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Marakay Rogers

 America's most uncoordinated childhood ballet and tap student before discovering that her talents were music and writing, Marakay Rogers finally traded in her violin for law school when she realized that she might make more money in law than she did performing with the Potomac Symphony and in orchestra pits around the mid-Atlantic. Unfortunately, she forgot to factor in the student loan repayments! She has never recovered from being chewed out by Terrence Mann in public for hanging up her bow. 


A graduate of Wilson College (PA), Marakay is also a writer, film reviewer and interviewer. Additionally, as of 2014, she serves as vice-chair of the Advisory Board of the Beaux Arts Society, Inc. and is a member of GALECA. 


She's also taught college-level communications, writing, theatre criticism and English literature classes, has received multiple writing awards  for several small-press novels, and is listed in Marquis' "Who's Who in America".  She has done additional post-collegiate English and drama studies coursework with Open University (UK) in drama and literature.


Her junior high English teacher was Broadway star Katrina Yaukey's mother, Kay Yaukey.  (Her high school math teacher was Ordean Yaukey, Katrina Yaukey's father, but between Marakay's mother, an editor, and Katrina's mother, English won out.) Marakay is senior theatre critic for Central Pennsylvania and a senior editor for BWWBooksWorld as well as a classical music reviewer. In her free time, Marakay practices law and often gets it right.



 


 


 






BWW Reviews: The Audience is Prisoners of Laughter at the Fulton's THE PRODUCERS
BWW Reviews: The Audience is Prisoners of Laughter at the Fulton's THE PRODUCERS
March 30, 2015

Director Marc Robin has another hit with Mel Brooks' funniest show, and with his casting two veteran Fulton performers as Max and Leo

BWW Reviews: Beaux Arts Society 'Winter Carnival' Revelry at Solas
BWW Reviews: Beaux Arts Society 'Winter Carnival' Revelry at Solas
March 30, 2015

Lillian Walker-Moss, Ronnie Giles, and others entertained the BAS member crowd at Solas

BWW Recap: Birthday Liz Looks Ageless in 'The Longevity Initiative'
BWW Recap: Birthday Liz Looks Ageless in 'The Longevity Initiative'
March 27, 2015

You only live twice... or maybe you don't. A tech billionaire's funding unconventional longevity research, people are dying, who may soon include Tom, and it's all on Elizabeth Keen's birthday. James Spader and Megan Boone investigate The Longevity Initiative.

BWW Reviews: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Visits York and Ephrata in Two Fine Productions
BWW Reviews: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Visits York and Ephrata in Two Fine Productions
March 24, 2015

Ephrata Performing Arts Center and York Little Theatre produce two different but worthy takes on Tracy Letts' award-winning tale of a family spiraling out of control

BWW Reviews: WOMEN PLAYING HAMLET Plays at Gamut/Harrisburg Shakespeare Co.
BWW Reviews: WOMEN PLAYING HAMLET Plays at Gamut/Harrisburg Shakespeare Co.
March 21, 2015

The world premiere of Downs' new play, directed by Emmy-winner Patrick Flick, can use some work on the comic timing, but the cast shines

BWW Reviews: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF Spars Three Riveting Rounds at Theatre Harrisburg
BWW Reviews: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF Spars Three Riveting Rounds at Theatre Harrisburg
March 21, 2015

Somewhere along the way, and probably because of the casting of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in the acclaimed movie version of Edward Albee's play. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF got the label of 'camp classic.'

BWW Column: NBC's THE BLACKLIST Is a Modern Misogynistic Gothic Novel
BWW Column: NBC's THE BLACKLIST Is a Modern Misogynistic Gothic Novel
March 16, 2015

In a day when even standard CBS procedurals feature strong female leads who save the world, THE BLACKLIST is a Gothic throwback to weak females who need to be rescued by mysterious heroes. Can Jon Bokenkamp dig it out of the mire?

BWW Reviews: York's SWEENEY TODD a Vocal Treat for Audiences
BWW Reviews: York's SWEENEY TODD a Vocal Treat for Audiences
March 12, 2015

Opera performers gave Rene Staub's production the sound Sondheim intended.

BWW Reviews: Gamut/HSC HAMLET Probes Character Dysfunctions
BWW Reviews: Gamut/HSC HAMLET Probes Character Dysfunctions
March 7, 2015

The 'educational outreach' version of HAMLET created by Gamut has real merit and a time limit anyone can manage.

BWW Recap: 'T. Earl King' Pays a Price on THE BLACKLIST
BWW Recap: 'T. Earl King' Pays a Price on THE BLACKLIST
March 6, 2015

Red Reddington, Van Gogh paintings, uranium -- they all have a price, and T. Earl King and family know how to get it at their auction. Lizzie goes undercover to bid on Red's freedom, but can she stay alive long enough to do it? And what's Tom doing in Germany with skinhead tattoos? THE BLACKLIST takes a darker turn than usual to explore those worlds.

BWW Reviews: A Challenging Collegiate JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Oyster Mill Playhouse
BWW Reviews: A Challenging Collegiate JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Oyster Mill Playhouse
March 4, 2015

Director Stephanie Via's interpretation of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR may be flawed, but it's imaginative, and it's well performed.

BWW Column: Can THE BLACKLIST Continue to Delay Its Answers?
BWW Column: Can THE BLACKLIST Continue to Delay Its Answers?
March 2, 2015

Fans and critics are complaining of a lack of answers on THE BLACKLIST. How have other shows managed to hold off on answers without angering viewers? An answer is easier than it may seem.

BWW Reviews: Dutch Apple Scores With Their DIXIE SWIM CLUB
BWW Reviews: Dutch Apple Scores With Their DIXIE SWIM CLUB
March 1, 2015

Paul Bernier scores with a fresh take on the five former swimmers at their vacation rental

BWW Reviews: VENUS IN FUR Thrills at the Fulton Theatre
BWW Reviews: VENUS IN FUR Thrills at the Fulton Theatre
February 21, 2015

Director Marc Robin and a talented cast bring the area premiere of Ives' play as the premiere production of the Fulton's Groff Theatre. Be prepared.

BWW Reviews: MICHAEL AND EDIE Celebrates Area Premiere at Villanova Theatre
BWW Reviews: MICHAEL AND EDIE Celebrates Area Premiere at Villanova Theatre
February 21, 2015

Barrymore winner James Ijames directs Rachel Bonds' tale of a boy, a girl, and their bookstore.

BWW Reviews: OSCAR East Coast Premiere at Opera Philadelphia
BWW Reviews: OSCAR East Coast Premiere at Opera Philadelphia
February 21, 2015

The joint production of Santa Fe and Opera Philadelphia, Theodore Morrison's opera of the decline and fall of Oscar Wilde has its hits and misses. It's a magnificent production of an unripe work.

BWW Reviews: I DO! I DO! Did, in the Right Way, at Theatre Harrisburg
BWW Reviews: I DO! I DO! Did, in the Right Way, at Theatre Harrisburg
February 19, 2015

Joan Derricks Kraft directed a polished version of a small-gem musical

BWW Reviews: An Explosive A RAISIN IN THE SUN Plays At Open Stage
BWW Reviews: An Explosive A RAISIN IN THE SUN Plays At Open Stage
February 13, 2015

Director Donald Alsedek and a uniformly fine cast bring Lorraine Hansberry's classic to vibrant life at Open Stage.

BWW Recap: 'Ruslan Denisov' Takes on Oil, the CIA, and Liz on THE BLACKLIST
BWW Recap: 'Ruslan Denisov' Takes on Oil, the CIA, and Liz on THE BLACKLIST
February 13, 2015

Uzbekistan, home of Uzbeks. And of Orthodox churches, one of which is being infiltrated during Mass by a group of armed men who surround the village priest. Once the guns are on him, he produces a satellite phone from his robes and calls his handler. In English, in an American accent. Ruslan Denisov has captured an undercover CIA agent, and he's on Raymond Reddington's BLACKLIST.

BWW Reviews: Jonathan Groff, Reji Woods Take the Cabaret Stage in Lancaster
BWW Reviews: Jonathan Groff, Reji Woods Take the Cabaret Stage in Lancaster
February 11, 2015

Lancaster's music scene has been greatly enriched by the stirrings of cabaret that have begun over the past few years. The end of January was notable, however, for two days of outstanding cabaret in a row on the 30th and 31st, first with Lancaster-based performer Reji Woods at the Ware Center, and then with Lancaster-bred performer Jonathan Groff giving a fundraiser at Ephrata Performing Arts Center.



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