Wit, wisdom, and class are all on display through the southern, Texas charm and steely resolve of the late Ann Richards at Arena Stage. As portrayed by stage and screen veteran Jayne Atkinson in Holland Taylor’s sharp and funny tribute to the Texas icon – housewife, local politician, governor, and maven – Ann is a […]

Steeped in history and echoing with divine harmony, Jubilee is an event you won’t want to miss. A cast of thirteen singing actors – each a strong performer in their own right – work seamlessly to create the tight harmonies and soulful singing of the historic Fisk Jubilee Singers, famed in their day for touring […]

In Shakespeare’s time, Christians were forbidden to lend money at interest (see Merchant of Venice) and so the Western world, intellectually vibrant though it was, was mostly economically stagnant. Only the wealthiest could finance their own enterprises, which they did at great risk. People lived with their parents well into adulthood, and thereafter constructed their […]

“This play changed my life,” proclaims shtetl tailor-turned-stage-manager Lemml (Ben Cherry) in Paula Vogel’s incandescent Indecent, and as you look up in wonder at the candle and stage-lit faces in Baltimore Center Stage’s extraordinary production you know exactly what he means. This is as good as it gets, readers. Vogel’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is […]

We knew about autism in 1947, when Ruth and Augustus Goetz translated Henry James’ “Washington Square” to the stage as The Heiress, but we understood it only as a sum-zero disorder: the patient was either irreparably locked into an impenetrable, uncommunicative state or he was not. Now, of course, we understand autism to be a […]

Kenneth Lin wrote for “House of Cards” back when “House of Cards” was cool. But what denizens of our town know is that, for the terrifying and the bizarre, there ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, baby. So in Kleptocracy, Lin has written about the rise and fall of Mikhail Khodorkovsky (Max Woetendyke) who, for […]