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Discounts and contest notices are listed first. Show listings follow in this order: current productions and upcoming productions. Audition notices, news bites, and book/cd recommendations are at the end. Best Bets are in RED. Be sure to contact the theatre directly for show times, dates and prices. All shows subject to change.
BROADWAYWORLD.BALTIMORE DISCOUNTS!
CONTESTS!
CURTAIN UP! - OPENING THIS WEEK!
CURTAIN DOWN! - CLOSING THIS WEEK!
NOW PLAYING!
Tiny Alice – Play
Through April 1
Vagabond Theatre
410-563-9135
Ah! Wilderness – Play
Through April 15
CENTERSTAGE
www.centerstage.org or 410-986-4000
Review posted 03/22/2007
See article below for discounts and special programs related to this production.
Through April 15
Fells Point Corner Theatre
www.fpct.org or 410-276-7837
Review posted 03/19/2007
See above for BWW discount!
Through April 15
Catonsville Theatre Company
www.catheatrecompany@aol.com or 410-455-4400
Review to be posted 03/31/2007
All's Well That Ends Well - Play
Through April 22
Baltimore Shakespeare Festival
www.baltimoreshakespeare.org or 410-366-8596
Review to be posted 04/02/2007
Through April 22
Spotlighters Theatre
www.spotlighters.org or 410-752-1225
Review to be posted 04/09/2007
See above for BWW discount!
And a Nightingale Sang – Play
Through April 29
Everyman Theatre
www.everymantheatre.org or 410-752-2208
Review posted 03/24/2007.
George M! – Musical – Dinner Theatre
Through June 10
Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia
www.tobysdinnertheatre.com or 1-800-88TOBYS
Review posted 03/05/2007
UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS!
April 5 – June 10
Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore
www.tobysdinnertheatre.com or 1-866-99TOBYS
Review to be posted TBA; related article posted 03/30/2007!
See BWW discount above!
Show: (FILM) National Treasure 2
Director: Jerry Bruckheimer
Audition Dates: Ongoing
Performance Dates: Late March - Mid-April
What to Do: Register with Carlyn Davis Casting at www.ExtrasNow.com
What They Need: 2,500+ extras. All ages (they specifiacally list a need for 25 - 40 year olds, seniors and college age hack sackers), all types (from Librarians to Japanese diplomats, and George and Martha Washington look alikes!).
Info.: www.ExtrasNow.com
BACKSTAGE BABBLE!
→ANNIE OFFERS "KIDS NIGHT ON BROADWAY" MARCH 22ND!
On Thursday, March 22 at 8pm, let your children experience the excitement of Broadway with Kids' Night, presented by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage! Purchase one ticket and receive one ticket FREE when you use the password CBKIDS. Not valid on previously purchased tickets. Available at the Hippodrome Theatre Box Office, online at Ticketmaster.com or call 410.547.SEAT.
→CENTERSTAGE OFFERS SPECIAL PROGRAMS WITH AH, WILDERNESS!
CENTERSTAGE will be presenting Eugene O'Neill's classic comedy Ah, Wilderness! from March 16 - April 15. In conjunction with this production, they will be presenting several special programs and discounts related to the production.
In March:
On-going Programs:
These discounts are only good at the box office; limit two discounted and one free ticket per person. This offer does not apply to previously purchased tickets.
→WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Several actors that have been seen in recent seasons right here in Baltimore are currently appearing in new, major productions.
PHOTOS: (L to R) Charlotte Cohn, Louisa Flaningam, Sarah Litzinger and Michael Winther. (File photos.)
→EVERYMAN THEATRE NAMES FIRM FOR TOWN THEATRE RENOVATION
Everyman Theatre has chosen the Baltimore-based architecture firm Cho Benn Holback and Associates for the design of its future home, The Town Theatre, located on the West Side of Baltimore City.
In November 2006, the Bank of America and The Harold A. Dawson Trust announced the gift of the historic Town Theatre to Everyman Theatre, a growing nonprofit professional theatre located in Baltimore City. Everyman Theatre plans to complete renovations in the fall of 2009 just in time for the 2009-10 season. Early estimates place the scope of the venture at $11.5 million dollars. Everyman completed a fundraising feasibility study which was positive and the theatre is currently exploring a variety of funding options.
Cho Benn Holback + Associates is a Baltimore-based firm committed to continuing a tradition of excellence in design and client service. While seriously considering budget, function and construction issues, the firm searches for timeless solutions that transcend immediate use and reinforce a sense of place and community. By fostering a multidisciplinary approach across the broad spectrum of planning, architecture and interiors projects thereby informs design at all levels. Recent projects span from The Patterson Center for the Arts, expansion projects at The Visionary Arts Museum, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Improvements, and the Baltimore School for the Arts renovations.
Principals heading up the Town Theatre renovations include Diane E. Cho, George N. Holback, and Rima Namek. Additionally, the office is a woman/minority-owned business with MBE, WBE or M/WBE certifications in numerous jurisdictions.
The renovated building will offer a new artistic home within a developing neighborhood, directly across the street from the extremely popular Hippodrome Theatre, another anchor of the revitalization effort on Baltimore's West Side. The Town Theatre, which sat unoccupied for the past 16 years, will require internal demolition along with new construction of a 250-300 seat theatre and support facilities (rehearsal rooms, shops for artisans, offices, and dedicated classroom space for students of all ages). In addition to increasing the theatre's visibility to the greater Baltimore Area, tourists and the theatre community nationwide, renovations will provide facilities to support artistic and educational programs as well as to grow and develop in future years.
Vincent Lancisi, Founder and Artistic Director of Everyman Theatre, remarks "I am absolutely thrilled with the selection of Cho Ben Holbach & Associates as architects for the theatre's renovations of the Town Theatre. Diane Cho and her creative team are a perfect fit for Everyman. They have a keen understanding of our mission and our needs for an intimate off-Broadway style theatre. Their artistry, integrity, and impressive experience in adaptive re-use of buildings will create the perfect home for Everyman in the exciting and historic Town Theatre." The theatre's leadership has started to interview theatre consultants to work with Cho-Ben Holbrook and Associates.
→WINNERS OF THE ANNIE CONTEST ANNOUNCED!
Over 100 people entered the contest for tickets to the opening night performance of Annie at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore. Winners were selected from the over 60 responses that had all of the correct answers to the contest questions. The correct answers have been posted on the contest page. There were entries from all over the Baltimore/DC area, but also entries from New York, New Mexico, Canada and even one from Brazil! Now, there's an Annie fan!
The winners are: Adele Russell, Eric J.Potter, Stacey Needle and Nathan Rawe all from Baltimore, and Dan Pollis from College Park, Maryland! Congratulations winners, and thank you to everyone who entered!
The Sweet Charity contest will be posted on March 27th!
→EVERYMAN'S SPECIAL PROGRAMS WITH "NIGHTINGALE"!
→BEST BET: "COMPANY" REVIVAL - THE SHOW & THE CD!
People often ask what I can recommend in New York in terms of theatre. Right now, I can recommend the best musical revival currently on Broadway - Company at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. It is apparently also NY's best kept secret - the recent matinee I attended was about half full. Most of the Broadway websites are offering discounts and it is frequently on the TKTS board. It got rapturous reviews, especially for Raul Esparza's Bobby and BarbaraWalsh's Joanne. It is a completely classy affair, and don't think this is a mere copy of last season's Sweeney Todd, which employs the same device of having the actors play the instruments. In many ways, it works even better here. Like before, part of the fun of it is watching the staging. Here there are several memorable moments in a totally memorable tapestry - I may never forget Walsh's "Ladies Who Lunch" as she ends the song screaming "Rise!" long after the music is over, or Esparza's thrilling "Being Alive". Get your tickets now - you'll be sorry after the Tonys are announced and seats are scarce. Both performers and the show itself are breaking new ground with an always groundbreaking show.
If you can't get to the theatre or can't wait to hear this version, I can also recommend the CD (Nonesuch Records). True you don'r get to see the actors play the instruments, but you CAN hear the amazing orchestrations and riveting vocal performances. And you get a great deal of the dialogue that goes with each song. The CD comes with a large booklet, full of photos, all of the lyrics and included dialogue.
→WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Part 2
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