Steve Charing OUTspoken

Commentary on LGBTQ and political issues plus theatre reviews and sports.

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Overcoming the Orioles’ Inferiority Complex

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A s the 2022 Major League Baseball trade deadline approached, the surprising Baltimore Orioles record was hovering around .500 and only 3 ga...
Wednesday, February 08, 2023

‘Les Misérables’ at the Hippodrome est Magnifique

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I f you bought a ticket simply to hear the magical tenor voice of Nick Cartell who plays Jean Valjean in the stellar production of Les Misér...
Saturday, February 04, 2023

‘Something Rotten!’ at Toby’s But Only the Title of the Show

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T he last thing you want to hear is that there is "something rotten" at a dinner theatre. But rest assured we’re not talking about...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Classic ‘My Fair Lady’ at the Hippodrome

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Madeline Powell as Eliza Doolittle M y Fair Lady was my first Broadway LP album, and I must have played it a hundred times, loving each son...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Love is Love: Marking 10 Years of Marriage Equality in Maryland

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B eginning thirty minutes after midnight on January 1, 2013, seven same-sex couples were wed at Baltimore’s City Hall. The historic event re...
Saturday, December 17, 2022

A Cabaret for December Holidays Sparkles at Olney

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'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year' makes its world premiere. W hen we use the expressions, “I’ll be home for the holidays” or “I...
Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Edgy ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Electrifies the Hippodrome

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W e may all have ideas as to what defines a perfect family. Perfection is in the eye of the beholder. What would be the criteria? But we can...
Friday, December 02, 2022

The Republicans’ Nazi Problem

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B y now, most of us have read or heard about the infamous pre-Thanksgiving dinner former president Donald Trump held with anti-Semite Kanye ...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Toby’s Puts the Wonderful in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

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T he musical version of It’s a Wonderful Life returns to Toby’s, The Dinner Theatre of Columbia, as its featured holiday production. With i...
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Steve Charing
This blog contains a compilation of recent articles--mostly political, sports and local theatre reviews-- appearing in MD Theatre Guide, Baltimore OUTloud, Washington Blade, Gay Life, Outsports.com, published letters, and commentary. My letters to the editor have appeared in such publications as TIME, USA Today, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Columbia Flier/Howard County Times, City Paper (Baltimore)and Washington Blade. I have a wonderful spouse who has been the love of my life since February 1980. I married him on July 23, 2009 in Provincetown, MA--our first and favorite vacation spot. Comments are welcome directly on the blog but personal attacks will not be allowed. NOTE: Feel free to share the link to my posts but the contents may not be lifted without attribution .
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