Whether you love Shakespeare or Shylock, this story lives between The Merchant of Venice and the realities of Jewish history. Jessica and Lorenzo are in love, but to be together they must plan an escape from her father’s house, the Venetian ghetto, and her entire culture. EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED is about disguise, romantic intrigue, and the terrible price we must sometimes pay to be free.
Gothic melodrama gets a high-camp celebration in this first-class comedy filled with murder and mayhem.
Gothic melodrama gets a high-camp celebration in this first-class comedy filled with murder and mayhem.
John Wilkes Booth – Maryland born, second rate actor, round-the-clock drunk, handsome womanizer, Southern sympathizer, white supremacist, and presidential assassin – is a man every American has heard of but few really know. Now Matthew Weiner, known for creating “big fun…classy entertainment with a brain” (Detroit Free Press) makes his playwriting debut with JOHN WILKES BOOTH: ONE NIGHT ONLY!, an audacious look at the notorious man buried in an unmarked grave less than a mile from Baltimore Center Stage.
John Wilkes Booth – Maryland born, second rate actor, round-the-clock drunk, handsome womanizer, Southern sympathizer, white supremacist, and presidential assassin – is a man every American has heard of but few really know. Now Matthew Weiner, known for creating “big fun…classy entertainment with a brain” (Detroit Free Press) makes his playwriting debut with JOHN WILKES BOOTH: ONE NIGHT ONLY!, an audacious look at the notorious man buried in an unmarked grave less than a mile from Baltimore Center Stage.
A complete script flip of Shakespeare's tragic love story set to a pop anthem soundtrack, this musical comedy rewrites destiny, celebrates empowerment, and explores love in its myriad forms, all while dancing through modern hits.
A complete script flip of Shakespeare's tragic love story set to a pop anthem soundtrack, this musical comedy rewrites destiny, celebrates empowerment, and explores love in its myriad forms, all while dancing through modern hits.
