Tina Collins

Tina Collins

Freelance writer. Extreme caregiver. Mental Health warrior. Persistent.






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Review: DINNER AND CAKE at Everyman Theatre
Review: DINNER AND CAKE at Everyman Theatre
September 15, 2022

Funny, sharp, elegant and engaging--DINNER AND CAKE serves up an evening of original and uniquely entertaining theater.

Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
July 15, 2022

A multi-talented cast in a unique, romantic setting makes for a lovely summer evening. Shakespeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is the progenitor of the modern rom-com. Maybe this is why it has been placed in so many different eras of civilization from its original Renaissance setting to Edwardian England to the Roaring Twenties to its present incarnation in Post-World War II France. No matter where it travels, audiences will recognize the bickering protagonists, gossipy friends, meddling family, village buffoons, and broad comedy with a touch of tragedy.

BWW Review: GHOST/WRITER at REPStage
BWW Review: GHOST/WRITER at REPStage
May 17, 2021

Get lost listening to Dane Figueroa Edidi’s sensual and striking radio play GHOST/WRITER.

BWW Review: THE SHADOW BOX at Spotlighters Theatre
BWW Review: THE SHADOW BOX at Spotlighters Theatre
February 11, 2020

Learning to mediate loss is the secret to celebrating life. Learn to live and let go with three who are in THE SHADOW BOX at the Spotlighters Theatre.

BWW Review: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at The Everyman Theatre
BWW Review: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at The Everyman Theatre
December 17, 2019

Escape into the luxe world of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express st the Everyman Theatre, a murder mystery for all seasons.

BWW Review: DRACULA at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
BWW Review: DRACULA at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
October 10, 2019

Gothic horror takes over the Chesapeake Shakespeare Theater as they sink their teeth into DRACULA

BWW Review: PROOF at The Everyman Theatre
BWW Review: PROOF at The Everyman Theatre
September 11, 2019

At the Everyman Theatre, director Paige Hernandez delivers a beautifully rendered revival of David Auburn's play PROOF which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2001. Nearly twenty years later, the issues and dilemmas it presents remain relevant and riveting.

BWW Review: THE CRUCIBLE at The Vagabond
BWW Review: THE CRUCIBLE at The Vagabond
June 7, 2019

Fake news circa 1692. No one is safe when the accusations start flying in superstitious Salem.

BWW Review: CRIMES OF THE HEART at The Vagabond
BWW Review: CRIMES OF THE HEART at The Vagabond
March 12, 2019

Three sisters bond over broken hearts and new hopes in a small Southern town in 1981.

BWW Review: EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL at The Everyman
BWW Review: EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL at The Everyman
February 7, 2019

EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL at The Everyman is good theater at its best. What seems a simple tragedy on the surface, is a story of dimension and depth. It entertains and challenges the audience to confront their ideas of acceptance, forgiveness and redemption.

BWW Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at The Everyman
BWW Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at The Everyman
December 12, 2018

The Victorians are very confused in this vivid and animated version of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at The Everyman.

BWW Review: ANASTASIA  at The Hippodrome
BWW Review: ANASTASIA at The Hippodrome
December 6, 2018

ANASTASIA at the Hippodrome is full of charm and exuberance. Part modern fairytale, part musical history, the show takes full advantage of the glory that was Imperial Russia and the glitter of 1920s Paris.

BWW Review: DANCING AT LUGHNASA at The Everyman
BWW Review: DANCING AT LUGHNASA at The Everyman
September 19, 2018

Your sense of home lives in the boundaries of childhood memory. Aspects of the larger world are distilled to smaller moments that define each person's life. The intricate patterns of past and present, memory and reality choreograph the story of Everyman's DANCING AT LUGHNASA, Brian Friel's 1991 Tony-award-winning play.

BWW Review: THE QUICKENING at Fells Point Corner Theatre
BWW Review: THE QUICKENING at Fells Point Corner Theatre
June 15, 2018

A young woman and her baby are in danger as it becomes increasingly evident they are being haunted.

BWW Review: THE BOOK OF JOSEPH at The Everyman Theatre
BWW Review: THE BOOK OF JOSEPH at The Everyman Theatre
May 17, 2018

The psychological arcs of history are sometimes lost in the details and dates. THE BOOK OF JOSEPH amplifies those emotional truths as it follows the Hollander family's past struggle to survive World War II and present struggle to deal with the reverberations of a past we both wish to remember and seek to forget.

BWW Review: The Glass Menagerie at the Vagabond
BWW Review: The Glass Menagerie at the Vagabond
September 18, 2017

Perfect casting makes for a beautiful rendition of The Glass Menagerie at the Vagabond. In this Tennessee Williams' classic, a fractured family struggles to maintain the illusion of hope in a harsh reality. Michael Byrne Zemarel's sensitive direction extracts the timeless elements from the mid-century setting.

BWW Review: Exquisite Lunacy in A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at the Hippodrome
BWW Review: Exquisite Lunacy in A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at the Hippodrome
December 29, 2016

Can murder be funny? It is when a group of eccentric aristocrats are involved with all the frills and trills of the Edwardian Age in A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER currently playing at the Hippodrome

BWW Review: Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA at the Hippodrome
BWW Review: Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA at the Hippodrome
November 3, 2016

It's a lovely, lovely night at the Hippodrome with Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA

BWW Review: DAS BARBECÜ at the Spotlighters
BWW Review: DAS BARBECÜ at the Spotlighters
October 12, 2016

TheValkyries are riding into Texas with DAS BARBECÜ, a tall tale of gods, heroes, good, evil, quests, curses, bling, rings and a buffet fit for Valhalla. Come to the best barbecue in town at the Spotlighters, a small space with big ideas.

BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS at the Hippodrome - A Show for All Seasons
BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS at the Hippodrome - A Show for All Seasons
September 29, 2016

A high energy musical history of The Four Seasons that hits all the right notes.



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