243 stories by "Tim Smith"
At a time when the national conversation is brimming with talk of barriers " persistent racial, social and economic divides; loud proposals for walled-in borders " August Wilson's "Fences" i…
Last month, Facebook and the Twittersphere lit up with stinging comments aimed at the Manhattan Theater Club, which had scheduled a season for its New York audiences consisting of seven play…
J. B. Priestley's multi-layered play "An Inspector Calls" held up a mirror to post-World War II society in Britain. Everyman Theatre's taut revival holds up a mirror to us.
Some people may find it difficult to remember how hideously the AIDS crisis struck in the early 1980s, how fearful and hopeless it felt. All the prejudice, all those urban myths, all that go…
If you are concerned about encroaching bilingualism (and why shouldn't we all just speak "American"?), or if you just wish you could "make the world a better place for the right people," hea…
When Rep Stage decided to devote the entire 2015-2016 season to works by contemporary female playwrights, the company's co-producing artistic director, Suzanne Beal, sought to make a stateme…
Of all the gin joints in the world...
Baltimore's 2015-2016 theater scene will be missing a player. With a freshly appointed administrative team, Iron Crow Theatre plans to spend the next season beefing up the ensemble and expan…
Baltimore-born and -raised playwright Mai Sennaar is gearing up for a significant new step in her blossoming career. The world premiere of Sennaar's ambitious drama "The Fall of the Kings" w…
The Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric, which recently issued a save-the-date teaser for Lyric Opera Baltimore's 2015-2016 season, has filled in the details.
There is nothing like a non-linear, non-narrative, non-anything-conventional play to stir up the senses - as long as it's produced intelligently and sensitively. That's what Cohesion Theatre…
City theater companies to offer readings of dozens of new plays by female writers
"Marley," the bio-musical about reggae icon Bob Marley written and directed by Center Stage artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah, may not have generated universally upbeat reviews, but it had …
Last week, an idealistic young man went on an eventful, musically vivid journey on a Baltimore stage. This week, another idealistic young man is about to do the same.
Donald Hicken, director of the theater department at the Baltimore School for the Arts and a stage director much admired for his work locally with Center Stage and Everyman Theatre, has been…
Billie Dawn is among the most unforgettable characters of mid-century American theater - "breathtakingly beautiful and breathtakingly stupid," in the words of Garson Kanin, who made her the …
Local opera fans have been waiting quite a while now to learn whether there will be another Lyric Opera Baltimore season -- the company's one and only production for 2014-2015 was back in No…
Billie Dawn is among the most unforgettable characters of mid-century American theater " "breathtakingly beautiful and breathtakingly stupid," in the words of Garson Kanin, who made her the …
You could say the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra saved the best for last this season. Sure, there were all those notable concerts of Mozart, Mahler, Shostakovich and the usual suspects. But th…
When the Blitz descended on London during World War II, Noel Coward decided to forgo writing until the conflict was over.
Problematic musical gets streamlined treatment
Once was bad enough. But twice? After canceling a Baltimore Symphony pops engagement this year due to "scheduling conflicts," Mandy Patinkin has bailed again for the same reason.
Operas have dealt with difficult, painful subjects for a long time, but perhaps not quite as difficult or painful as the topic of Frances Pollock's "Stinney."
Once upon a time, puppets seemed so innocent and childlike, just sweet, caring extensions of the people manipulating their cuddly torsos and wide-mouthed faces. And then along came "Avenue Q…
For the second time in two years, the stage version of a hit, dance-centric movie from the 1980s has lumbered into Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre. For the second time, the result has not exa…
