The world can be divided into two kinds of people: Those who love Shakespeare and those who would rather eat glass than sit through a production of "Hamlet." The good news is you don't have …
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" is arguably the most recognizable opening line in English literature. First published as a 31-part serial in 1859, Charles Dickens' "A T…
The hit musical "RENT" has deep roots. In 1988, American playwright Billy Aronson began writing a rock opera based on Giacoma Puccini's 1893 "La bohème." A year later, Aronson began collabo…
Familial relationships are complicated at their best and toxic at their worst. Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and television producer, Jon Robin Baitz, knows this. His storied caree…
"It's déjà vu all over again." The famous Yogi Berra quote could easily be a line from the 1993 blockbuster "Groundhog Day" starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell"or from someone watch…
In the summer of 1983, it was impossible to turn on HBO and not catch a scene from Universal Picture's "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds. The trailer …
"It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely." In "Anything Goes," lovestruck Billy Crocker sings those words to heiress Hope Harcourt aboard the S.S. America. Audiences, however, might …
Just in time for Mother's Day, the Colonial Players invite us to explore the miraculous and frightening topics of pregnancy and childbirth in "Bump," a play by New York-based playwright, scr…
In making small talk, we've all asked and been asked "So, what do you do?" In 1974, famed writer, historian, and radio personality, Louis "Studs" Terkel, turned the cocktail party chat into …
Who can resist a tale of love, greed, and carnivorous plants? For more than 40 years, the musical "The Little Shop of Horrors" has delighted audiences around the globe. The dark comedy, with…
Garth Williams was an American artist best known for his work on the Laura Ingalls Wilder "Little House of the Prairie" series, but did you know he authored one of the most controversial chi…
If a family member were accused of a crime, how far would you go to clear their name? The Colonial Players, an Annapolis-based company celebrating its 76th season, is asking. The question is…
The Colonial Players, Annapolis' premier theatre-in-the-round company, is keeping it real. Every show scheduled for their 76th season is based on a true story. First up? "Tiny Beautiful Thin…
Last call, Parrotheads! Pull that Hawaiian shirt from the back of the closet and set sail for Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre for the last weekend of "Jimmy Buffet's Escape to Margaritaville…
With the school year winding down, social media accounts are flooded with pictures of graduating seniors. It's impossible not to feel nostalgic about adolescent rites of passage: summer jobs…
"The Baker's Wife" has quite a pedigree. Inspired by the 1938 French film, "La femme du boulanger," and written by Tony Award-winning playwright Joseph Stein, with music and lyrics by Stephe…
"Little Women?" Yes, please! Who can resist Louisa May Alcott's story of the March sisters coming of age during the American Civil War. Upon its 1868 publication, the novel became an immedia…
First, you have to get over the icky name: Urinetown. Then, you have to get past the unpleasant setting: a public restroom. However, once you've accepted those two things, "Urinetown: The Mu…
With Christmas less than a month away, there's a good chance you've already heard the late crooner Bing Crosby belting out Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" on an all-holiday music radio sta…
Despite his own success on stage and in films, actor John Henry Redwood was frustrated with the lack of quality roles for Black actors. This frustration led him to playwriting, and now, twen…
TheColonial Players, Annapolis' oldest theater company, kicked off its 75th season with a much older play""Tartuffe" by famed 17th century French playwright, poet, and actor Moliére. When M…
The 1984 blockbuster film "Footloose" launched actor Kevin Bacon's career into super-stardom and gave us the catchy title song that became a number one hit for singer/songwriter Kenny Loggin…
Maryland playwright Bob Bartlett is fast making a name for himself in site-specific theatre. In 2018, he wrote the romantic and funny "The Accident Bear" and produced it in a laundromat. Dur…
Old and new come together in the hit musical comedy "Head Over Heels." With a plot adapted from Sir Phillip Sidney's 16th-century "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" and music and lyrics fr…
In 2023, everyone loves a musical. In 16th century London, not so much. "Something Rotten!" takes us to Renaissance England where Will Shakespeare reigns supreme as the rock star of Elizabet…