Baltimore’s Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is presenting Henry IV, parts One and Two in repertory. Part One (not reviewed by DCTC, we regret) opened February 15th, Part Two opened March 15th, and they overlap for three weeks, offering three (now two) Saturdays where patrons can see Part One at 2pm, have a dinner break, then return […]
Archives for March 21, 2019
Review: Topdog/Underdog, entertaining and unsettling.
Topdog/Underdog from WSC Avant Bard is an emotionally charged wonder that leaves no stone unturned or scab safely covered. The trailblazing story by Suzan-Lori Parks rips off the social bandage taped over societal ills and dares you to peer at the murky muck that’s left raw and exposed. Two brothers, abandoned in their teenage years, […]
Review: Beep Beep! from Arts on the Horizon trucking over to Atlas
You’re never too young to be taken to the theatre. And you’re never so young that you shouldn’t expect a lot from the theatre that is aimed toward you. That seems to be the proposition behind Arts on the Horizon, the wonderful local company whose target audience ranges from shortly after birth (I’ve seen, among […]