'Candida' closes out great season for Bay Theatre

Here is my candid assessment: This might be The Bay Theatre Company's best overall season.

Not once did the Annapolis troupe fail to please, despite a wildly varied slate of shows that included modern classics like "True West," "The Fantasticks" and "The Gin Game," along with a traditional classic like George Bernard Shaw's "Candida."

"Candida," which caps the troupe's 2008-2009 season, opened last weekend and featured the kind of brilliant acting and superlative set design that have become Bay Theatre's hallmarks.

The entire cast of "Candida"...