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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 Cooks: Plan to Switch Up Next Thanksgiving
BWW Cooks: Plan to Switch Up Next Thanksgiving
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How can you keep your favorite traditional side dishes on the table but improve on them without making Uncle Larry upset? Start practicing now!

BWW Review: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Flies Into the Belmont
BWW Review: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Flies Into the Belmont
November 27, 2016

What do you get when you mix the dreator of James Bond, a flying car, and a country called Vulgaria? A musical with gadgets, spies, and family fun.

BWW Review: THE BOOK OF MORMON Delights Hershey Theatre
BWW Review: THE BOOK OF MORMON Delights Hershey Theatre
November 25, 2016

It's big, loud, funny, and vulgar. It must be by the creators of SOUTH PARK, taking on the Mormon Church.

BWW Cooks: Easy (No Work) Pumpkin Cake
BWW Cooks: Easy (No Work) Pumpkin Cake
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No time to bake? Hate your pie crust? Last minute dessert? Here's the savior of Thanksgiving desserts, and you may like it better than pie.

BWW Review: A Lush, Beautiful BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the Fulton
BWW Review: A Lush, Beautiful BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the Fulton
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It's not just big, it's huge. It's colorful. It's amazingly costumed. Marc Robin brings the wonderful world of Disney into high relief at the Fulton in his BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

BWW Recap: DNA Fireworks on NBC's THE BLACKLIST
BWW Recap: DNA Fireworks on NBC's THE BLACKLIST
November 4, 2016

Hematologists are dead or missing. Alexander Kirk is going to die without a stem cell donation from Liz Keen. And then there's the result of Liz's DNA test. It's not just another day on NBC's THE BLACKLIST.

BWW Review: HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL at EPAC
BWW Review: HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL at EPAC
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Sometimes high school just isn't the best time of your life...

BWW Cooks: Fast, DIFFERENT Vegetarian Hacks For Thanksgiving
BWW Cooks: Fast, DIFFERENT Vegetarian Hacks For Thanksgiving
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Not another lasagna! Or, what to do when the last-minute vegetarians arrive without warning during the holidays.

BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is a Halloween Treat at Susquehanna Stage Co.
BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is a Halloween Treat at Susquehanna Stage Co.
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It's big, it's green, and it's hungry. Feed it a dentist! Susquehanna Stage's LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is a Halloween-season treat at Susquehanna Stage Co in Marietta.

BWW Review: A Sinister POSTMORTEM at The Belmont
BWW Review: A Sinister POSTMORTEM at The Belmont
October 28, 2016

A famous actor. His eccentric family. His theatrical co-stars. One psychic. And a year-old murder. What could possibly go wrong with this party?

BWW Review: Paint It RED, Not Black, at Open Stage
BWW Review: Paint It RED, Not Black, at Open Stage
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John Logan's two-hand exploration of the mind and heart of painter Mark Rothko at Open Stage is one of the best things that will happen this season.

BWW Recap: All the Little Birdies Go Tweet, Tweet, Tweet on THE BLACKLIST
BWW Recap: All the Little Birdies Go Tweet, Tweet, Tweet on THE BLACKLIST
October 28, 2016

The Thrushes are the Blacklisters tonight: THE MAN FROM UNCLE is invoked by villain reference as computer systems fall, relationships prove to be honeytraps, and the search for Agnes closes. Will Mr. Kaplan live? Will Alexander Kirk die? And just which team is Liz Keen playing for?

BWW Reviews: A Rockin' ROCK OF AGES in Carlisle
BWW Reviews: A Rockin' ROCK OF AGES in Carlisle
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The 80's glam-rock comedy brought huge laughs to a large space at Carlisle. Fourth wall? What's a fourth wall?

BWW Cooks: Halloween Candy and Homemade Treats
BWW Cooks: Halloween Candy and Homemade Treats
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What to hand out, storebought for trick or treat, homemade for parties.

BWW Review: Come Stay In VERONICA'S ROOM if You Dare
BWW Review: Come Stay In VERONICA'S ROOM if You Dare
October 24, 2016

Marc Robin directs Ira Levin's creepiest play at the Fulton. Come and sit in Veronica's room with her. If you can.

BWW Review: ANYTHING GOES at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
BWW Review: ANYTHING GOES at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
October 23, 2016

Most eighty-some-year-olds creak a bit, but others really get around, and that's the truth about ANYTHING GOES. Cole Porter is, of course, one of the great lyrical geniuses of history, which is a huge part of the reason, but there's another truth about it - heavily worked-over as the book was, and has been, it hasn't aged badly... possibly because it's purely frothy silliness, like GUYS AND DOLLS. In this day, however, the frothy silliness is almost realistic, since part of the plot revolves around hysterical celebrity-worship. Is that young man really Public Enemy Number One? Grab a selfie with him before the police get him! Wait, he's not a famous criminal? Well, then, get him out of our way!

BWW Opinion: THE BLACKLIST - Where is Season Four Heading?
BWW Opinion: THE BLACKLIST - Where is Season Four Heading?
October 18, 2016

Broken relationships, broken bodies, and a hint of Stephen King - what direction will Season Four ultimately take?

BWW Cooks: That Milk on the Shelf - Why to Love Evaporated Milk
BWW Cooks: That Milk on the Shelf - Why to Love Evaporated Milk
October 17, 2016

What to do with evaporated milk> Your grandmother knew, and so did your mother -- and so should you.

BWW Review: AN ACT OF THE IMAGINATION is a Killer at Oyster Mill
BWW Review: AN ACT OF THE IMAGINATION is a Killer at Oyster Mill
October 8, 2016

When a mystery novelist's foray into romantic fiction starts to play out in real life, with a death as the cherry on top, what is he to do? Nothing goes as you might expect, even when plot points are predictible.

BWW Recap: 'Miles McGrath' Incubates a Virus On THE BLACKLIST
BWW Recap: 'Miles McGrath' Incubates a Virus On THE BLACKLIST
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Mr. Kaplan's alive, but for how long? The same could be asked of Alexander Kirk. And Elizabeth Keen has found her mother's diary It's a killer combination on NBC's THE BLACKLIST.



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