Articles Tagged With: Matt Gray

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.

Sister Act at 2nd Star Productions

Reviews October 10, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

If you want the world to listen— stand up tall and proud— let them know what they been missing— and turn that volume up loud! 2nd Star Productions is raising their voice— ringing through the rafters with their production of Sister Act, which has a couple of matinee performances already sold out! Directed by Kevin Sockwell, with Musical Direction by Michelle Bruno, and Choreography by Kristin Rigsby, this cinema-classic-come-stage-musical is a bit of joyful noise that will give you a case of Sunday morning fever.

The Toxic Avenger at Greenbelt Arts Center

Reviews November 3, 2018 Holly Trout

The Toxic Avenger, directed by Jeffery Lesniak, is a musical based on the movie of the same name and both a playful parody of the superhero genre and of conventional musical theatre sensibilities. The plot revolves around a toxic dump of a fictional New Jersey town called Tromaville and its dark knight—Melvin Ferd the Third, a sweet, stereotypical nerd with a crush on his pretty (and blind—beware there are a lot of blind jokes that get old quickly) librarian friend Sarah and deep-seated convictions about cleaning up the town and calling out the corrupt mayor Babs Belgoody.