Cybele Pomeroy

Cybele Pomeroy

Cybele Pomeroy graduated from Loyola College, before it had grown up and become Loyola University, where she studied writing, literature, education and drama. She never studied costuming, improv or physical comedy but does them anyway. Cybele has been writing theater reviews since 2013, but still hasn't seen Cats, Les Mis, Our Town or Death Of A Salesman. She loves Hamlet and Harvey equally, for different reasons. Her first name rhymes with "seashell," not "quibble."






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Review: A CHORUS LINE at Toby's Sings And Dances Its Way Into Your Heart
Review: A CHORUS LINE at Toby's Sings And Dances Its Way Into Your Heart
February 4, 2024

A CHORUS LINE at Toby’s in Columbia through March 10th, 2024- Staff are warm and helpful, the atmosphere is welcoming and the production is wonderful. If you’re a fan of musical theater, A CHORUS LINE will resonate. It’s a visual and auditory delight, with complex dance numbers and Marvin Hamlisch’s memorable melodies.

Review: RENT Rocks At Baltimore's Theatre Project AND M & T Bank Exchange
Review: RENT Rocks At Baltimore's Theatre Project AND M & T Bank Exchange
January 30, 2024

RENT is an assemblage of romantic tragedy interspersed with moments that touch your heart, rattle your nerves or tickle your funny bone, set in the gritty underbelly of New York at the height of the AIDS epidemic. The show is a tribute to the spirit of people undaunted by poverty, addiction and illness in the face of a very bleak reality. 

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET - Join In Live on a Holiday Tradition At Toby's In Columbia
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET - Join In Live on a Holiday Tradition At Toby's In Columbia
December 10, 2023

Toby’s Dinner And Show in Columbia, MD, presents Meredith Wilson’s Miracle On 34th Street, the Musical through January 7th, 2024, and it’s a fun holiday outing that gives the feel of New York City in December. Dress up for the occasion if you wish, and step into a traditional holiday favorite, live and in full color. 

Review: LITTLE WOMEN Is Big News In Theatre Representation at the Strand in Baltimore
Review: LITTLE WOMEN Is Big News In Theatre Representation at the Strand in Baltimore
December 8, 2023

Under Kaitlyn Fowler’s direction, the March family becomes real. A real family has commitment, but also strife and arguments. Most renditions of the Marches are tidy, sanitized, prettified. Fowler’s March family is messy, complicated and sincerely relatable. A terrific performance for your family's festive holiday outing.

Review: POE'S LAST STANZA at Perry's in Odenton Is Full of Wit, Poetry and Humor
Review: POE'S LAST STANZA at Perry's in Odenton Is Full of Wit, Poetry and Humor
November 13, 2023

Here is wonderful dark magic at work. The wizarding workshop is Do Or Die Productions, its owner/ director/ writer, CJ Crowe, the magician, and her brainchild, POE'S LAST STANZA the spell. The magic of live theater, collective imagination, and audience-driven improvisation are the ingredients in Crowe’s bewitching brew.

Review: Lots To Like In ChesShakes Production of Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT
Review: Lots To Like In ChesShakes Production of Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT
October 10, 2023

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company ensemble performers are quick on their feet, perfect in their enunciation, energetic and expressive as they deliver Shakespearean favorite plot elements of upper class people in forests, merriment, witty banter, love triangles, and everyone getting married. The action is fast-paced, the set stunning and immersive.

THINK PINK! A GAY PLAY FESTIVAL Presented By Pink Pen Theatre Tackles Ticklish Situations With Sensitivity And Heart
THINK PINK! A GAY PLAY FESTIVAL Presented By Pink Pen Theatre Tackles Ticklish Situations With Sensitivity And Heart
October 6, 2023

THINK PINK is new material presented in the form of short plays, snippets of humanity, gently delivered, with a twist on a topic you might take for granted. The ensemble performers work also as stage crew, literally putting together each set from modular pieces. The final sequence makes a strong statement about community and what makes one.

Sisters Act Up And Over The Top In Lively Production of SISTER ACT at Toby's In Columbia
Sisters Act Up And Over The Top In Lively Production of SISTER ACT at Toby's In Columbia
September 19, 2023

SISTER ACT at Toby's in Columbia is a delightfully energetic show that is woman-driven and relationship-positive. Songwriter Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater (of Disney fame) create numbers specifically for theatrical production of the movie-inspired script. Ear-pleasing harmonies abound in an extravaganza of song, dance and sisterhood.

Review: 10x10x10 2023 At Fells Point Corner Theatre: Longer Than A Tweet, Shorter Than An Indictment
Review: 10x10x10 2023 At Fells Point Corner Theatre: Longer Than A Tweet, Shorter Than An Indictment
August 21, 2023

Ten playwrights offer ten-minute plays performed by an ensemble of ten actors in the Fells Point Corner Theatre's annual 10x10x10 competition. Strong writing dominates the production, and each piece is different enough from its fellows that determining the “best” show is challenging, as the plays vary widely in format, pacing, tone and subject.

Review: NEIL SIMON'S THE DINNER PARTY Explores Relationships at Cockpit In Court
Review: NEIL SIMON'S THE DINNER PARTY Explores Relationships at Cockpit In Court
August 7, 2023

Cockpit In Court at CCBC presents THE DINNER PARTY, by Neil Simon. With 30+ Neil Simon plays to consider, THE DINNER PARTY is an unconventional choice. It’s not funny-funny, as one who is only passingly familiar with Neil Simon’s work, might expect, so it’s less often produced; consider it an opportunity to see something one hasn’t seen before.

Review: JIMMY BUFFETT'S ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE Is Lighthearted Romance For Buffett Buffs at Toby's Dinner And Show
Review: JIMMY BUFFETT'S ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE Is Lighthearted Romance For Buffett Buffs at Toby's Dinner And Show
July 5, 2023

ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Toby's in Columbia wearing flip-flops and a Hawaiian shirt. Each familiar Jimmy Buffett number is performed with signature Toby’s exuberance, as guests join in singing. A sea of audience-chosen tropical prints boosts atmosphere, and the live miniature orchestra is terrific. It's a three hour airport-free island vacation!

Review: R/J Fresh Alt Take On Shakespeare At Strand
Review: R/J Fresh Alt Take On Shakespeare At Strand
June 22, 2023

R/J Fresh Alt Take On Shakespeare At Strand: a poignant contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet blows apart the Sharks and the Jets. Gen Z is much more than man-woman, boy-girl, literally dying, often legislated to death, and this story must be told. Writers Aladrian C. Wetzel & Elizabeth Ung update both story and characters to great effect.

Sample Local Flavor With VARIATIONS ON THE END at MICA's BBOX- The Tradition Continues
Sample Local Flavor With VARIATIONS ON THE END at MICA's BBOX- The Tradition Continues
June 16, 2023

The mixed-use Gateway Building is the location of the BBox Theater. It is this year's home of the VARIATIONS ten-minute theater festival, which, for 2023, is VARIATIONS ON THE END, under the capable wing of Rapid Lemon Productions. Jalice Ortiz-Corral directs all eleven of these brand-new playlets by local playwrights.

Reacquaint Yourself With THE WIZARD OF OZ, Presented By Stand Up For... Theatre at DoodleHATCH in Columbia
Reacquaint Yourself With THE WIZARD OF OZ, Presented By Stand Up For... Theatre at DoodleHATCH in Columbia
June 12, 2023

During Pride month, it's appropriate to support theatre devoted to the inclusion of those who have been 'othered' by society in general, and even in the theatrical community. Take pride in your local alternative community theater and see Stand Up For.... Theatre's latest production, THE WIZARD OF OZ, at DoodleHatch in Columbia through June 18th, 2023.

 THE LADY WAS A GENTLEMAN is Fabulous Fun at Strand Theater in Baltimore
THE LADY WAS A GENTLEMAN is Fabulous Fun at Strand Theater in Baltimore
May 9, 2023

The year is 1858. Charlotte Cushman, renowned performer in the US and abroad, plays male roles onstage as often as female roles, and prefers them. Strand Theater Company produces Barbara Kahn's script, which is built for humor, and spotlights an underappreciated American heroine. This female-centric production is triumphant queer comic theater.

Review: GREASE at Toby's Is Slick Production
Review: GREASE at Toby's Is Slick Production
April 16, 2023

GREASE, a perennial favorite for theaters and theater-goers, is quite the crowd-pleaser at Toby's Dinner Theater in Columbia, Maryland. It's full of fun songs you already know, excellent dancing and a tiny bit of plot. The cast is excellent and the staging is lively. It has many elements in common with the movie, but a PG rating isn't one of them.

Review: Brava, Bravo! Fall In Love With HUBBA HUBBA at Theatre Project
Review: Brava, Bravo! Fall In Love With HUBBA HUBBA at Theatre Project
March 25, 2023

Brava, Bravo! For HUBBA HUBBA At Theatre Project: Don't miss the World Premiere! This new show by Alex & Olmsted, internationally acclaimed winners of multiple Jim Henson Award grants, is a pastiche of comedic scenes starring humans, puppets and an invisible fruit fly. Each carries a unique message spotlighting different facets of romantic love.

CRISIS MODE: LIVING PILIPINO IN AMERICA At Strand In Baltimore Resonates With Immigrants, Illuminates Everyone
CRISIS MODE: LIVING PILIPINO IN AMERICA At Strand In Baltimore Resonates With Immigrants, Illuminates Everyone
March 21, 2023

CRISIS MODE: LIVING PILIPINO IN AMERICA is a revelation as well as a personal and cultural history. Speaking for, and to, people 'other-ed' for cultural reasons, or with dualism of identities, it also resonates with anyone who has basic compassion. Heartbreaking, interactive and funny, the performance immerses one in memoir as it's being written.

Review: Join A Raucous Romp Through THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company In Downtown Baltimore
Review: Join A Raucous Romp Through THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company In Downtown Baltimore
February 20, 2023

Race downtown to join a raucous romp through THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, where the comedy is comic, the tragedy is comic, the history is comic and the comics are comic. You'll applaud, laugh, and may even become part of the action in this goofy rendition of the Bard's oeuvre.

Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! Reeks Of Hilarity At Toby's In Columbia
Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! Reeks Of Hilarity At Toby's In Columbia
February 6, 2023

Designed for fans of musicals, SOMETHING ROTTEN! is a Queen's farthingdale full of fun. It’s lighthearted, full of color and movement, funny, packed with references to amuse Broadway lovers and Shakespeare scholars, with familiar four-second musical riffs scattered through the show. Toby’s Dinner Theater delivers again with SOMETHING ROTTEN!



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