Articles Tagged With: Showcase On Main

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest at Showcase On Main

Reviews February 27, 2022 Amanda N. Gunther

There are a lot of things that are true, even if they never happened. If you’re ready to spend an evening with the self-proclaimed ‘psycho-ceramics; the crackpots of humanity’ then you should head out to Showcase on Main in Elkton, MD for a harrowing and evocative production of Dale Wasserman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Directed by Lee Lewis, the production is tragically relevant to the way mental health issues in our country are handled today.

Medication Time: An In-Depth Interview with Lance Bankerd & Melanie Bishop on Playing Randle McMurphy & Nurse Ratched for Showcase On Main’s Production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Interviews February 24, 2022 Amanda N. Gunther

“He who marches out of step, hears another drum.” Randle McMurphy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Aren’t we all just marching to our own drum, the one we hear inside our head? Some maybe more than others, sometimes even the whole country marching out of step with itself? A powerful stage play, which started life as a novel by the same name and later went on to become an iconic film of the mid 1970’s,

Steel Magnolias at Showcase On Main

Reviews February 21, 2020 Amanda N. Gunther

Too twisted for colored TV, Showcase On Main is bringing
everyone’s favorite beauty-shop-gossip-fest to their stages this February. That’s
right, come on out to Elkton, MD and take a whack at— Steel Magnolias,
Directed by Lee Lewis. With just six people in the cast, and the cozy intimate
setting of SoM’s playing space, it’s a narrative experience filled with heart,
soul, and everybody’s favorite emotion— laughter though tears. There are some powerful
performances and some unique twists that make the show specific to Showcase On
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Picnic at Showcase on Main

Reviews August 21, 2017 Amanda N. Gunther

Pretty things are rare in this life; they’re like billboards telling us life is good. There’s a ‘life is good billboard’ rising up in Rising Sun, Maryland this summer with Showcase On Main’s latest theatrical endeavor. Away from their usual Minihane’s location, they’ve popped up in the black box of Street Lamp Productions to present William Inge’s Picnic. Directed and Designed by S. Lee Lewis with original score composition by A.J.