theater

• Entertainment

Seventh grade Baltimore teacher set to launch new theater company in Pigtown bar

Patrick J. Regal, who teaches seventh-grade English and language arts at Mount Royal Elementary/Middle School, launched a Kickstarter campaign to support Charm City Classics Company.

• Obituaries

Stephen R. Hayes, a professional actor and director whose career spanned more than 40 years, dies

Stephen R. Hayes, a professional actor and director, died June 16 of complications of Marfan syndrome at his Cockeysville, Maryland, home. He was 59.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 3, 2019

• Entertainment

'Hamilton' review: Baltimore performance shows why history will have its eyes on Miranda's musical for years to come

In the very best musicals, the show itself is the star. "Hamilton" is one of those musicals.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Jun 28, 2019

• Maryland

Build day for Howard County Summer Theatre's 'The Pajama Game' is a team effort

Two weeks before the opening of Howard County Summer Theater’s production of “The Pajama Game,” the backstage of Mt. Hebron High School was bustling.

By Katie V. Jones

Jun 28, 2019

• Maryland

In pursuit of love, money and laughter at Laurel Mill

Love and laughter are in the air at Laurel Mill Playhouse, where “Charley’s Aunt” brings lighthearted humor that has stood the test of time.

• Entertainment

Here comes 'Hamilton': What you need know about the musical coming to Baltimore that took over the world

In keeping with “Hamilton’s” revolutionary spirit, below are the answers to 17.76 questions that will tell you everything you need to know about the musical.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Jun 21, 2019

• Entertainment

André De Shields drew inspiration from Baltimore on his journey from City College graduate to Tony winner

When Baltimore native and Baltimore City College graduate, André De Shields won a Tony award on Sunday he shouted out his hometown from the stage.

By Oyin Adedoyin

Jun 11, 2019

• Entertainment

Five things to know about first-time Tony Award winner André De Shields of Baltimore

Five things to know about André De Shields, Tony Award winner for best featured actor in a musical for his role as Hermes in “Hadestown.”

• Entertainment

Andre De Shields wins first Tony Award at 73, shouts out Baltimore hometown in acceptance speech

Andre De Shields won a Tony award for best featured actor in a musical for his role as Hermes in "Hadestown."

By Phil Davis

Jun 9, 2019

• Maryland

2nd Star Production's 'Gypsy' turns it on and takes it off

Bowie-based 2nd Star Productions’ current run of “Gypsy” offers a delightful trip down memory lane for fans of American musical theater.

• Maryland

Bel Air High principal reminds graduates, departing assistant 'once a Bobcat, always a Bobcat'

The class of more than 360 students graduated from Bel Air High School May 30.

By David Anderson

Jun 4, 2019

• Obituaries

Harry G. 'Gordon' Porterfield, a Baltimore teacher, actor, playwright, poet and novelist, dies

Harry G. Porterfield, who taught in Baltimore public schools and wrote plays, died May 17 from cancer at his Hamilton home. He was 82.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 2, 2019

• Obituaries

Stephen L. Levinson, real estate manager, restaurateur, dies

Stephen L. Levinson was the owner of the Café des Artistes alongside the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in downtown Baltimore.

By Chris Kaltenbach

May 26, 2019

• Entertainment

Everyman Theatre productions let you make the trip from Queens to Nigeria in 2 plays

For much of her life, Caleen Sinnette Jennings couldn’t find a community to which she belonged. Two of her plays about that experience are at Everyman Theatre.

By Mary Carole McCauley

May 17, 2019

• Entertainment

Fans line up, camp outside Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre for 'Hamilton'

Several people camped overnight and took shifts in line to make sure they'd be inside when America's biggest musical hits the Hippodrome stage.

By Sameer Rao

May 9, 2019

• Maryland

'The 39 Steps' spoofs Hitchcock in dazzling, dizzying style at Rep Stage in Howard County

Rep Stage’s 26th season at the Horowitz Center for the Arts is closing with a madcap bang in the current run of Patrick Barlow’s “The 39 Steps,” a raucous family-friendly farce calling to film noir buffs and anyone in love with the magic of theater.

• Entertainment

BSO musicians bring 'Peter and the Wolf' to Enoch Pratt Free Library in Highlandtown

Members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will head to the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Southeast Anchor Branch in Highlandtown to perform Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf,” a classic among pieces written specifically for children.

• Entertainment

Everyman Theatre announces 2019-20 season and new festival with focus on women

Everyman Theatre will be opening a second stage and expanding its offerings from five to eight shows. The upstairs theater will host the New Voices Festival — and each of the three playwrights to be featured during the inaugural season is female.

By Mary Carole McCauley

May 3, 2019

• Maryland

Good Jekyll, bad Hyde, great show at Laurel Mill Playhouse

Laurel Mill Playhouse is ushering in spring with a winning production of “Jekyll & Hyde,” a musical horror-drama loosely based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novella that has thrilled readers since “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” sprang to life in the late 19th century.

• Maryland

Columbia Pro Cantare, guests mine the 'Great American Songbook'

It is safe to assume that most of the audience will be able to name that tune during the Columbia Pro Cantare’s “Salute to George Gershwin and Jerome Kern” on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Jim Rouse Theatre.

• Entertainment

Baltimore native Andre De Shields nominated for third Tony Award

Baltimore-born actor Andre De Shields was nominated Tuesday for his third Tony Award for his performance of the Greek god Hermes in the musical, "Hadestown"

By Mary Carole McCauley

May 1, 2019

• Maryland

After 56 shows and a near-death experience, Toby's Dinner Theatre actor knows he's born to perform

Settle in at Toby’s Dinner Theatre and you can count on these staples: the spinach phunque, the sundae bar and a performance by an ageless character actor named Robert Biedermann.

By Mike Klingaman

May 1, 2019

• Entertainment

How Chesapeake Shakespeare Company creates intimacy on the stage in the #metoo era

In the era of #MeToo, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company has hired its first "intimacy choreographer" to ensure that an innocent kiss in the upcoming production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" stays that way.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Apr 25, 2019

• Maryland

Night of Arts at Carroll Community College to feature demonstrations, instruction, 'Guys and Dolls'

On April 26, Carroll Community College will host its first Art Open House which includes hands-on demonstrations, artist talks in the gallery and a performance of "Guys and Dolls."

• Maryland

'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' stands tall at Toby's Dinner Theatre

“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” runs through May 19 at Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia.

• Baltimore's Best

Baltimore's Best activities and arts groups

The Baltimore Sun’s readers and staff scoured the region for the best activities and entertainment, from art galleries to wedding venues. Here’s who came out on top in 2019.

• Opinion

On ode to Baltimore's Alamedean Light Opera Company

Despite its classy sounding name, the Alamedean Light Opera Company in Baltimore was little more than an amateur theater group. Composed mostly of wannabe opera singers, some with damn fine voices, the company produced standard fare operettas at the old Poly high school in the '40s and '50s.

• Entertainment

BSO and Morgan State Choir production of ‘Porgy and Bess’ returns to showcase artistic expertise and local pride

The upcoming production of “Porgy and Bess” by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Morgan State University Choir is back by popular demand.

• Maryland

'Scotland Road' finds Titanic tale in compelling, murky waters

“Scotland Road” runs for two more performances, April 12 and 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the APL Parsons Auditorium, JHUAPL, 1110 Johns Hopkins Road.

• Entertainment

Peabody's first 'sensory friendly concert' shows how arts venues make space for people on the autism spectrum

This is a concert that is open to the public and that will mix performers with autism with performers without it. The audience also will include folks with autism who might jump up and down in front of the stage, or actually climb the stage and put their hands on a cello.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Apr 11, 2019

• Maryland

Schools participate in state Thespian Festival

Schools participate in state Thespian Festival

• Maryland

It's never too late for some Towson residents to tackle 'Mamma Mia'

A group of Towson residents performed in a stage production of "Mamma Mia," although some hadn't been on stage for many years.

• Opinion

'Fosse/Verdon' on FX: Looking back at a celebrated show biz marriage through a #MeToo lens

"Fosse/Verdon" on FX will appeal even to those who aren't interested in Broadway.

By David Zurawik

Apr 9, 2019

• Obituaries

Rosemary Knower, stage actress known for her strong character roles, dies

Rosemary Knower, an actress who played roles from Lady Macbeth to a schoolteacher in John Waters’ “Hairspray,” died of a stroke Wednesday at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pa. The former North Baltimore resident was 76.

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 30, 2019

• Entertainment

Peabody musicians highlight human migration at D.C.’s Direct Current festival

Musicians from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University head to Washington, D.C. this weekend to take part in Direct Current, the Kennedy Center’s two-week festival of contemporary and interdisciplinary performance.

• Maryland

A big reveal in 'Calendar Girls'

Theater review of Laurel Mill Playhouse's production of "Calendar Girls" playing through April 7.

• Maryland

A community effort brings 'Newsies' to life at Reservoir High

Reservoir High's production of "Newsies" will be performed March 29, 30 and 31 and April 5 and 6.

By Katie V. Jones

Mar 28, 2019

• Maryland

School stages come alive with spring musical theater

West Friendship neighborhood column

• Maryland

Howard County Arts Council will host its Celebration of the Arts this weekend

The Howard County Arts Council will host the 22nd annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday.

• Entertainment

The Baltimore Everyman Theatre's upside-down, inside-out, topsy-turvy world of weird stage food

Inside the Everyman Theatre's production of "Dinner With Friends," we look at what goes into creating stage food, which should look like the real thing, be minimally edible and — with luck — not stink.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Mar 15, 2019

• Entertainment

Taye Diggs to direct Baltimore Center Stage play this fall

"Empire" star Taye Diggs will direct a show at Center Stage this fall.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Mar 15, 2019

• Maryland

Cole Porter classics keep 'Anything Goes' afloat

Review of Silhouette Stages production of "Anything Goes" playing through March 24.

• Maryland

That's entertainment: Laurel in the spotlight

More tidbits about Laurel's appearance in Hollywood

• Maryland

In 'Twilight,' Rodney King riots still resonate

Review of Rep Stage's production of "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" playing through March 16.

• Obituaries

C. Herbert Wineholt Jr., syrup company executive, dies

C. Herbert Wineholt Jr., a retired Mangels-Herrold Co. executive who was a lifelong patron of the arts, died Feb. 14 from heart failure at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center at age 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 6, 2019

• Maryland

This 'Sweeney Todd' slices acting to focus on music

Heritage Players presents a concert version of "Sweeney Todd' featuring members of Columbia Orchestra on March 8, 9 and 10.

By Katie V. Jones

Mar 6, 2019

• Maryland

Howard County's arts scene

One area Howard County can certainly boast about is its vibrant arts scene, with an abundance of choices that include theater, music and dance companies, as well as free outdoor concerts at downtown Columbia’s Lakefront on Lake Kittamaqundi, Centennial Park and Columbia’s village centers.

• From the Community:

Reactions to the 91st Academy Awards including Berg and Harberts

The 91st Academy Awards faced a far amount of drama before it even aired. For the first time in 30 years, the awards went without a host. The controversy began with the resurfacing of some of Kevin Hart's old tweets that were deemed homophobic. ABC was hoping that the controversy would help raise viewership because of the drama but instead people had a visceral reaction and called for a boycott. ABC then decided to air the Oscars without a host, which was a surprising move but was actually well received. Most industry insiders thought that a hostless Awards show would ...

• Maryland

Trio of Howard County students flex creative muscles as regional winners in Poetry Out Loud competition

Three Howard County students will compete in the state finals of Poetry Out Loud from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 2, in the Meyerhoff Auditorium at the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore.

• Obituaries

Mark Bramble, co-librettist of '42nd Street' stage musical, dies

Mark Bramble, a McDonough School graduate who went on to Broadway and London theater, won three Tony Awards.

By Jacques Kelly

Feb 22, 2019