News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
It is not widely known that TV’s Columbo first originated as a character in the play “Prescription: Murder,” by William Link & Richard L. Levinson. The play never made it to Broadway – it was first performed at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco on January 2, 1962, and ran on tour for 25 weeks […]
Continue ReadingWith great delight, Shelagh Grasso, director of the upcoming production of Sense and Sensibility, has chosen an outstanding cast for an exciting adaptation of the Jane Austen classic. While still set in Regency England, her actors will zip around the stage on wheels and make split-second costume changes. A New York Times review called Kate […]
Continue ReadingThis Friday, November 4, 2022 Church Hill Theatre opens their production of The Outgoing Tide by Bruce Graham. The play, directed by Shelagh Grasso features three members of a family; Gunner, his wife Peg, and their adult son Jack. As a family, they are faced with a painful decision and must come to a final […]
Continue ReadingChurch Hill Theatre Auditions for Summertree by Ron Cowan October 27, 2022 – 6:00-8:30 PM October 29, 2022 – 12:00-2:00 PM It is 1967, a Young Man lies dreaming beneath an old backyard tree (or is it more perilous territory?) His dreams come to life shifting effortlessly from past to present as we see the […]
Continue ReadingChurch Hill Theatre’s production of Clybourne Park opened on September 9 and will run weekends through September 25, 2022. Although inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s classic A Raisin in the Sun, Clybourne Park is most definitely a play about NOW. It is a biting and sometimes funny punch in the gut that deserved and won both […]
Continue ReadingFrom modern cult comedy to the classically familiar to the pomp and pageantry of a beloved Disney classic, the Garfield Center’s exciting 2023 season will provide audiences with all the feels we expect from live theatre. The new season opens February 10, 2023, with Psycho Beach Party by Charles Busch. Performances will run weekends until […]
Continue ReadingThe Everett Theatre’s Centennial Anniversary Cabaret will present the best numbers from Broadway and Film from 1922 to 2022. Songs ranging from Showboat and The Jazz Singer from the 1920s through the golden age of Broadway including Oklahoma and Guys and Dolls, up to the present with Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, and Six will be […]
Continue ReadingStephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods will give its final three performances at Church Hill Theatre on June 24 to June 26 2022. Directed by Sylvia Maloney, the musical weaves several Grimm Brothers’ cautionary stories together—with unexpected consequences. The show opened with rave reviews on Broadway in 1987, has enjoyed many successful revivals, and reached a […]
Continue ReadingComedy and laughter is the theme for this year’s edition of the Garfield Center’s annual Short Attention Span Theatre. Presenting a diverse set of short plays ranging from the outrageous to the hilarious, this year’s SAST received over 350 script submissions from playwrights across the country and internationally. SAST opens for live performances starting June […]
Continue ReadingThe Church Hill Theatre proudly announces auditions for the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play Clybourne Park. – Michael C. Whitehill Director. This somewhat dark comedy explores human nature, inherent biases, unhealed pain of loss, and property as playwright Bruce Norris bookends the classic- A Raisin in the Sun with a before and after […]
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