Steve Charing OUTspoken

I t’s been a few weeks now since the finale of Empire’s inaugural season, but I can’t get it out of mind.   The blockbuster Fox series,...

 I magine having a voice in selecting the cast of a play.   As an audience member of Eat the Runt , which will run for three ...

T he tragedy of gay 21 year-old college student Matthew Shepard’s brutal murder at the hands of two young men in Laramie, Wyoming in Octobe...

T he time between presidential elections can be a head-shaking experience among ordinary folks.   Unfortunately, much of this interlude ...

I n its recent works, Iron Crow Theatre, Baltimore’s queer theatre company, has delved into the subject of death from different angles.   ...

E ven if one entered Olney Theatre Center’s Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab without knowing anything about George Brant’s taut play Grounded ,...

W hen openly gay Neil Patrick Harris strutted out on the stage of the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to host the 87 th Academy Awards, one ...

W hat’s in a name?   Apparently, a lot as evidenced by Oscar Wilde’s classic work The Importance of Being Earnest currently playing in th...

T he recent kerfuffle over Brian Williams’ false statements about a helicopter he was riding in being hit with enemy fire during the war in...

C reepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky—that surely defines that ooky Addams family.   You can add hilarious and goofy to the mix and you ha...

O lney Theatre Center launched its 77 th season with a joyful and uplifting production of the musical Godspell .   With music and lyrics ...

A s the final snowflakes dissipated during newly elected governor Larry Hogan’s inauguration, I couldn’t help but think of his predecessor...