243 stories by "Tim Smith"
There was something wonderfully reassuring about Renée Fleming's recital Monday night at the Kennedy Center.
Starring in 'King Hedley II' at Arena Stage through March 8Starring in 'King Hedley II' at Arena Stage through March 8
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid," the mega-selling series of illustrated books by Maryland-born cartoonist and author Jeff Kinney, debuted in 2004 and has inspired a popular Web version and three movi…
Oscar Wilde might have said, as he did about books, that operas are "well-written, or badly written -- that is all." And he probably would have considered "Oscar," now receiving its East Coa…
As she will be the first to remind you, Mama Nadi is "running a business, not a mission." She only takes on new mouths to feed when they can help contribute to the income of her establishmen…
Call it "One Winter in Baltimore."
Opera version of Austen novel has score by Jonathan DoveOpera version of Austen novel has score by Jonathan Dove
The Kennedy Center has poured a lot of resources into a perfectly pleasant, not entirely satisfying production of the Lerner and Loewe musical "Gigi." Next stop is Broadway. It may need an e…
During a quick visit to the Kennedy Center Saturday night, I got to hear a new opera and an under-appreciated symphony by Tchaikovsky. Two hours well spent, I'd say.
The national touring production of the hit musical "Chicago" heading to the Hippodrome Theatre in March will feature John O'Hurley -- a.k.a. J. Peterman on "Seinfeld" -- as the sneaky lawyer…
Those perky missionaries in their white shirts and black ties will return to Baltimore to spread humor, or offense, once again.
There's nothing like a little orphan to combat a Depression.
Before a word is spoken, the Center Stage production of "One Night in Miami," Kemp Powers' play about the aftermath of Cassius Clay's world heavyweight boxing victory on Feb. 25, 1964, deliv…
Awash in allusions to "Moby Dick" and the biblical story of Jonah, Samuel D. Hunter's startling play "The Whale" focuses on the kind of person you don't expect to see onstage, except, perhap…
With a flourish of the surreal, the steamy and the slightly scary, playwright Jose Rivera creates a distinctive, colorful world in "References to Salvador Dali make Me Hot." That world is co…
Theater premiers stage version of soap opera parodyTheater premiers stage version of soap opera parody
The Shakespeare Theatre Association, with an international membership of more than 100 companies, will hold its annual conference in Baltimore early January 2017. Chesapeake Shakespeare Comp…
After the better part of six decades, the Baltimore Opera Company slipped into bankruptcy in 2009, done in by a combination of dwindling financial resources, questionable management, an unha…
Ah, Christmastime, when the nippy air is filled with heartwarming thoughts of family, friends and cold-blooded murder.
It was just a group of young Baltimore guys talking about nothing " and everything " during the twilight of the 1950s, when so much was about to change. How they expressed their schemes and …
In 1842, Barnum's City Hotel, at the corner of Calvert and Fayette streets, welcomed Charles Dickens, who promptly proclaimed the hostelry among the finest he had sampled.
Dings soitanly was rough for da boys who hadda sell papes on da streets o' New Yawk in 1899 to earn a pidaful livin'. No wonda dey wennon strike when da big publishas raised da cost da newsi…
Way back in the day, before big-city newspapers had to contend with newfangled concerns like online readership, they focused solely on what they could cram into print and put into human hand…
The holidays wouldn't be holidays without nostalgia. Center Stage lays it on thickly and quite endearingly with "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play."
The Bard is enjoying a big boost in Baltimore this season.
