Articles Tagged With: Woodbrook Players

Into The Woods at Woodbrook Players

Reviews May 7, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

Right and wrong don’t matter in the woods… only feelings. And the feeling is that Woodbrook Players has some talented vocalists appearing in their current production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods. Directed by Ron Oaks with Musical Direction by Bryan Alston, this iconic fairytale-gone-wrong musical brings all of your favorite storybook characters together to unravel their stories amid the darkness of the woods. Sondheim is a bear at the best of times (not featured in this particular woodsy setting,

Local Limelight: Actor Paul Ballard on Jesus Christ Superstar at Third Wall Productions and Other Theatre Experiences

Interviews March 6, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

I dreamed I met a local thespian, a most amazing man. He had that look you rarely find— the happy, cheerful kind! So we’ll take some liberties with Lloyd-Webber’s lyrics to suit our story, but in the first of an on-going series entitled “Local Limelight” we bring to the table, Paul Ballard— an area actor who has been involved with theatre for over 20 years in the Baltimore community scene, and some several years prior to that with some decades of being a lawyer in-between.

The Wizard of Oz at The Woodbrook Players

Reviews May 2, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

When all the world is a hopeless jumble and the raindrops tumble all around… heaven opens up a magic lane. When all the clouds darken up the skyway, there’s a rainbow highway to be found, leading from your window pane… and rain did it ever this past weekend all over Charm City. And everywhere around it. If you’re wondering why you don’t recognize those lyrics as a part of the iconic “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” it’s because they weren’t included in the 1939 filmset that so many of us know and love.

Politics, Pomp & Proprieties at The Woodbrook Players

Reviews November 8, 2019 Amanda N. Gunther

If you’re looking for a little something different this
fall, if you need a change of pace but still want to support local theatre then
The Woodbrook Players have your ticket. They’re actually offering up four
one-act plays of the 20th century all gently squeezed together and
bundled up as an evening— or afternoon’s— entertainment. While the through-line
of what ties these four specific works together is a bit of a stretch, the
performances are solid,

1776 at The Woodbrook Players

Reviews May 10, 2019 Amanda N. Gunther

Somebody ought to open up a window! So that they can hear
the bellowing cries of the second continental congress as they piddle, twiddle,
and resolve over whether or not to start a revolution and declare independence
from Great Britain. Ready for America’s spirited beginnings? The Woodbrook
Players, successfully settled into their new home at Govans Presbyterian Church
on York Road right near Belvedere Square, are pleased to presenting to the
masses their spring musical: 1776!

Camelot at Woodbrook Players

Reviews April 27, 2018 Amanda N. Gunther

It’s true! It’s true! The crown has made it clear! That the performances must be perfect at this time of year! While it isn’t the lusty month of May, though worry not that’s coming quite quickly down the pipe, we know a place where you can say, that the performances are rollicking, rolling, and ripe! Why, it’s Camelot! Camelot! Yes, Camelot, so I’ve said. At the Woodbrook Players now,

Review: Rebel Yells at Woodbrook Players

Reviews November 10, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

War always takes a piece of something. And it’s very easy to talk about dying for your country when someone else is doing the dying. The Woodbrook Players bring a pivotal work to the stage with their Baltimore area premiere of Rebel Yells, a confederate-focused Civil War drama written by Steve Warren. With evocative writing and a sturdy cast to mount the show, the play— Directed by Ron Oaks— captures the final moments of wounded confederate soldiers inside of an army hospital in Virginia just as the south takes its final fall.