Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category

Jun. 09 2026

A new twist on old history from Round House Theatre

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs | Comments Off on A new twist on old history from Round House Theatre

Round House Theatre wraps up its season with a timely, resonant selection timed to coincide with–and to comment on–the national observations of America’s 250th. Penned by the reliably thoughtful, and thought-provoking, Suzan-Lori Parks, the play, Sally & Tom, takes a hard and even uncomfortable look at the truth behind the myths, the reality behind the […]

Jun. 09 2026

Iron Crow’s brings THE VIEW UPSTAIRS to Theatre Project

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs | Comments Off on Iron Crow’s brings THE VIEW UPSTAIRS to Theatre Project

With The View Upstairs, playing at Baltimore Theatre Project through June 14th in a regional-premiere production by Iron Crow Theatre, Max Vernon (music, book, lyrics) has created a time- and genre-bending new musical that both remembers a forgotten past and forges forward into a hopeful future, that both mourns terrible loss and celebrates irrepressible resilience. […]

Jun. 01 2026

LUMINOUS DEAD comes to life onstage at The Voxel

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on LUMINOUS DEAD comes to life onstage at The Voxel

An adaptation and staging of Caitlin Starling’s debut sci-fi/horror novel, the Bram Stoker Award-nominated The Luminous Dead, gets its world premiere at The Voxel in Baltimore June 2-7. It’s the brainchild of the creative imagination of Andrew Hungerford–who adapts and helms–along with Distance over Time Theater, and the result of one of the Voxel’s creative […]

May. 31 2026

Music at Emmanuel commemorates Matthew Shepherd

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Music at Emmanuel commemorates Matthew Shepherd

      To mark the beginning of Pride month in Baltimore, Music at Emmanuel is presenting an encore performance of Craig Hella Johnson’s passion oratorio, Considering Matthew Shepard. Christian Lane, Director of Music at Emmanuel, is my guest.    

May. 27 2026

Celebrating America’s birthday with century-plus of Broadway greats

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Celebrating America’s birthday with century-plus of Broadway greats

On Sunday, June 28th, the Center for the Arts at Towson University will conclude its Summer at the Center Arts Festival performances with a remarkable look back at more than a century of musical theater greatness, celebrating not only the extraordinary creators–composers, lyricists, performers, producers, directors, and others–who helped to conceive and create this truly […]

May. 21 2026

Ghostwriting “Mr. Secretary”

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Ghostwriting “Mr. Secretary”

Mr. Secretary: From the Potato Fields to the White House is the name of a memoir by Wilbert Bryant, which has been co-written by my guest Julie Wakeman-Linn.  

May. 19 2026

Aristophanes gets a new look at Glass Canon

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Aristophanes gets a new look at Glass Canon

From May 23 through June 7, Glass Canon Theatre Company is producing a new take on an old classic, with a dynamic new adaptation of Lysistrata, the classic comedy by the ancient Athenian playwright Aristophanes. Directed by Emma Jaster and adapted by Jaster and Gil Mitchell (with assistance from Stephen Halliwell, Sarah Ruden, and others) this […]

May. 15 2026

Boating Safety 2026

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Boating Safety 2026

  The U.S> Coast Guard Auxiliarty is the volunteer arm of team Coast Guard, and has the primary mission of education he general public on recreational boating safety. More information about the Coast Guard Auxiliary and boating safety can be found at http://cgaux.org . Additional information  about boating safety is at http://https//www.safeboatingcouncel.org/resources/recreational-boating-facts/ National safe boating week […]

May. 11 2026

Ingenious meets Indigenous at Creative Alliance in performances & exhibition

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Ingenious meets Indigenous at Creative Alliance in performances & exhibition

On Saturday and Sunday, May 16th and 17th, Creative Alliance will host to extraordinary live performances as part of an ongoing exhibition in their Rothschild Gallery, “When the Butterflies Would Visit,” conceived and curated by Tavia La Follette and running through June 13th. The live components are Panama Jam, created and performed by JAM, and […]

May. 11 2026

Strand Theater wraps up season with a launch

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Strand Theater wraps up season with a launch

The 18th season of Strand Theater Co. in Baltimore finishes with a bang, or at least a Bounce–the world premiere of a new play by Somnia Mari Feral. The play follows a young single mother who returns to her childhood church after a stay in a mental health facility. Seeking stability, she enters a marriage with […]

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