April 10, 2015
April 9, 2015 - Segment 2 - We take a sneak peak of Reparations: A Musical, a unique production that blends drama, comedy, music and dance to make the concept and issue of reparations "relatable."
January 2, 2015
December 24, 2014 - Segment 2 - In the latest installment of the World of the Play series, we look at the rise and fall of the thriller in theatre and film.
November 10, 2014
November 7, 2014 - Segment 2 - We talk with individuals from the Freedom Theatre in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the Occupied West Bank. The goal of the theatre is to empower the community and to explore the potential of arts as an important catalyst for social change.
October 8, 2014
October 7, 2014 - Segment 3 - Join us for a sneak peek of God's Country, a performance by LOVE the Poet opening for a one week run by the Strand Theater Company. We're joined by Michelle Antoinette aka LOVE the Poet, spoken word artist and musician.
May 3, 2014
May 2, 2014 - Segment 4 - We hear an illuminating discussion that took place last Saturday at Everyman Theatre as part of their World of the Play series. The topic was Race and Representation: "Our greatest accomplishment. Our greatest shame."
March 16, 2014
March 14, 2014 - Segment 4 - We take a peek into what happens behind the curtain in live theatre, as we air the conversation, called "Must the Show Go on?" which was taped last Saturday at Everyman Theatre, part of their World of the Play series. Inspired by the current production at Everyman, The Dresser, the discussion reveals what really happens behind the scenes.
January 27, 2014
January 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - We hear the second installment in our World of the Play series, where we partner with Everyman Theatre to delve deeply into the themes addressed in each of their plays this season.You'll hear the panel Marc moderated on Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley's play about three sisters in Mississippi. When the play was released in the early eighties, women playwrights were produced far less often than their male counterparts. Over thirty years later, there are still gender inequalities in the theater. Why aren't women playwrights being heard on our stages?
December 18, 2013
December 18, 2013 - Segment 4 - It's another segment of our Theatre Baltimore series! We hear about the current production at Theatre Project, Beowulf, from Chris Pfingsten, Producing Director of Theatre Project, and Charlie Bethel, the actor who is staging his solo performance of Beowulf until Sunday, December 22nd.
December 5, 2013
December 5, 2013 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with a preview of the production running this weekend at the Theatre Project in Baltimore, Unveiled. Award-winning playwright, actress and solo performance artist Rohina Malik will discuss her one-woman play, which deals with issues of racism, hate crimes, love, Islam, culture, language, and life.
November 25, 2013
November 22, 2013 - Segment 3 - We're launching another new series today called The World of the Play. Marc is moderating a panel at Everyman Theatre for every play this season, and the first one happened last weekend. The panel was about the play currently showing at Everyman Theatre, Red, about the painter Mark Rothko and his assistant. The panelists are: Kristen Hileman, Curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art; Donald Hicken, Director of Red; and Daniel Ettinger, Scenic Designer of Red.
November 25, 2013
November 21, 2013 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with the newest production at the Baltimore Theatre Project, "Garbage for Plums," based on a traditional Bulgarian folklore fairy tale about a man who wanted to find a good and caring wife for himself and chose a rather strange but clever way to go about it.
November 5, 2013
November 1, 2013 - Segment 4 - We talk with Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of Baltimore's CenterStage Theatre, and Marcus Gardley, poet-playwright and 2012 James Baldwin Fellow, about the current production at CenterStage - written by Gardley and directed by Kwei-Armah - dance of the holy ghosts: a play on memory. The play is about a Blues man living through the memories of his past, and his encounter with his estranged grandson.
September 13, 2013
September 12, 2013 - Segment 3 - LOVE the Poet joins us to talk about "God's Country," the one woman play she wrote, created, and performs in this Friday, 9/13 at 7pm at the 2640 Space, 2640 St. Paul Street.