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Showing posts with label Maryland Ensemble Theatre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maryland Ensemble Theatre. Show all posts
Wow a lot of plays that I have reviewed in the past have been popping up One Night with Janis Joplin, Young Olympians, and I am sure a few others are as well. Well the play I (Am) Not My Mother also makes a return! It is playing at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre and it had it's first show last night which I could not attend due to being booked elsewhere.
Here is my original review.You can order tickerts and find out more about the show here.
Yes, I am sure there are lots of young Olympians getting ready for their respective sport. However, I am talking about the The Young Olympians and the Most Amazingly Awesome Adventure Ever! The Maryland Ensemble Theatre's Fun Company production premiered last year in Frederick, Maryland ands is now headed to The Capital Fringe Festival.
What did I think of the original show. I enjoyed it and my daughter enjoyed it. You can read my review here.
Here is a preview article written by the MET's Vanessa Strickland I enjoyed the soundtrack as well.
Here is a promo for their recent revival run before the festival...
Here is a meet the cast video...
If you are looking for a great family show to take the kids to at the Capital Fringe Festival the Young Olympians show is a safe bet. If you are interested in the Capital Fringe Festival stay tuned to my blog I am covering three shows this weekend and I am sure I will blog a bit about them.
Pickle My Monkey is a new play created by The Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, Maryland. The original comedy is enjoying it's world premiere outing. It has sex, drugs and rock and roll! If that isn't enough I will throw in a talking pickled monkey and lizard man. The show got a bit wacky but it also brought a lot of laughs. You can read my review here.
You really have to give the theatre kudos for being a theatre where members can experiment and create new plays. They also produce some other daring works, some classics and have a wonderful assortment of theatre. This play really highlights the theatre's creativity and willingness to be daring!
The blog has been slow this week, since my household has been dealing with all kinds of itches...(mosquitoes, spiders, and poison ivy oh, my)
Since this post is kind of short here is a video of Kix performing "The Itch" (Kix, by the way is from this area so it kind of fits)
I reviewed the World Premier of My Monster and Mewhich you can read if you like. It was an original play for younger theater goers put on by the Maryland Ensemble Theatre's Fun Company. The play dealtwith important issues such as bullies, fears, friendships and missing a parent. The costumes were cool. My daughter enjoyed it, even if the Boogieman was a bit scary. She thought it was cool she got the Boogieman's autograph after the show. The coolest thing for me was I got to spend time with my daughter. Short and sweet...
Friday I went to the premiere of Truthpaste: A Blotto Biography by Tad Janes. What is Truthpaste? Janes plays eight different people in this commedy. I wouild call it one person skit-humor.More thought out than improv theatre but along the lines of Saturday Night Live skits. Not politically correct but funny as heck!
You can read my review here.
It plays this weekend at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre in downtown Frederick, Maryland.
they have been putting out a lot of god stuff this season!
Theatre fans I am back! I have my second review f the year. This time at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre (AKA the MET) in Frederick, Maryland for The Glass Menagerie. They have an incredible cast who really shine in this play. They also have an interesting set. You can read what I had to say about the play here. If you want to go see sme fine acting, in a small intimate studio theatre I would recomend this one.
Here is a clip from the World Premiere Radio Broadcast of the play...
I picked that since the last play I reviewed there was A Wonderful Life done as a Radio Show. Sometimes I connect the dots. Well I will be back with a new post soon!
I admit I like It's A Wonderful Life after all it is a great story. However, watching the movie over and over again year afrter year gets a little stale. Well this year in Frederick, Maryland you can see It's A Wonderful Life: A Life Radio Play in a completely different way. They take us back to a time before television, back to a time where stories were told over radio airwaves. They did an awesome job with this production and you can read my review here.
They are also doing a production of A Christmas Carol ast the Weinberg Center this weekend. It is a bigger stage and a wonderful venue. It has become a Holiday tradition in Frederick. I reviewed the show last year and here is a link to my review.
And yes The Puss and Boots show is still going on a great performance for younfer audience and another play within a play. They are one busy theater right now with three productions going and all three are great!
Here is a comercial for the theatre highlighting their Holiday offerings...
Here is a promo for It's A Wonderful Life: A Life Radio Play
Well I hope you enjoy andd I will be back soon with a new post...
Last year I watched the Maryland Ensemble Theatre's Fun Company put on a show called The Commedia Pinocchio. I blogged about it briefly here and you can read my review of that show here if you like.What the heck does this all have to do about some cat, Puss and some Boots? Well the Fun Company has brought back the Commedia Troupe to perform a The Commedia Puss in Boots and it is a hoot! You can read my review here.
Here s a commercial spot for their holiday shows...including Puss and Boots
I'm going to be writing a lot this week. Most of it is sports related. Since, I have already blogged about football and baseball this week I thought I would break it up a bit and write about a musical I reviewed. I found out the lead role lost his voice and the show didn't have an understudy. So, I was expecting the worst but I was pleasantly surprised and treated to a stellar performance of Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, Maryland. You can read my full review here.
Here is a bit of the opening number as done on the Broadway Production...
It poortrays Andrew Jackson in a EMO rock star style. It is not politically correct, sometimes offensive, but interesting, entertaining, thought provoking fun time!
I'll be back soon with another post about something different.what? I am not sure yet.
If you live close to Frederick, Maryland and you are looking for something fun to do with the family you might want to check out Rikki Tikki Tavi which is playing at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre. It is one of their FUN company productions and they always manage to create fun, family friendly productions.You can read my review here.
The puppetry is cool and the kids loved it and the story telling is even better. Then again it is based on a Rudyard Kipling story, so perhaps a really good story helps. Well I am going to keep this post short and sweet but I will be back with something new soon.
Saturday I had the chance to go see the Maryland Ensemble Theatre's production of 39 Steps in Frederick. It was nice to see a show and not have to write a review about it. Don't get me wrong I like writing reviews but it is still nice not too.
Anyway it was a great show. Here is Amanda Gunther's review of the show. As I play it forward a bit and spotlight another writers review. Here is a teaser for the show from YouTube...
Well I have a busy weekend ahead writing about comedy, a play, and football so stayed tuned more blog posts will be coming soon!
Add a rock band and a few songs to Robin Hood. Update it to represent the Occupy Movement and the 99%. Take some daring chances and you have lively, current theater with a classic twist. That is exactly what the MET did with their production and you can read my review here.
Here is the promo for the show:
Here is a bit of a teaser:
A local World Premiere from a local theatre company working with Frederick Community College and Hood College. I suppose this is what community theatre is all about.
You don't have to go to a theatre festival like the CATF or the Capital Fringe to find a World Premiere showing of a play. Check out your local community theatre or one nearby. I found a World Premiere run at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, Maryland called I Am (Not) My Mother and you can read my review here.
If my review did not have enough information for you. Here is an interview with the playwright Suzanne Beal....
If you interested get tickets now, they were scare on Friday night! Anyway I hope you enjoyed the post as I found a little extra to add. I'm off to the Capital Fringe tomorrow for a couple of shows,,,
Last week was a good week for me, live music three nights can't be bad. One was the Martina McBride show. The other was Yoni Gras 2012. It was a neat concept. I live a local theatre, the Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, Maryland hosting two nights of live music to promote local, independent bands. I think it is a win, win. The bands get exposure, the MET has something going on for two nights during their off season.
It did turn me on to a couple of local bands that I want to see again. Some were not exactly my cup of tea. However, I like the idea of a place bands can show off their creativity. You can read my review here. If you were there please feel free to leave your opinion on the show. I must admit the show did make me feel kind of old. I think I was the oldest one there except for some of the band members parents.
Here are some samples of some of the music...
Here is Holy MTN a synth driven band, that had a 80's retro sound...
More from the show Silent Old Mountain...
More here is Old Indian..I really liked them, blues driven hard rock, and very loud!
The second night was quite different with Honeyhound, Violet Overnight and Adrienne and the Merrylanders.
Just trying to share some more, I couldn't find any clips of night two. However, the first night is well represented on youtube. I'll be back soon with another post..
The blog stopped a bit last month with no posts since the 20th. However, the blog will have many posts this month since I am doing the A to Z challenge again this year. So without further ado I will start the challenge with Antigone for A.
The MET is the Maryland Ensemble Theatre located in the theater district of Frederick, Maryland. Their version of Antigone was not the Greek classic. However, it was a creative adaptation by Reiner Prochaska who is a solid actor who shows off a lot more of his theater skills in this production. You can read my review on the DC Metro Theater Arts page here.
Here is some rehearsal footage of the cast practicing for the show via YouTube:
I'll be back Monday with a post for B and perhaps a regular post later in the day on Monday...
The end of the world might be coming. However, my daughter isn't being stalked by an Elvis impersonating teen yet. I'm not mopping around the house not buying groceries. My wife isn't walking around talking with a Jesus hallucination. However, you can see it all in "End Days" playing in Frederick at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre. You can read my review here.
I've already seen it so I won't be watching it this weekend. Instead I will be taking my daughter to the theatre in Northern Virginia to see something special. Stay tune to read my review and here more details soon.
I published two more reviews today. It has been kind of hectic last week covering three plays.
First up: The Reindeer Monologues. This is not a typical Holiday play. However, with all the other scandels going on this play is so topical. Santa's got problems of his own.
Staying with the Maryland Ensemble Theatre, I also reviewed a play that was a little more traditional for the Holidays. Their production of A Christmas Carol.
Me I am taking a bit of a break from the theatre well at least this weekend anyway..
However, I am making musical plans for the future.
In late October I reviewed "American Buffalo" at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre. I picked the right night to review it, since we evacuated are home due to the freak snow storm to stay at a Frederick Hotel. It was not so much the snow but the lack of power and wanting to keep the family warm that created the hotel stay.
Any way "American Buffalo" is playing through November 20th. You can read my review here which also has ticket information. If you go beware it is Mamet so there will be some colorful language featuring quite a few f-bombs and s-bombs to name a few.
It might be community theatre but the MET always has great acting. This production features a guest in Jeff Keilholtz as Teach. I probably didn't mention enough about him in my review. Jeff is based out of New York and has appeared in off-Broadway productions, films, and one of my favorite television shows "The Sopranos." He played the role of the Party Doctor in two episodes back in 2006.
Tad Janes the theatre's artistic director performs as the shopkeeper Donny and Bobby was played by Clayton Myers making the cast of three really incredible. Check it out if the language does not offend.
