drama genre
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Bel Air High School's production of "Titanic, the Musical" one of the most successful in its history -
- As the female-centric 'Hunger Games' movie is set to premiere, star Jennifer Lawrence girds for fame in the role of the resourceful Katniss Everdeen
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- Aaron Sorkin's "The West Wing" notwithstanding, prime-time television has never gone as far into the deep end of the political pool as it is about to do this year. At least four Washington-centric shows are in the works or set to premiere, including Maryland-based "VEEP" and "House of Cards."
- A look behind a drug gang in which federal authorities have gotten more than 20 people to plead guilty, including the actress who played the ruthless killer Snoop on The Wire.
- Much of the Baltimore-born actor and author's book 'After Annie' hits close to home
- Hollywood's biggest fashion parade, the red carpet outside the Oscars, began heating up on Sunday afternoon ahead of the world's top film awards where silent movie "The Artist" is widely seen as the choice for best movie.
- Glenwood/Glenelg/Dayton: Colleen Hughes, a 2010 graduate of Glenelg High School, and currently a sophomore at St. Mary's College, knows too many people who are touched by cancer, and that is why she joined the American Cancer Society on a mission to save lives and create a world with more birthdays by participating in the Relay for Life in her community.
- Kirk McEwen wasn't nervous when he entered the radio booth at Oriole Park last Saturday. ... McEwen was one of 25 semifinalists who participated in an open competition on Feb. 11 to determine the new public address announcer for the Baltimore Orioles.
- Monthly film series showcasing the genius of Charlie Chaplin opens this weekend at Baltimore's Charles theater
- We run down the winners and losers from Tuesday morning's Oscar noms announcement
- No sitcom, drama or reality TV series drew more viewers last year
- Just as premium channels like HBO started making their own films in the 1980s to wrest control from the broadcast networks and Hollywood production companies, so are distributors like Hulu and Netflix trying to do to the cable industry today.
- Yesterday Gov. Martin O'Malley announced that "House of Cards" — a Washington-based TV series starring Kevin Spacey — will be filmed in Baltimore this spring, making it the third political drama to be produced in Maryland in less than a year.
- "House of Cards," a political thriller starring Kevin Spacey and directed by David Fincher, will be filmed in Baltimore starting this spring, it was confirmed Thursday by Gov. Martin O'Malley.
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- Barry Levinson's film about a bunch of guys hanging out in 1959 Baltimore may be 30, but its star-studded cast and long-lasting influence are timeless.
- Catonsville High football team not only school activity taking place on weekend
- North Laurel: Murray Hill Middle School marks 15 years with concert
- When Harford County school officials demanded that a scene involving homosexual romance be deleted from a school play students cried censorship and discrimination and contacted the ACLU.
- 'Once On This Island' gets a tuneful community revival
- 11-year-old Joppatowne resident Eden Wiggins appears in Friday's episode of "A Gifted Man"
- The unconditional love that explodes from the crowd during the opening number flows freely all evening long, organizers say, making "Jukebox" one of the school's most highly anticipated shows.
- Bay Theatre's season-opening production of Margaret Edson's "Wit" may be the most compelling to theater experience in the company's 10-year history.
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- Religious diversity: Personal experiences reveal that the great religions of the world have many important similarities
- If you're really serious about Baltimore's TV image, the Grand Prix is small change compared to "NBC Sunday Night Football," which arrives in Baltimore to cover the showdown tonight between the Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets.
- The 1968 football game between Baltimore's Morgan State and what was then Louisiana's Grambling College was a good one ¿ a nail-biter that went down to the wire. But the history and sociology of the event are what truly matter. And hats off to CBS Sports
- '1st & Goal in the Bronx' review: A deep film worth watching
- Winners, loser and the kind of TV experience Fox delivers
- Josh Charles is a very competitive guy. But he's feeling absolutely no pressure to win as he arrives for his first Emmy Awards telecast as a nominee Sunday.
- Baltimore's Centerstage gets a new director and a new direction as the fall theater season opens.
- The addition of HLN host Nancy Grace to the lineup of ABC's 2011 "Dancing with the Stars" is such an exquisite example of how calculating and exploitative prime-time network TV can be. This year's cast also includes Chaz Bono, David Arquette and Rob Kardashian.
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- If you want to see the finest new drama of the TV year, tune in BBC America at 10 p.m. Wednesday for the opener of "The Hour," a six-week series starring Dominic West, of "The Wire,
- U.S.S. Radford took four hours to sink, will become destination for Ocean City's charter fleet
- With Felicia "Snoop" Pearson's guilty plea Monday to conspiracy to sell heroin, it seems like a good time to catch up with what some of the other cast members of the Baltimore-based series are doing.
- Sundance winner brings on the heartbreaking emo love.
- As nominee for best supporting actor in a drama series, Josh Charles is now going head-to-head with the likes of Andre Braugher of TNT's "Men of a Certain Age" and John Slattery of AMC's "Mad Men" — pretty refined company. And he belongs there
- Maryland Shakespeare Festival picks up the tradition of classic summer stagings outdoors at Evergreen
