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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: Allenberry Gives Audiences THE FULL MONTY
BWW Reviews: Allenberry Gives Audiences THE FULL MONTY
June 17, 2013

Terrence McNally's story of would-be steelworker studs brings laughs to the Allenberry stage

BWW Reviews: Gettysburg Community Theatre Offers CHILDREN OF GETTYSBURG and AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL as Part of Gettysburg 150th Offerings
BWW Reviews: Gettysburg Community Theatre Offers CHILDREN OF GETTYSBURG and AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL as Part of Gettysburg 150th Offerings
June 17, 2013

Director Chad-Alan Carr presents the GCT youth performers in an outstanding new play by Katie Pellegrino based on Gettysburg's Civil War children

BWW Reviews: Go On A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE At Totem Pole Playhouse
BWW Reviews: Go On A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE At Totem Pole Playhouse
June 14, 2013

Kara Boyer goes 'Crazy' as Patsy Cline on the Totem Pole stage

BWW Reviews: BENDING THREADS Presents LEGENDS
BWW Reviews: BENDING THREADS Presents LEGENDS
June 14, 2013

The modern African-American cabaret quartet presents a set of classic jazz standards

BWW Interviews: Casey Weems, From Fear Factor To Allenberry Playhouse
BWW Interviews: Casey Weems, From Fear Factor To Allenberry Playhouse
June 14, 2013

The Orlando native has made her way from Montana's Bigfork Summer Playhouse to Allenberry... with a detour for eels and squid.

BWW Reviews: POWDER HER FACE Stuns At Opera Philadelphia
BWW Reviews: POWDER HER FACE Stuns At Opera Philadelphia
June 12, 2013

Soprano Patricia Schuman leads Opera Philadelphia in a visually and vocally marvelous production of the modern chamber orchestra classic

BWW Interviews: BENDING THREADS Cabaret Troupe Presents 'Legends'
BWW Interviews: BENDING THREADS Cabaret Troupe Presents 'Legends'
June 9, 2013

On March 28, 2009, any number of other things may have happened, but for some cabaret fans, the date marks the first performance by the cabaret group BENDING THREADS. In an area where groups come and go, that they've stayed together performing for four years and are still going strong is a prime indication that something is working - as are their 2010 and 2011 nominations for Best Group and Best Musical Director from Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs.

BWW Reviews: The Underground Lounge in Manhattan Is A Tourist-Friendly Club Experience
BWW Reviews: The Underground Lounge in Manhattan Is A Tourist-Friendly Club Experience
June 8, 2013

The Upper West Side club, with great food and entertainment, is affordable, welcoming, and fun -- and won't leave an out-of-towner feeling out of place.

BWW Reviews: Marc Robin Turns JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Into A Dancers' Musical At The Fulton
BWW Reviews: Marc Robin Turns JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Into A Dancers' Musical At The Fulton
June 7, 2013

The short Webber classic becomes a montage of stage dance history as Marc Robin reinterprets JOSEPH as a celebration of great choreographers

BWW Reviews: Kirstie Clements' THE VOGUE FACTOR
BWW Reviews: Kirstie Clements' THE VOGUE FACTOR
June 4, 2013

The former VOGUE AUSTRALIA editor lifts the lid on how to get to the top, though not always how to stay there, and discloses some startling truths about the fashion industry in the process.

BWW Reviews: URINETOWN Concludes Theatre Harrisburg Main Season
BWW Reviews: URINETOWN Concludes Theatre Harrisburg Main Season
June 4, 2013

Artistic Director Emeritus Thomas Hostetter brings the classic tale of corporate greed and the evils of pay toilets to the Theatre Harrisburg stage

BWW Reviews: THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT Calls Out at Oyster Mill
BWW Reviews: THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT Calls Out at Oyster Mill
June 3, 2013

Some shows are iconic, known by everyone - that would be LES MISERABLES. Others are iconic and not known, best identified by individual songs that everyone knows by heart, while many people know the songs and have no clue that they are show tunes. That would be THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT, THE SMELL OF THE CROWD. Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley wanted to recreate their success in STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET OFF, and the result was the show that gave us 'Who Can I Turn To?' Opening in England in 1964, the show was slight enough not to open in the West End, but David Merrick decided to give it a chance on Broadway.

BWW Reviews: Boykan and BMOP Present Boykan's ORCHESTRAL WORKS
BWW Reviews: Boykan and BMOP Present Boykan's ORCHESTRAL WORKS
May 26, 2013

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project provides a fine recording of Martin Boykan's works for full orchestra, with soloists Macomber and Sylvan

BWW Reviews: NOISES OFF Ushers In The Totem Pole 2013 Season With Laughs
BWW Reviews: NOISES OFF Ushers In The Totem Pole 2013 Season With Laughs
May 30, 2013

Director Michael Keegan brings Totem Pole's opener some welcome comic relief in a new production of Michael Frayn's beloved farce

BWW Reviews: BMOP Presents Reza Vali's TOWARD THAT ENDLESS PLAIN
BWW Reviews: BMOP Presents Reza Vali's TOWARD THAT ENDLESS PLAIN
May 25, 2013

Iranian composer Vali's concerto for Persian ney and orchestra debuts on CD with two of his Persian folk song cycles. Soloists Khosrow Soltani and Janna Baty, with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project directed by Gil Rose, highlight the compositions.

BWW Reviews: Ruhl's EURYDICE Brings Back Theatre of the Seventh Sister
BWW Reviews: Ruhl's EURYDICE Brings Back Theatre of the Seventh Sister
May 23, 2013

Director Gary Smith puts Theatre of the Seventh Sister back on stage with a production of Sarah Ruhl's charming absurdist take on the Orpheus myth.

BWW Reviews: CATS Take Over The Stage at Dutch Apple
BWW Reviews: CATS Take Over The Stage at Dutch Apple
May 20, 2013

Director/choreographer Amy McCleary puts on a lavish production of one of the world's most popular musicals

BWW Reviews: GREASE is Slick Work at Gettysburg Community Theatre
BWW Reviews: GREASE is Slick Work at Gettysburg Community Theatre
May 17, 2013

Director Chad-Alan Carr and co-choreographer Bridgid Wills bring GCT a striking production of the ever-popular show

BWW Reviews: Energetic HAPPY DAYS at Allenberry Playhouse
BWW Reviews: Energetic HAPPY DAYS at Allenberry Playhouse
May 17, 2013

HAPPY DAYS, about to go into repertory with THE FULL MONTY, is a perfectly decent excuse to spend a day or an evening at Allenberry.

BWW Reviews: A FEW GOOD MEN Brings Two Great Hours at York Little Theatre
BWW Reviews: A FEW GOOD MEN Brings Two Great Hours at York Little Theatre
May 15, 2013

Director Stephen Hoke offers a production of Sorkin's 2012 revised version of the play that hits a number of high notes. And the audience can handle that truth



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