Articles Tagged With: Alicia Sweeney

The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church

Reviews April 1, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther Leave a comment

The world is cruel. The world is ugly. But there are times and there are people when the world is not— and at its cruelest, it’s still the only world we’ve got. Sing the bells…bells…bells…bells…bells…bells— Bells of Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church!? I’m not sure those are the lyrics that Stephen Schwartz scribbled down initially, but you can hear the bells— of the phenomenal orchestra, the stellar choir, and the extraordinary cast— in their current resplendent production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

The Babylon Line at Colonial Players

Reviews October 23, 2018 John Nunemaker

How would you write your story? Would you tell the truth or a lie? Can your story change someone else or even yourself? Do you truly remember your past or is your memory altered by your perspective? So many questions to ask, a multitude of outcomes, and for a show that last 2 hours and 20 minutes plus an intermission, too much time spent unnecessarily exploring how to transmit answers. The Babylon Line by Richard Greenburg and currently being produced by The Colonial Players of Annapolis has a strong cast that does the best that they can with a show that cannot find its voice and struggles to find a conclusion to the problems proposed.

Nine at The Colonial Players of Annapolis

Reviews April 5, 2017 Amanda N. Gunther

Cinema today is in crisis. That’s why we all prefer to go to the theatre for our entertainment. The Colonial Players of Annapolis has wondrous entertainment in their production of Nine. Directed by Ron Giddings with Musical Direction by Andrew Gordon, this edgy and strikingly beautiful piece of musical theatre is brilliantly performed, smartly directed, and overall a thrilling engagement for an afternoon or evening of entertainment!

Credited as the show’s Choreographer,

Review: The Addams Family at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre

Reviews August 8, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

They’re crazier than you. That’s just the overview. And nothing up ‘til now has proved me wrong. With their wall-climbing spiders, creepy set, and kooky performers, the Annapolis Summer Garden is proving black is the new cool with their current production of The Addams Family. Directed by Debbie Barber-Eaton, with Musical Direction by David Merrill, this spooky production is anything but normal. And that’s perfectly fine as normal is relative— what’s normal for the spider is a calamity for the fly!

Review: Catch Me If You Can at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre

Reviews July 6, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

People only know what you tell them. And this person is telling you that the best musical experience you’re going to have this summer is at the Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre. Directed by Mark Briner with Musical Direction by Julie Ann Hawk, the area premier of Broadway’s Catch Me If You Can is live in living color under the stars for a limited engagement and it is nothing short of a stupendous dance-musical sensation.

#WEIRDFRANCE: An interview with the Creative Team behind 13 Dead Husbands

Interviews February 27, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

We’ll tell you a tale marvelous told. Of a beautiful girl like the stories of old. The most wondrous girl, and not just by chance…this story here happens inside of— Weird France? The Baltimore Area premier of Tom Horan’s 13 Dead Husbands is making waves…or perhaps corpses…over at Cohesion Theatre Company. As the second production of their inaugural season, this dark and humorous fairytale takes place in a “Paris of the imagination.” In a TheatreBloom exclusive 3-Part series entitled “Welcome to Weird France” we go behind the scenes with the designers and performers of this exciting new work,

Nigel Reed (l) and Valerie Leonard (r) as Bryce Cannon and Vanessa Wells- Hollywood's hasbeens.

Review: Four Weddings and an Elvis at Bay Theatre Company

Reviews September 9, 2014 Amanda N. Gunther

Just like the tides that crash into Annapolis harbor, the Bay Theatre Company is on its way back into town. Alive and kicking, though currently not producing, the company is endeavoring to raise a fund to get back up on their feet and wants the public to be aware. After a successful, albeit brief, run of Theresa Rebeck’s Bad Dates back in January, the company hosted a one-evening-only staged reading of an uproarious comedy Four Weddings and an Elvis,