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The Baltimore Waltz – Dancing Through Europe with Purpose
Saturday, October 27th, 2012
by Matthew Hauptman on Playing Around
Any great artist knows how to turn personal grief into an aesthetic achievement of some sort. Acclaimed playwright Paula Vogel did just that when she
In the Summer Pavilion: Hardly a Day at the Beach
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
by Matthew Hauptman on Playing Around
Paul David Young’s new play, In the Summer Pavilion, is sparsely written and directed, which might have worked to its advantage, had it not been
Woman Around Town: Donna Trinkoff – A Musical Theatre with Love
Monday, October 1st, 2012
by Matthew Hauptman on Woman Around Town
Having worked at Amas Musical Theatre since 1994, artistic producer Donna Trinkoff knows a thing or two about producing a successful show. But the longevity
Have I Got a Girl for You
Monday, September 24th, 2012
by Matthew Hauptman on Playing Around
In the opening scene of Have I Got a Girl for You, the audience sees no actors on stage, but hears only a voice –
Something Wild—Three Short Plays by Tennessee Williams
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
by Matthew Hauptman on Playing Around
Pook Hill’s Something Wild offers a collection of three short, one-act plays by Tennessee Williams. The plays themselves are minor in comparison to some of
Cougar The Musical: Welcome to the Jungle
Monday, August 27th, 2012
by Matthew Hauptman on Playing Around
If a woman over 40 enjoys dating younger men, she’s called a cougar. If a man over 40 enjoys dating younger women, he’s called a
Scarlett Fever: The Superficiality of Celebrity Worship
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
by Matthew Hauptman on Playing Around
By now, the public’s superficial obsessions with celebrities have become so commonplace in our culture that it is now accepted, rather than attacked, for what
Shakespeare vs. Tarantino: Let the Carnage Begin
Friday, August 17th, 2012
by Matthew Hauptman on Playing Around
What if Shakespeare had written Pulp Fiction? That’s the question written on the playbill of Pulp Shakespeare, one of many new plays being presented by
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