Rick Weldon
12 posts
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Review: ‘Hairspray’ at Fredericktowne Players
A transformation is underway in Frederick Maryland’s local theater community. Nowhere is that more evident than inside the JBK Theater, watching the Fredericktowne Players (FtP) latest production of...
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Review: ‘Mary Poppins’ at Walkersville High School
From Bert the chimney sweep’s offstage introduction of the Bank’s stately home on London’s Cherry Tree Lane, the audience at Walkersville High School’s auditorium knows there’s magic in the air. Drama...
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Review: ‘Willy Wonka’ at Other Voices Theatre
From the opening moments of the Other Voices Theatre’s production of Willy Wonka, the audience is swept away into a “world of pure imagination.” The show is based on s classic children’s novel, with...
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Review: ‘Babes in Arms’ at The FrederickTowne Players
Babes in Arms, a classic Rodgers & Hart “let’s put on a show” show, blasts onto the stage in the latest FrederickTowne Players production. The youthful energy of the cast fuels this two and a half...
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Review: ‘Anything Goes’ at Other Voices Theatre
Other Voices Theatre’s production of Anything Goes is nothing short of spectacular. Of course, the marriage of the legendary Cole Porter’s music and lyrics, the book by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton,...
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Review: ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ at The FrederickTowne Players
The FrederickTowne Players’ latest production of Bye Bye Birdie highlights their forty-seventh season with the always popular story of a rock-and-roll heartthrob, star struck teens, fifties...
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‘The Gifts of the Magi’ at Maryland Ensemble Theatre
O. Henry’s short story, The Gift of the Magi, has been the stuff of Christmas memories for over a century. The Mark St. Germain and Randy Courts-penned musical version of The Gifts of the Magi,...
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‘God’s Favorite’ at The Thurmont Thespians
The best aspect of great community theater is you never know where you’ll find it. It could be an elaborate setting in an old movie house. It could be in a modern black box in the local community...
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‘Painting Churches’ at The Montgomery Playhouse and The City of Gaithersburg at The Arts Barn
It’s sheer joy watching three performers execute their craft with passion. Add in an incredibly-written, intelligent and thought-provoking narrative and a warm and intimate venue, and with The...
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‘Frankenstein’ at Maryland Ensemble Theatre
“I saw a figure…or was it a reflection?” This rhetorical question literally haunts Frankenstein, an original Maryland Ensemble Theatre (‘MET’) production adapted from Mary Shelley’s classic work of...
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‘Godspell’ at Montgomery College
Stephen Schwartz’ 1971 rock musical works best when it brings a “joyful noise.” Director David Gram and the cast and crew have done exactly that with this latest production. Based on the Gospel of St....
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‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Fredericktowne Players
You know the story. A meek, mild-mannered floral shop worker meets an other-worldly plant during a solar eclipse, and the rest is doo wop history. Fredericktowne Players, a Frederick County-based...
