What a chilly evening! Havre de Grace is all aglow! Donât it feel like it might snow? Such a merry season! Donâtcha love it so? Merry Christmas, dearieâ time to go! To Tidewater Playersâ production of A Christmas Carol. Yes, itâs mid-November, and yes Thanksgiving is still two weeks away, but gosh darn it in the infamous words of Auntie Mame (yes, yes, different show, I know) ââŚwe need a little Christmas!
Itâs in the singing of a street corner choir! Itâs going home and getting warm by the fire! Itâs true, wherever you find loveâ it feels like Christmas! And it isâ the season of the spiritâ the message if we hear itâ is make it last all year! And since Tidewater Players is getting you into the season of the spirit a good six weeks ahead of time, we figured we could pick some of the featured playersâ brains all about their upcoming production of A Christmas Carol.
Third Wall Productions, you know I love you. Did you see I waved? I believe in you and your show so tell me that Iâm saved! If youâre ready to rock and roll along with the best of them, Third Wall Productions is bringing you that iconic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar and itâs the most solid production that theyâve had so far! (In their new home at Chestnut Grove Presbyterian.) Directed by Mike Zellhofer,
I donât believe it! Thereâs an American farce!? And itâs here in Baltimore!?!? With a first-time director and at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore!? I donât believe it! Well, believe it! Because Whose Wives Are The Anyway? an American farce written by Michael Parker is here for a two-weekend engagement with Artistic Synergy and its being directed by first-time-director Cory Bauer. Itâs an antics-loaded, shenanigans-laced nonsense show that will certain have you chuckling as the characters trip over one another,
Arsenic Silliness of Baltimore, no wait, thatâs not right. A Summer of Brewsters, no that doesnât sound right either. Oh, I remember, itâs Arsenic & Old Lace at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore! Three years of no theatre has my brain a little foggy, but Sarah OâHaraâs directorial debut makes it clear that she and ASoB are back! Not only are they back, they are back with a bang, or in this case a sip.
The Biltmore Garage wants a
grand, but we ain’t got a grand on hand. And they now got a lock on the door to
the gym at Public School 84. There’s a stock room behind McKlosky’s Bar, but
Mrs. McKlosky ain’t a good scout. And things being how they are, the back of
the police station is out! So, come on down to Artistic Synergy of
Baltimore âcause thatâs where the action is. Shhhhh!
ASoB The cast of Artistic Synergy’s Guys &
“Itâs beginning to look a lot like Christmasâ and this December, Artistic Synergy of Baltimore brings us one of our favorite holiday classics, Miracle on 34th Streetâthis time, as a spirited musical production with book, music,& lyrics by Meredith Willson! Directed by Melissa Broy Fortson, Music Directed by LeVar Betts, & Choreographed by Kristin Miller, this endearing show is sure to delight Christmas-lovers of all ages and make us believe once again in the magic of the season.
Phone rings, door chimes, and in comes a charming and comical production of Company, Sondheimâs musical comedy, presented by Just-Off Broadway in Baltimore! Company, one of the first successful Broadway musicals written about adult themes and relationships, was the winner of 1971 Tony Awards for Best Book, Best Score, Best Lyrics, and Best Musical. The themes of bachelorhood, marriage, and how to form and maintain relationships are enduringly relevant more than three decades later.
What if it hasnât been your day, your week, your month, or even your year? Youâve got friends who will be there for you! Right? What of those friends are just meddlesome, busybody, buttinski folk who canât leave well enough alone and have to knit-pick at your problems to make them feel better about their own? In the east coast premiere of Reginald Roseâs Dear Friends, that recipe for disaster is exactly whatâs brewing up in the Lambertâs Living Room.