71 stories by "Timoth David Copney"
"HAIR" stands as perhaps the most iconic musical of the 1960s"the first Broadway production to truly capture the nation's political and generational unrest. Premiering in 1967 on the heels o…
Every region has its own local holiday traditions. Around these parts, one of the most anticipated events is the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's annual "Holiday Spectacular." For lots of Balt…
The Charm City Ballet is a relative newcomer on the dance scene around these parts, but don't let their short history mislead you into thinking that their steps are tentative or unpolished. …
The Engineers Club in Baltimore's Mt. Vernon Square is one of the most beautiful, small performance halls I've ever seen, and how wonderfully appropriate that Opera Baltimore is housed there…
There has been a real shift in the panoply of the American musical, where shows eschew the usual formulas and displays and cater to a darker, meaner, leaner version. It can be argued that ev…
Alanis Morrissette's "Jagged Little Pill" stomped onto the stage at Baltimore's Hippodrome this week with all the swagger and strength of the musical juggernaut of the album that formed the …
Bemoaning the fact that I haven't been able to travel anywhere fun, I requested to cover the opening of a play at Baltimore's renowned professional theatre, Baltimore Center Stage. Little di…
There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who can dance, and those who wish they could. At least, that's the way it seems to most of us showbiz types. The Broadway musical "A Chorus …
Artistic Synergy of Baltimore (ASoB) is the quintessential "Little Theatre That Can" with a combination of sheer chutzpah and a tireless sense of spirit, willing to take on challenges but st…
Way back last spring when I found out that André De Shields was going to perform with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, my little heart starting going pitty pat. There are only a handful of…
All too frequently, one of Baltimore's best little theatres flies under the radar of the viewing audiences. This is a shame because Arena Players is now in its 68th year and celebrating the …
Gather a bunch of Black theater makers together and chances are that a majority of them will have had some association with "Dreamgirls." After watching the current iteration currently runni…
As far as I knew, noted composer Gian Carlo Menotti only wrote one short opera, namely "Amahl and the Night Visitor." What a delightful surprise to find that I was, once again, mistaken. It …
This worldwide pandemic has served as a reminder to us all that we need to appreciate things while we have them, no matter how fleeting. And on a chilly spring evening this week, one of the …
I have heard about the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Holiday Spectacular Concerts for years, so when I was asked to review this year's, I was beyond excited. So often we build up expect…
a giggle-fest from the get-go
Fells Point Corner Theatre (FPTC) has made a name for itself by presenting works that push the needle ever further, frequently straddling that line between excellent theatre and thought-prov…
One of the frothiest confections to ever drift across these parts has landed at Glyndon Area Players in the form of their offering this summer, "Mary Poppins."Â A huge, sprawling, spectac…
I am kind of a fan of most of juke box musicals. How's that for a non-committal opening line? Seriously, I like some of them, like Mama Mia, featuring the songs of ABBA, or Rock of A…
"Disaster, the Musical!" is anything but in its current incarnation at Cockpit-In-Court. Whatever the opposite of disaster is by definition, this is it. Cockpit has kicked off their 2019…
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington DC (GMCW) threw a party that was thinly disguised as a concert last Sunday. The show was titled, "Stonewall 50" and was a commemoration of the 50th anniver…
I look forward to every production I am privileged to see at Dundalk Community Theatre (DCT). Even the ones that are not my musical cup of tea are so well done that they usually change my mi…
Center Stage, Baltimore's preeminent professional theatre, has never shied away from controversial pieces. How delicious that the current production of Paula Vogel's "Indecent" is all ab…
When the indomitable and fearless Mike Zellhoffer, Executive Director of Third Wall Productions (TWP), first told me he wanted to mount a production of “Newsies,” (music by Alan …
Spotlighters Theatre is going slightly off-book this year by offering a non-traditional holiday offering. Leave it to one of the most venerable artistic institutions in the city to do…
