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15 theater shows to see in Baltimore in October

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Cassandra Miller
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Derrick Davis and Eva Tavares in “Phantom of the Opera.” Photo by Matthew Murphy.

Baltimore theater offerings this month includes a handful of horror stories, world premieres and popular musicals, such as a rare extended run of “Phantom of the Opera” at the Hippodrome. The weekend of Oct. 11-13 is the last and only chance to see four intriguing productions, including Deer in the Spotlight’s annual production of “Evil Dead: The Musical.” Eleven more shows open this month in the city, including originals, classic plays and more.

To be included in monthly Baltimore theater features, email writer Cassandra Miller at [email protected] with show information.

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36 theater shows to see in Baltimore in May

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Cassandra Miller
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Dawn Ursula, who plays Jacqueline Marie Butler in “Queens Girl in the World” and “Queens Girl in Africa.” Courtesy: Everyman Theatre.

Baltimore is a theater town, which is never more evident than in the Lusty Month of May, when many companies are presenting their season finales or sole productions. This month, audiences in Baltimore and its closes suburbs have a chance to see 36 different productions (56 if you break out the 22 short plays in two different local playwright festivals). Expanding the theater radius just 10 or 15 miles includes dozens more productions, underscoring the truth in Baltimore/D.C. being named the fastest growing theater region in the country, according to a study by Actors’ Equity. Read on for information on how to take advantage of our city’s theatrical storytelling bounty this month.

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15 theater productions to see in Baltimore this March

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Cassandra Miller
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“Indecent” at Baltimore Center Stage. Credit: Stanley Photography.

Baltimore’s theater scene includes more than 35 professional and independent theater companies. This month, they’re presenting a variety of Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, popular musicals, classic stories and contemporary shows in 15 productions.

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Old Goucher Theater to be Revived as Second-Run Playhouse, Research Lab

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Brandon Weigel
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Image via Twitter.

After several years sitting dormant, the theater building on W. 25th Street in Old Goucher will soon serve two purposes.

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Wild with Happy Opens at Center Stage Theater

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D. Sellinger
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Wild with Happy Theater

catch of the day fish (2)It’s been an incredible season of theater at Center Stage this year. And while we’re sad to see it come to a close, it’s going out with a bang. Wild with Happy is the adventurous new comedy from Tony award nominee Colman Domingo that will leave you just that—wild with happy—as you head home from the theater. The show officially opened last night, and only runs through June 29th, so we heartily recommend getting your tickets now. Leading the absolutely superb cast is Forrest McClendon (a Tony Award nominee himself for his role in The Scottsboro Boys). McClendon plays Gil, a grief-stricken young man dealing with both heartbreak and his mother’s death. And they couldn’t have found a better actor for the role. Says Domingo, “I am beyond thrilled to hand over the reins of the role of Gil to my dear friend, colleague, partner in crime, Forrest McClendon. In the hands of Jeremy B. Cohen and this dream cast, I am interested in sitting back and seeing what new ideas spring to life and how this talented group will soar above the crazy, madcap challenges of this play.” When the playwright himself is this head-over-heels for a production, you know it’s going to be a must-see.

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Center Stage Announces 2014/15 Season

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D. Sellinger
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Center Stage 2014

catch of the day fish (2)Our beloved regional theater and its celebrated new Artistic Director, Kwame Kwei-Armah, have announced the plays for the 2014/15 season. It happened just as Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night opened to an awestruck audience; and set the scene for an entire season of bringing Baltimore audiences into new worlds. “This season it is all about bringing the best, most exciting theater to Baltimore,” says Kwei-Armah. “These plays explore the moments—some private, some public—in every life when it becomes clear that nothing can stay the same. We’re thrilled to take our audience with us on these journeys through change.” Highlights this coming year include a new revival of the classic Amadeus; Kemp Powers’ critically acclaimed new play One Night in Miami…, presented in co-production with New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and The Classical Theatre of Harlem; and a one-of-a-kind festival celebrating the work of American playwright Amy Herzog.

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Two Suns Over Thebes at the Annex Theater

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D. Sellinger
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Two Suns Over Thebes

catch of the day fish (2)Drinking. Dancing. Complete and total abandon. Sounds like a regular Friday night, no? Well, the Annex Theater is offering such revelry in the form of Two Suns Over Thebes—a play based on the Greek classic The Bacchae. Translated and adapted by Baltimore’s own Alex Hacker, and directed by Hacker and newly-our-favorite-local-director Mason Ross, Two Suns Over Thebes offers a distinctly local and contemporary take on the Greek classic. Sure, there’s a Greek chorus; but they’re probably not quite like any Greek chorus you’ve seen before.

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‘Raisin Revisited’ PBS Documentary Viewing at Center Stage

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D. Sellinger
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Raisin

catch of the day fish (2)“What happens to a dream deferred?/Does it dry up/like a raisin in the sun?/ Or fester like a sore– /And then run?” Few poems retain such immense power for so long as Langston Hughes’ “A Dream Deferred,” from which A Raisin in the Sun takes its title. And it’s fitting, since Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play also still resonates now, over fifty years after its initial production. And though many plays are produced or years after their debut, few actually inspire other playwrights to create entire other plays in response. Along with A Raisin in the Sun, the two plays written in response to it (Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park, and Kwame Kwei-Armah’s Beneatha’s Place) form a sort of triptych—the “Raisin Cycle” as it’s being called. You may have caught the productions at Center Stage last spring. But you may not know about the documentary film that was made about the productions. The documentary, A RAISIN IN THE SUN REVISITED airs on PBS—and is screened where it all started—at Center Stage– this month.

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Peter Shaffer’s Equus Presented by the Annex Theater

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 Equus

catch of the day fish (2)When a new film comes out, how long it stays in theaters depends completely on box office sales. If tickets are selling, you’ve probably got a couple of months to catch it. If it bombs, you’ll be lucky to find it still playing after three weeks. And plenty of blockbusters end up staying, and staying, and staying—to the point that eventually you start to wonder who could possibly still be buying tickets. But how often does this sort of thing happen in the world of theater? On Broadway, sure, ticket sales determine the length of a run. But usually, no matter how successful or beloved a production might be, the run ends when it ends. After all, the real live actors have to move on with their lives, the theater needs to get ready for the next show, and come on, how popular can a play really be? Answering that last question with a “VERY, VERY popular” is the Annex Theater’s production of Peter Shaffer’s modern classic Equus—which has extended its run through this weekend due to popular demand.

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Single Carrot’s “Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?” Opens Tonight at MICA

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MV Banks
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The ever-wonderful Single Carrot Theatre is kicking off their sixth season with another promising production tonight at 8pm at their temporary home at MICA’s  Favley Hall.  The show, “Drunk Enough to say I Love You?” will truly raise the question, “What does it mean to love America?”, following Guy and Sam as they navigate the tumultuous political love affair America has cultivated with the rest of the world, and its inevitable backlash.  Following each performance there will be a panel discussion on foreign policy and the role our country has played in defining the current global state of affairs.  As always with Single Carrot, I anticipate a wonderful show that really forces me to ask questions and seek answers.

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