243 stories by "Tim Smith"
As Baltimore marks the first anniversary of the Freddie Gray riots, Center Stage presents a rewarding opportunity for people to examine the familiar issues " race, justice, family, poverty, …
The weighty chapter of American history that stretches from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to the struggles by his successor to push civil rights legislation through a recalc…
It has been 400 years since William Shakespeare "shuffled off this mortal coil" ("Hamlet"). We don't know if he had "immortal longings" ("Antony and Cleopatra") as he departed, but the world…
To mark its 15th season, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will stage its namesake's "Othello" for the first time, and add some musical theater for the first time with a production of "The Fant…
A plantation owner with the pop-culture-reference-loaded name Orry Main Scarlet looks out over his domain: "It's a beautiful day," he says, with great warmth of feeling. "A beautiful day to …
If your idea of a great Broadway show includes Las Vegas and cruise ship revues, "The Illusionists" should provide abundant satisfaction during its run at the Hippodrome Theatre. For some of…
At 85, Marjorie sometimes forgets to eat, or just doesn't bother " especially since even taking a spoonful of peanut butter means having to confront the type with "the oil slick at the top" …
In 1791, the year we ratified our Bill of Rights and Louis XVI tired to escape revolution-rattled France and Mozart died in Vienna, a sprawling comedy titled "Wild Oats" premiered in London.…
The Lyric Opera House has been galvanized by the voices of some extraordinary women during its 122-year history, starting with Nellie Melba on opening night and going on to include such lumi…
The message was loud, clear and irresistible: "Calling out around the world: Are you ready for a brand-new beat?" That opening line from the Martha and the Vandellas 1964 single "Dancing in …
The more distance we get from the appalling early days of the AIDS crisis, you might think that "The Normal Heart," Larry Kramer's tense play about that time and its seemingly unstoppable to…
"Motown the Musical," a hearty, hefty celebration of Berry Gordy and the downright revolutionary record label he built from scratch, reached Baltimore this week. From the sound of things ope…
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will honor the 100th anniversary of its namesake's birth during the 2016"2017 season, which will also see the arrival of three new "artisti…
The brooding Danish prince looks like Kurt Cobain, reads "Trainspotting" and clearly has issues in Cohesion Theatre Company's staging of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." That this grunge-evoking char…
It really isn't a spoiler to quote the last line of Stephen Sondheim's "Road Show," which is enjoying a rare and welcome revival at Signature Theatre: "Sooner or later we're bound to get it …
The ancient Greeks had an enviable knack for understanding human nature and, especially, human misjudgments, the kind that can set off wave after wave of tragedy. A multilayered case in poin…
On March 4, 1933, the day Franklin Delano Roosevelt took his first oath of office as president, his wife Eleanor wore a ring she had recently been given by journalist Lorena Hickok. A couple…
Now arriving at the B&O Railroad Museum: "Ghost Train," an opera about a mysterious, dangerous vision that rides the rails. British-born American composer Paul Crabtree intended this work to…
Paul Meecham, who became president and CEO of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra a decade ago after a period of high deficits and rocky morale, and quickly corrected its course, is stepping do…
No wonder all the cool people are in Arden, the forest at the heart of Shakespeare's "As You Like It." That's where you're free to be who you are and where you can find a helping hand, maybe…
Raina, the 30-ish single mother at the heart of Michael Hollinger's intriguing play "Under the Skin" receiving its Baltimore premiere at Everyman Theatre, finds herself struggling with an un…
You would have to be psycho to think you could re-create a classic Alfred Hitchcock movie on the stage with only four actors and a small bundle of props. Or you'd have to be English playwrig…
The Hippodrome Theatre's 2016-2017 musical-filled season promises a mix of fairy tale, fantasy, nostalgia and vintage pop culture. Three shows in the lineup are currently running on Broadway…
When "The Phantom of the Opera" last played the Hippodrome Theatre in 2010, audiences saw a much-traveled version that effectively re-created the original production of the enormously succes…
Nicholas Delaney, who was resident musician at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and also worked closely with Cohesion Theatre Company, died on Tuesday. He was 34. Cohesion Theatre founding…
