Tag: Ken Ludwig

Turning The Hound of the Baskervilles, one of Sherlock Holmes’ most famous cases, from a mystery into a small-cast comedy is an idea that...

A good American farce is as rare as a diamond. If you can write a crazy comedy that will keep audiences laughing, regional and...

One afternoon in 1979 or 1980, I saw Orson Welles on The Merv Griffin Show discussing his love of mystery stories. One of his...

Children’s Theatre of Annapolis’ production of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure story Treasure Island is a rollicking, exciting spectacle. Adapted by Ken Ludwig and...

This weekend I had the pleasure of attending an opening weekend performance of The Game’s Afoot (Holmes for the Holidays), by Ken Ludwig at...

In Part 5 of a series of interviews with the cast of The Montgomery Playhouse’s Postmortem, meet Nora Zanger. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where...

In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of The Montgomery Playhouse’s Postmortem, meet Dell Pendergrast. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where...

In Part Seven of a series of interviews with the cast of Vagabond Players' Moon Over Buffalo, meet Richard Manichello. Joel: Please introduce yourselves and tell...

In Part Two of a series of interviews with the cast of Vagabond Players' Moon Over Buffalo, meet Jess Kim. Please introduce yourselves and tell me why...

In Part One of a series of interviews with the cast of Vagabond Players' Moon Over Buffalo, meet Caroline Kiebach. Joel: Please introduce yourselves and tell me why...

As a former actress, I can attest that the goings-on backstage are often just as dramatic as what is happening onstage. Celebrating their 100th...

So what if he’s invisible? He’s still the best friend and constant companion of the lovably eccentric tippler Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey, a...

In 1989, Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor took home four Drama Desk Awards, and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Play....

If there’s one thing the recent spate of cinematic and televised incarnations of Sherlock Holmes has proven, it’s that after more than a century,...

If The Fox on the Fairway shows how the other half lives, well, I don’t know if I want to be a part of...

Is A Comedy of Tenors, Ken Ludwig’s newest comedy, a worthy successor to Lend Me a Tenor, his knockabout farce that opened on Broadway...

St. Mark’s Players mount a hilarious production of the farce Moon Over Buffalo by local playwright Ken Ludwig. This play marked Carol Burnett’s return...

Lend Me a Tenor at the Washington County Playhouse is a rollercoaster ride of laughs. Director Laura Martin brings this well-known Ken Ludwig farce...

If you want to call Richard Glazier a throwback, go right ahead. He loves it. For Glazier, there’s nothing better than sitting at a...

Rockville Little Theatre is please to announce our 2015-2016 Season! ______ The Great Gatsby adapted by Simon Levy from the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald Directed...