Olney

The perfect play for theatergoers may be Anne Meara's"After-Play," about four show-biz friends who have dinner together after a night at the theater and end up tearing the play -- and each other -- apart."

John Lindner reviews Urban Bar-B-Que in Sandy Spring. That's near Olney, looks like. See if Lindner thinks this barbecue restaurant, the third in a group that also has locaitons in Silver Spring and Rockville, is worth the drive.

Love, death, jealousy, obsession, violence - these are at the heart of Bizet's Carmen. Distill the four-hour opera down to its essence - as Peter Brook and his collaborators have done in their 80-minute adaptation - and presumably these core characteristics become more intense. But director Jim Petosa's production at Olney Theatre Center is surprisingly lacking in intensity. Despite a strong lead performance - powerfully acted as well as sung - by Stephanie Chigas, La Tragedie de Carmen has an almost clinical feel.

`Movin' Out' Movin' Out, the dialogue-free musical that combines Billy Joel's songs with Twyla Tharp's choreography, begins a monthlong run at the National Theatre in Washington tomorrow. Conceived by Tharp - who won a 2003 Tony for choreographing the show - Movin' Out uses two dozen Joel songs, including "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant," "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," "She's Got a Way" and "The Stranger," to tell the story of the relationships among five friends, beginning in the 1960s.

On Monday, April 18, 2005, MARJORIE B., at her residence in Silver Spring, MD. Beloved wife of the late William L. Katzenberger. She is survived by one daughter, Barbara Ann King; and four sons, James Winfield, Mark Giffin, William L. Jr., Donald Charles; seven grandchildren and a host of friends. Family will receive friends at Muriel H. Barber Funeral Home, 21525 Laytonsville Road, Laytonsville, MD on Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 5 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Peter's Church, 2900 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, MD at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 21, 2005 with a private internment to follow.

In the role of playwright Eric Weiss, actor Paul Morella hides immense rage, fear and pain behind an affable smile. Those emotions are telegraphed by the amused, downward glance, the wry upward tilt of Morella's lips. In an instant, the people in Weiss' life who have been pummeling his ego - the playwright's withholding father, his estranged wife - are dispatched to a safe remove. Morella watches them flail away silently, as if they were under water. If you go Brooklyn Boy runs at the Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, through Aug. 5. Show times are 7:45 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, with matinees at 1:45 p.m. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

A Baltimore County youth was identified yesterday as the victim of a fatal accident Friday in Montgomery County. Police said Joseph Louis Lineberger, 18, of the 9200 block of Oswald Way in the Canterbury Apartments near Rossville was northbound on Georgia Avenue in Brookeville about 5:30 p.m. and was attempting a right turn in a curve when the van he was driving crossed over the double yellow lines and crashed into a southbound 2002 International heavy-duty...

OLNEY -- There is a scene at the end of the first act of Olney Theatre's production of "I Hate Hamlet" in which the ghost of John Barrymore challenges a television actor named Andrew Rally to a sword fight. As Barrymore thrusts and parries with swashbuckling bravado, Andrew ducks, runs for cover and, when cornered, resorts to Three Stooges-style eye jabs.If there were "Cliffs Notes" for Paul Rudnick's "I Hate Hamlet" -- as there are, of course, for Shakespeare -- they'd merely have to describe this duel and it would be evident that this is a comedy about a challenge issued by the great Barrymore to a middling TV star, or, in a broader sense, issued by holy theater to profane TV.I don't have to tell you which one wins.

On May 6, 2004, WILLIAM J. FORD of Jarrettsville, beloved husband of Rose Ford; devoted father of Richard Ford, Patricia Moffitt, Vicky Ballard, Patricia Streett and Paul Becker; loving grandfather of Robert and Brandon Ballard, Jennifer Ford, Michael Becker, James Streett and Richard and Bruce Olney; great-grandfather of Kayla and Joshua Becker, Ashley, Courtney and Samantha Olney; and dear sister of Jeneveve Lashinsky. Family will receive friends at the family owned Evans Funeral Chapel-Bel Air, 3 Newport Drive (Rts 23 and 24--Forest Hill)

On Monday, July 3, 2006, ABBY M. ZIZMOR of Olney, MD, beloved wife of Steven M. Zemsky, devoted mother of Alan I. (Laura) Zizmor and Ronald T. Zizmor, loving daughter of the late Herman and Mary Mednick, dear grandmother of Rachel. Also survived by many dear and loving friends. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 6, 1:30 P. M at Judean Memorial Chapel, 16525 Batchellor Forest Road, Olney, MD. Interment Judean Memorial Gardens. The family will be in mourning at her late residence through Friday, July 7, at 12 noon.