This classic romantic comedy seems to have withstood the test of time. Many remember Marilyn Monroe, as Cherie, in the 1956 film. The story still warms the audience like stepping inside from the cold of the Midwestern blizzard that provides the background for the play. [Read more...]
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Ted Ying DCTS Reviewer Ted Ying has been active in Maryland community theater for the last 10 years including producing, directing and performing in over 20 productions. He and his wife attend, subscribe and support theater throughout the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Ted is also an avid tournament bridge player, teacher and director. He is a silver life master and certified director who runs one of the largest weekly bridge games in the country. By day, he is an IT Security Engineer for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (reviewing shows is definitely NOT rocket science).
Bus Stop
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This classic romantic comedy seems to have withstood the test of time. Many remember Marilyn Monroe, as Cherie, in the 1956 film. The story still warms the audience like stepping inside from the cold of the Midwestern blizzard that provides the background for the play. [Read more...]
RENT
January 7, 2010 By 1 Comment
RENT, Jonathan Larson’s rock version of the opera La Bohème, introduced a new generation of audiences to Broadway. Keegan Theatre continues the tradition of the popular Broadway production by introducing us to a powerful young cast, many hitherto unseen here in professional productions. [Read more...]
Harvey
December 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Remember when life was easy and happy and the best feeling in the world was meeting a new friend, or making one up? Welcome to the world of Elwood P. Dowd, who comes to life on Bay Theatre’s intimate stage to help us all revisit our childhoods. [Read more...]
Helen of Sparta
November 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
So what would happen if Homer, the playwright, had written for ‘Saturday Night Live’? You’d end up with something like Helen of Sparta, Venus Theatre’s campy mish-mash of ancient Greece and modern culture. It’s not great art, but it is great fun. [Read more...]
Chess
September 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
There’s something special about seeing the first play done in a newly renovated theater. The Burke Theater at the US Navy Memorial’s Heritage Center is now a beautiful little black box, sharp and intimate. Unfortunately, Stroyka Theater’s Chess [Read more...]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
July 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
One of the greatest challenges facing an actor is to try to create their own unique interpretation of a classic role such as Randle P. McMurphy or Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. [Read more...]
Source: One Acts Group G
July 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Source 10 minutes Plays – Group C
June 28, 2009 By 1 Comment
The Glass Menagerie
June 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
There is a special atmosphere created when Helen Hayes winner, Jim Petosa, conducts a production and this Glass Menagerie at Olney Theatre is no exception. [Read more...]
Candida
May 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Bay Theatre Company produces a solid production of George Bernard Shaw’s Candida, although the play and Shaw’s turn-of-the-20th-century dialogue may seem like a long letter in a Twitter world. [Read more...]
