Way Off Broadway
Way Off Broadway is a little dinner theatre located on Route 40 at Willowtree Plaza on the outskirts of historic Frederick. Great food, great shows, and a fun family atmosphere.
The theater provides a small, intimate setting where the actors perform main stage as well as Children´s Theater. The Children´s Theater productions have been so popular that these shows usually book up
months in advance.
Visit their website @ http://www.wayoffbroadway.com/ or call 301-662-6600
Local Movie Listings
Yahoo offers a listing of local movie theaters and showtimes on the Internet.
To connect to this handy movie guide visit...
http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html
Frederick Arts Council´s Cultural Arts Center
The Frederick Arts Council´s Cultural Arts Center is located at 15 West Patrick Street. This facility serves as a theater, theatrical conservatory, and art gallery. The center is the home to the Maryland Ensemble Theatre, the Comedy Pigs comedy troupe, and the Ensemble School as well.
For more information call 301-662-4190
The Weinberg Center
The Weinberg Center for the Arts is located at 20 West Patrick Street. Here you can attend performances by the FrederickTowne Players and the Fun Company as well as programs by regional and national entertainers. For information on performances and prices call 301-694-8585 or check out their website at www.weinbergcenter.org
Choral Arts Society of Frederick County
Choral Arts Society of Frederick County provides an opportunity for members of the community to study vocal techniques and to perform fine choral music. They work to foster an appreciation of the musical arts by promoting choral group singing and by offering quality musical productions to the community. Membership in the Choral Arts Society is open to all individuals interested in choral music and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership. The Choral Arts Society is supported in part by grants from the Frederick Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council. They also rely on ticket sales, candy sales, paid advertisements in concert programs, and the
generous donations of funding and services from the local community.
Phone: 301-662-3218 or visit their website at...
http://justcauses.net/casf
Clustered Spires Sweet Adeline Chorus
The Clustered Spires
Chorus of Frederick Maryland performs locally and regionally, attends regional education events, and competes with other Sweet Adeline choruses in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Affiliated with Sweet Adeline International, a worldwide organization of women singers dedicated to advancing the musical art for of Barbershop harmony through eduction and performance. For more information call or visit their website at ... http://www.harmonize.com/clusteredspires
The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo is a 30 acre park located at 13019 Catoctin Furnace Rd. in Thurmont, Maryland, that offers more ways to meet, feed, and sometimes touch exotic animals than any other place in the area and beyond. From bears to boas, macaws to monkeys, panthers to prairie dogs, you can meet over 350 exotic animals. From tiger, jaguar, cougar and bear to deer, tortoise, chinchilla and hedgehog, this zoo has it all. Lizard, alligator and python are among the reptiles you will meet and you can even hand-feed goats, sheep, donkeys, ducks and other animals in their petting area.
Privately owned here's a direct quote from their website…
"Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo is a private, family-owned and professionally operated facility. Since 1966, animals have been our extended family. We know their names, histories, and needs. And we know how important wildlife and their natural habitats are to the future. We hope that through our personal style of education and introduction, these wonderful creatures will become your extended family, too. Together, we´ll make sure they and their wild-living relatives enjoy the future they deserve." For information call 301-271-3180 or visit their website...http://www.cwpzoo.com
The Holiday $1.99 Theater
The Holiday $1.99 Theater is a bargain for movie goers. All tickets are just $1.99 all the time! The theater is located at 100 Baughmans Lane just off Route 40. For information and movie times call 301-694-0100
The Sounds of Summer at Baker Park
Throughout the summer months in the City of Frederick, you can listen to beautiful music at Baker Park. The Park located at 2nd St. and Carroll Parkway in Frederick, hosts a variety of shows sponsored by the City Office of Special Events and other community groups. Each Sunday at 7pm you may hear musical offerings of Jazz, Reggae, Blue Grass, Classical and more… Admission is FREE!
The Maryland Theatre Marquee
ON STAGE
Broadway at The Maryland Theatre
Purchase the series today and never hear the words sold out! Get the best seats before individual shows go on sale! Same great seats to every show! Up to a 20% discount over single ticket prices! First right to renew the same seats year after year! Never wait in line for Broadway seats again!
My Fair Lady – November 6, 2001
Titanic – January 31, 2002
Annie Get Your Gun – April 1, 2002
Cabaret – May 19, 2002
For more details visit... http://www.mdtheatre.org/marquee.htm
The Blair Witch Project
Three film students travel to Burkettsville, Maryland (near Frederick) to make a student film about a local urban legend... The Blair Witch. The three went into the woods on a two day hike to find the Blair Witch, and never came back. One year later, the students´ film and video was found in the woods. The footage was compiled and made into a movie. The Blair Witch Project. (Click on the products icon at http://frederick.lifetips.com to learn more about this movie)
ERASER
Partially filmed in Gaithersburg, near Frederick, ERASER is the story of John Kruger a U.S. marshal who is assigned to protect Lee Cullen, who works for the Cyrez Corporation, a company that manufactures top secret weapons for the military. (For more information on this movie click the "products" icon at http://frederick.lifetips.com )
In the Movies...
Did you know that there are several movies that have been filmed in and around Frederick, or about famous places and people from Frederick and surrounding areas? In this category you will find tips about these movies. Find one of interest you´d like to purchase? Simply click on the "Products" icon at http://frederick.lifetips.com and get a discount on any purchase from Frederick-Tips!
