broadway theater

• Opinion

'Everyone's a little bit racist'

The FBI director has challenged Americans to face up to some 'hard truths' about police in minority communities

• Harford

Now playing, 'Altar Boyz' takes the stage in Havre de Grace

Tidewater Players, the community theatre of Havre de Grace, brightens the mid-winter mindset with its production of "Altar Boyz." The one-act musical comedy, a spoof of boy bands, stars five young lads—Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan… and Abraham.

• Howard County

Broadway musical 'Aida!' hits Centennial stage [Ellicott City]

For the first time on a Howard County high school stage, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "Aida!" will be performed by the Centennial High School's theater department

• Baltimore City Paper

Craig Ferguson talks about leaving 'The Late Late Show,' why he won't be singing, and more before his Sunday show at the Meyerhoff

• Laurel Leader

Laurel senior centers offer Black History Month and Valentine's Day events

Laurel's senior centers are offering variety of events in February.

• Musical Theater

John O'Hurley to head cast of 'Chicago' at the Hippodrome in March

Touring production of "Chicago" will feature John O'Hurley of "Seinfeld" and "Dancing with the Stars" fame at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre in March.

• Baltimore City Paper

Jason Alexander talks theater, his hairpiece, and poker ahead of his performances with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

• Maryland

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Leister

Ed and Becky Leister, of Westminster, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

• Musical Theater

New edition of hit musical 'Newsies' heads to the Hippodrome

After closing on Broadway, the musical based on 1992 Disney film ¿Newsies¿ has embarked on a national tour with a new cast and a new song. The show reaches Baltimore this week.

• Movies

Colorful productions ahead for the holidays

You can return to Bedford Falls this season via a "live radio play" at Center Stage.

• Anne Arundel

Compass Rose prances on stage with a stellar version of 'Cats'

• Howard County

'Big River' flows agreeably at Slayton House Theater

Life along the Mississippi River in the mid-19th century is revisited in "Big River." This 1985 Broadway musical, whose seven Tony Awards included Best Musical, agreeably flows along in the Silhouette Stage's production at Slayton House Theater.

• Maryland

Century presenting 'Little Women'

Opening Knights drama club presenting 'Little Women' at Century High School

• Broadway Theater

Christina Bianco, diva impressionist, shares her favorite videos

Bianco performs as part of the BSO's Broadway Standing Ovations show Oct. 10-12

• Broadway Theater

Local talent returns for Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts gala

Glenelg High graduate Caroline Bowman is starring as Eva Peron in "Evita" at the Kennedy Center. She and other local artists who launched from Columbia are venturing back to town for "Bringing Broadway to Columbia," a Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts benefit at Toby's Dinner Theater Oct. 13. The show, staged every couple years, is a large-scale, variety program that brings theater and musical performers together at the place where many of them got their start.

• Howard County

A joyous, high-spirited journey to 'Memphis' at Toby's

Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia has always been a regional treasure for theatergoers, but the current production of "Memphis: The Musical" proves that no smash hit is too big for Toby's to produce with pizazz..

• Food & Drink

Perry Farrell's big ideas for 'immersive entertainment'

This year in particular should be a time of reflection for Perry Farrell, and yet the lead singer of Jane's Addiction can only seem to think ahead.

By Wesley Case

Sep 24, 2014

• Anne Arundel

Anne Arundel alumni shine in 'Memphis: The Musical'

Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia has always been a regional resource for theatergoers, but the current production of "Memphis: The Musical" has a particular tie to our county with a trio of Anne Arundel Community College alumni offering stellar performances.

• Baltimore City Paper

Best Down-and-Going Neighborhood

• Howard County

Red Branch Theatre pays tribute to father of modern American musical

Stephen Sondheim's lengthy career as the composer of Broadway musicals gets sampled in the musical revue "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow," which you'll have the opportunity to love from Sept. 19 to 21 at Red Branch Theatre Company.

• Musical Theater

Tony-winner 'Once' to open Hippodrome season

Hit indie film 'Once' inspires a hit stage musical, which is coming to the Hippodrome in Baltimore.

• Baltimore City Paper

Drama Drama

• Obituaries

Val Jean Slowinski, professor

Val Jean Slowinski, a retired Towson University professor who had been active in Cockpit in Court Theater in Essex for more than two decades, died Wednesday at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin of a stroke. She was 78.

• TV

'So You Think You Can Dance' recap, Final Four perform

A recap of the Aug. 27 episode of "So You Think You Can Dance," as the Final Four perform

• Broadway Theater

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1963 [Videos]

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1963 [Videos]

• Howard County

Posture, breathing techniques among noteworthy lessons at Howard vocal camp

Youngsters at the summer Vocal Camp in Howard County are learning the importance of bending their knees when they sing, lest they get dizzy, turn queasy and pass out.

• Opinion

Wendell Pierce on 'Ray Donovan,' Jon Voight and his 'personal trifecta'

There was Wendell Pierce last Sunday night, sitting at a bar, pounding down drink after drink and getting kind of emotional as he talked about how messed up things had gotten in his life.

• Anne Arundel

Anne Arundel County Digest

Anne Arundel County Briefs

• Howard County

Swash is comically buckled in Toby's 'Pirates of Penzance' [Review]

Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" was originally staged in 1879, but its melodious score and satirical spirit make it seem fresh today. That's why this Victorian-era British operetta works so well at Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia, where contemporary Broadway musicals are the norm.

• Howard County

For teen actors, Astin remains the father of comedy for 'The Addams Family'

Fifty years after "The Addams Family" debuted on TV in black and white, John Astin still has that wild gleam in his eye and the same marvelous voice with its mischievous undertones.

• Anne Arundel

Anne Arundel County Digest

Anne Arundel County Briefs

• Howard County

Ellicott City

Ellicott City briefs

• Maryland

Shia LaBeouf, 'not famous' but still in headlines

NEW YORK (AP) ¿ Who can forget the time he put a paper bag on his head that read "I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE"? Or when he was forced to apologize for plagiarizing parts of his short film? He then promised to retire from public life.

• Harford

Havre de Grace opera house has intriguing past, hopeful future

They say it ain't over until the fat lady sings, and the colorful life of the Havre de Grace Opera House is clearly far from over.

• Howard County

Ellicott City

Ellicott City briefs

• Broadway Theater

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1969 [Videos]

In early summer 1969, Judy Garland died, the Stonewall Riots marked the beginning of the modern gay rights movement and we were a month away from setting foot on the moon. And these were the tracks everyone was listening to, via Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.

• Musical Theater

Sasha Allen, John Rubinstein signed for 'Pippin' tour that will play Baltimore

Sasha Allen, finalist on 'The Voice,' and Tony-winning John Rubinstein will be in touring production of Broadway musical 'Pippin' that plays Baltimore in 2015.

• Howard County

Howard County Summer Theater stages 'Les Miz' [Ellicott City]

Thanks to the leadership of Howard County Summer Theater, who acquired one of the first community theater rights in the country to stage a full-length Broadway version of the show, "Les Miz" as its commonly known, will open on the Mt. Hebron High School stage

• Anne Arundel

Infinity takes memorable journey down Hank Williams' 'Lost Highway'

Infinity Theatre Company opened its fifth season this month in Annapolis with "Hank Williams: Lost Highway," another professional production solidifying the company's reputation as the summer destination of savvy fans seeking the best in local musical theater.

• Baltimore City Paper

Film and TV Tour

• Baltimore City Paper

SUMMER STAGE

• Baltimore City Paper

Book Review: The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

• Baltimore City Paper

What's good this weekend?: The Dismemberment Plan, "Twelfth Night," Farmers' Market

• Musical Theater

'Sister Act' brings nuns and disco together

"Sister Act" opens June 4 and runs through June 15 at the Hippodrome, 12 N. Eutaw St.

• Anne Arundel

Annapolis Summer Garden's 49th season starts on '42nd Street'

For many people, summer arrives in Annapolis at the opening of Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre — which usually coincides with the U.S. Naval Academy commissioning week. That tradition continued last week, as the troupe debuted its 49th season under the stars by celebrating the quintessential American art form of the Broadway musical, with "42nd Street."

• Anne Arundel

Anne Arundel County Digest

Anne Arundel County Briefs

• Baltimore City

A veteran vocal presence at Memorial Day ceremonies

Alan Walden, the former WBAL radio anchor, has been emceeing the Memorial Day event at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens for 25 years and is a huge supporter of the military. He lives in Cross Keys.

• Howard County

Ellicott City native in 'Smokey Joe's Cafe' at Arena Stage

Dressed in skinny jeans, flats, a white shirt and still wearing her stage makeup, the petite Ashley Blair Fitzgerald sits cross-legged in a small conference room after her matinee performance in "Smokey Joe's Cafe" at Arena Stage in Washington.

• Howard County

'The Fantasticks' -- time-tested and still sweet

The Fantasticks" is a musical that has a fantastic history. This boy-meets-girl musical first opened in New York City in 1960 and had a 42-year-long off-Broadway run. A revival opened in New York in 2006 and is still running. By way of its ongoing vitality on a local level, the show currently is being given an enjoyable Rep Stage production.

• Anne Arundel

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