35th season opening production and entry into Baltimore's August Wilson Celebration is "The Piano Lesson." It is part of his American Century Cycle, reflecting the Black exper…
The final concert of the 2024-2025 season brought audiences a complete concert version of Verdi's "Aida" performed in Italian with English supertitles and featuring an all-star cast: Angel B…
"Chicago the Musical," originally subtitled "A Musical Vaudeville," with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse, is set in the 1920s Jazz Age and based on a …
"John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only," a play written by Baltimore native Matthew Weiner, a graduate of The Park School, marks its world premiere at BCS. Mr. Weiner is an author, actor, televi…
