28 stories by "Ilana Jael"
The title of Sarah Treem’s The How and the Why comes from the idea, eventually articulated by one of its characters, that every scientific phenomenon is explainable from both perspectives.…
As a new play making its East Coast premiere in Island City Stage’s current can’t-miss production, Everything Beautiful Happens At Night isn’t a piece that I went into with any real kn…
Does a bull belong in a China shop? Well, when that "China shop" is actually "the patriarchy" and that "bull" is actually a woman ahead of her time, the takeaway from the standard cliche…
For better or for worse, 2026 is a hell of a time to find myself tasked with reviewing The Crucible. To start with, I can easily say that I was thoroughly impressed by the precision,…
After seeing a production of Lucy Prebble's The Effect in Orlando earlier this year, I found myself unable to resist conducting my own little theatrical experiment when it popped up in South…
This past Saturday, Zoetic Stage's masterful production of Merrily We Roll Along brought me one step closer to realizing my personal dream of seeing every Stephen Sondheim musical. Famously,…
No matter how many times you happen to have seen Hamlet, odds are likely low that you have ever seen anything like Fat Ham. And, assuming you are lucky enough to snag a highly sought after t…
From the moment we walk in to Palm Beach Dramaworks' current production of Camping with Henry and Tom, we are ushered into the world of the play through Bert Scott's stunningly detailed fore…
As long as you have a healthy sense of humor and high tolerance for perverted and profanity-spouting puppets, you should prepare to have a pretty great time at Avenue Q. To introduce the uni…
It was heartening to see the relatively substantial size of the crowd that had gathered for the opening night performance of As You Like It, at Royal Palm Beach's Common Park. This charming …
As long as you possess a healthy appetite for the unhinged, you would definitely be remiss to miss out on Bad Dog, a truly arresting new play which premiered this past weekend at Miami New D…
If I could say only one thing about Spotlighters Theatre's current production Charles Morey's "Laughing Stock" it would be that it definitely lives up to its name. First performed in 2001, t…
Though I was impressed with the first two offerings in Vagabond Players' 108th season, the company reaches an even higher level of precision and profundity in their current production of "Ho…
Nobody should consider themselves too proud to have a great time at "Ain't Too Proud"The Life and Times of The Temptations," the story of the lives and music of the legendary R&B group f…
If you're a fan of Mahalia Jackson or of gospel music in general, you will have an amazing time at "Mahalia: A Gospel Musical." This uplifting and touching show focuses on the life of the le…
Lane Michael Stanley's "Lipstick," as currently produced by Fells Point Corner Theatre, is one of the most enjoyable plays I've seen in Baltimore so far this season. After reviewing the worl…
The Saturday events at Folger Theatre's Reading Room Festival gave me the opportunity to enjoy four, thought-provoking events which each dealt, each in their own way, with issues of racial r…
A Pulitzer Prize-winning work first performed in 1964, "The Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" is a bleak but beautiful play brought to affecting life in Spotlighter Theatre'…
Any musical theatre fans worth their salt probably have at least some familiarity with the musical "RENT" written by Jonathan Larson. The musical became an immediate sensation after its 1996…
If you've been craving a good old-fashioned murder mystery, Vagabond Players' current production of Agatha Christie's "Witness For The Prosecution" will definitely hit the spot. Though it is…
If Maryland Opera's Sounds of the Season is any indication, the future of opera in our area is very bright indeed. Narrated and accompanied by the company's artistic director, James Harp, th…
The spotlight is on Charles Dickens' immortal and inimitable words when it comes to the Spotlighters Theatre's captivating adaptation of "A Christmas Carol." Finding myself not only thre…
If you've ever wanted to get intimate with the art of theatre, a great start might be at Fells Point Corner Theatre's production of "Intimate Apparel." The 2004 work by Pulitzer Prize-winnin…
At least in a broad sense, the exact tone you might expect from "The Lights Went Out Because of a Problem" is perfectly broadcast via its cryptic title"deliberately indecipherable, inexplica…
As a newcomer to the area's theatre scene, I was at first thrown somewhat off guard walking into a church basement to see Artistic Synergy of Baltimore's version of "The Pirates of Penzance.…
