Here's some advice: Go see "Titus Andronicus" at Redtwist Theatre. It's a shocking, energetic and muscular version of Shakespeare's earliest tragedy, filled with gore, excellent stage violen…
State analysts are recommending that the legislature cut the arts budget by 1.5% next year-- but maintain a controversial funding formula.
The Oscar-winning actor stars in the marital drama opposite Ian Barford and Robert Sean Leonard at the Goodman Theatre.
Stevie Walker-Webb Baltimore Center Stage artistic director
Jennifer Haley & Tech Wonders Animate Mystery, Dark Humor by Mary Lou Herlihy "Froggy" lifts the two-dimensional world of a dark graphic novel off the page and artfully installs it onsta…
Sadieh Rifai is a playwright to watch and this is a play worth seeing. A little trimming and shaping would make it better.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its n…
The local arts scene is reacting to President Donald Trump's efforts to redraw the national arts landscape during the first month of his second term " initiatives that, if successful, are li…
About 600 Maryland arts lovers will lobby state legislators Thursday to reject a plan they fear could wreak havoc on the state's arts ecosystem.
Elliot Esquivel plays Jeff, the graveyard-shift security officer at a drab New York apartment building. He's at the center of the action in this 2001 Kenneth Lonergan play about the difficul…
After 138 years, a lost opera by the Black American composer Edmond Dédé finally gets its world premiere " and a performance in College Park.
Valcq & Alley Shine Bright, Musical Light on Small Town USA by Mary Lou Herlihy Hope is the thing with feathers. "Emily Dickinson "The Spitfire Grill," set in the fictional town of Gilea…
The reopening of Lookingglass this winter with "Circus Quixote" is a joyful event, and comes after a lot of soul-searching.
Casino and gambling-themed theatrical plays have captivated audiences with their fascinating stories and bright settings. These performances dig into the enticing realm of risk, fortune, and…
"Fat Ham," a modern reimagining of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," won the Pulitzer Prize in 2022 and got nominated for five Tony Awards. It's set at a Southern cookout. Juicy, a young queer Black m…
Funding for arts education in Maryland public schools continues to be fraught with pitfalls, and the Blueprint for Maryland's Future education plan complicates it further.
David Foster, composer-producer-songwriter extraordinaire, never stops. "I am a workaholic," he confesses, "and I move around a lot." Foster and his wife, singer-actress Katharine McPhee, wi…
A new adaptation by Lauren Gunderson, premiering at Northlight Theatre, avoids the sentimental piety that mars some versions by using more language from Alcott's astonishing book.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Sara Billmann, Mary Roeder. Universities and museums are some of the last strongholds of festival circuits providing rare exposure to international and avant-garde artists.
"The Secret Garden" is healing: If you come into this show like Mary, cross and wounded, you may come out warm and blooming.
Haruki Murakami Explores the Dark Side of Curiosity by Mary Lou Herlihy "YOUR TIME IN THE READING ROOM HAS BEGUN" announces a cross-dressing maid/librarian (Chuck Lacson) with authority and …
Jocelyn Bioh Celebrates Harlem's African Women, Brilliantly by Mary Lou Herlihy & Barry David Horwitz Playwright Jocelyn Bioh dazzles us with intimate insights, fabulous hair, and a stun…
Dave Malloy's Haunting Song Cycle Shimmers by Mary Lou Herlihy "Ghost Quartet" is so haunting and curious, I want to share it with my musical friends. In a cozy living room setting, an array…
This is a moving and magical show, exploring the idea of human genius and transcendence.
This 2016 play by Rockford-born Nathan Alan Davis asks what justifies violence, a question that resonates with today's global struggles.