John Waters performs in the latest version of his cult classic.
The tagline for Hairspray could read something like, “Your favorite movie, now a musical, now a movie, now a . . . symphony concert?” That’s right, John Waters’s beloved 1988 film about racial...
Everyman makes a bold move to the Westside and taps into theater history.
Before giving a tour of Everyman Theatre’s new home on W. Fayette Street, artistic director Vincent Lancisi pauses beside a table of artifacts in the construction office next door. The items on the...
Our extended interview with Dave Heumann of Arbouretum.
What do you think of Thrill Jockey signing all these Baltimore bands, including Arbouretum, over the past few years? It's fine with me. We've always had good bands here, but I think it took the...
For a band that makes such heavenly music, Beach House is incredibly down to earth.
Walking through Beach House’s Fells Point rehearsal space is like visiting an island of misfit musical toys. Dozens of keyboards and amps, with cables snaking between them, line the floor, and some...
A local artist takes Mr. Boh to a whole new level.
Carlos Vigil remembers growing up in Albuquerque, NM, and sketching his favorite doodle: basketballs. “I drew them on everything,” he says. “All the zeroes on my math homework were basketballs.”...
The museum’s renovated Contemporary Wing makes good use of local talent.
Kristen Hileman walks through The Baltimore Museum of Art’s Contemporary Wing, looking for signs of progress. The wing closed for extensive renovations almost two years ago, and, on this September...
We speak with bassist and Peabody instructor Michael Formanek.
How would you characterize the current group and how has its music has evolved? Will you continue recording/performing with them?
The quartet that is on my two ECM CD's is kind of a dream come true...
<p>Something happened to Hairspray on its way to becoming a Broadway smash. </p>
When I read that a stage version of John Waters’ 1988 movie Hairspray was coming to Broadway, I imagined Tracy and Edna Turnblad go-go dancing through Johns Hopkins Hospital or maybe the Broadway...
Center Stage portrays the famous poet like we’ve never seen.
Edgar Allan Poe has been interpreted many ways—by John Astin, John Cusack, even on The Simpsons. But, starting October 17, Center Stage will show us a different Poe in The Completely Fictional—...
Despite the economy, the local arts scene keeps thriving, generating excellent work, a calendar full of can't-miss events, and even a few genius ideas — like OrchKids.
It wasn’t that long ago——just over three years, actually——that the Baltimore Opera Company folded after the economy tanked and many observers (us included) wondered if it was a harbinger of more to...
