73 stories by "Liz Ruth-Brinegar"
What’s a liberal, "open-minded" parent to do if your child chooses to believe in ideologies that you find conservatively close-minded? This is the fascinating question posed by "Oblivi…
I loved watching Mary Martin in the "Peter Pan" musical as a child. In the early days of VCR, this was one of my favorites to watch and re-watch, so what fun to see it performed live by Char…
"Broken Glass," now playing at Theater J, is a virtually unknown 1994 play by Arthur Miller " the Arthur Miller of "The Crucible" and "Death of a Salesman" fame " but with the powerful prese…
The very first musical that I saw as a child was Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," performed in a church basement by their youth group with simple s…
When I saw the listing for a musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic children’s novel "Little Women" produced by Third Wall Productions, I knew I had to see it. As a ch…
If you are looking for an intriguing theatre piece that leaves you pondering its meaning long after the play is over, look no further than "A Bright New Boise," now playing at Silver Spring …
“Poignant, powerful, and at times perturbing was the deeply moving staged reading of "Stories from the Fringe: Women Rabbis, Revealed!" presented by the Gordon Center for Performing Ar…
Phenomenal music, singing, and acting make up the top-notch production of "Ragtime" now playing at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., which I attended on March 15, 2017. The powerful …
The play is called "Lucky Stiff" and I felt like a lucky woman to be able to attend this excellent production of the very funny and tuneful Lynn Ahrens/Stephen Flaherty musical put on by Sil…
It’s-a Mario! And Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, Bowser, and King Boo, battling not each other but an existential crisis of Mushroom Kingdom-threatening proportions in this clever and …
Ballet Theatre of Maryland presented their world premiere of Artistic Director Dianna Cuatto’s original interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale "The Little Mermaid" on F…
Since 1924, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has been proud to lead the nation in offering educational children’s concerts and with their latest Midweek Education Concert titled "Heroe…
A fresh, feminist take on Cinderella that’s not preachy and that manages to keep the light tone and charm of a fairy tale? "Ella Enchanted," directed by Mary Hall Surface at Adventure …
Violent murders, complex characters, and fearsome pirates " in a children’s play? Yes! And, not exactly. I had the delight to attend "Treasure Island" on Friday, January 27, 2017, dire…
No matter what your personal feelings were on Inauguration Day, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the baton of guest conductor Johannes Debus demonstrated that the world keeps turning "…
The true story of one woman’s quest to find meaning in both her life and the universe plays out with humor and tenderness in the production of "Silent Sky,"directed by Bill Hurlbut,…
Phenomenal a cappella barbershop singing, hilarious parodies of Christmas carols, and scathing jabs at Donald Trump are all featured in The Kinsey Sicks’ sharp, clever, funny, an…
Whether you were feeling already in the Christmas spirit or if you needed your spirits brightened, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s rendition of "Movie and Music: It’s a Wonder…
December brings us a smorgasbord of Nutcracker interpretations, but none more unique than this world premiere of "Swingin’ Nutcracker àla Ellington featuring Step Afrika!" commissi…
When the curtain rose at Lincoln Theatre on the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC, I couldn’t help but get a little choked up at the powerful visual of history, pride, courage, …
How could an adventurous story about four children, a faun, a beaver, a witch, a lion, an epic battle, and a magical land called Narnia be told with only two actors on a tiny stage? That was…
"A lot of things that look dead is just bidin’ their time." So says Dickon in "The Secret Garden," now playing through Dec. 31, 2016 at Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Sidney Harma…
"A person’s a person, no matter how small," is the theme that runs through the delightful production of "Seussical" now playing at the Children’s Theatre of Annapolis, directed b…
