Central Pennsylvania Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 31

BWW Review: NEXT TO NORMAL Next to Perfect at Oyster Mill
by Marakay Rogers - October 12, 2015

The perfect show for the perfect space also had the perfect cast and director. This is what community theatre should look like....

BWW Review: THE AMISH PROJECT Explores Forgiveness at Open Stage of Harrisburg
by Marakay Rogers - October 12, 2015

Director Donald Alsedek and a uniformly excellent cast explore forgiveness and its effects... and side effects...

BWW Review: A STEADY RAIN at the Fulton - A New Take on the Cop Tale
by Marakay Rogers - September 24, 2015

Marc Robin brings a long, hot, wet Chicago summer to the Groff Series stage....

BWW Review: Oyster Mill's FIRST BAPTIST OF IVY GAP is a Real (Church) Picnic
by Marakay Rogers - September 06, 2015

Director Mike Stubbs mixes veteran talent and new discoveries to showcase a story of women's friendships and failings...

BWW Review: Dutch Apple WEST SIDE STORY is the Best Dancing in Town
by Marakay Rogers - August 31, 2015

Dean Sobon and Samantha Hewes Cramer give WEST SIDE STORY the dance it deserves....

BWW Review: Allenberry's SOUTH PACIFIC - This Paradise is More than Nearly Great
by Marakay Rogers - August 19, 2015

Artistic Director Ryan Gibbs brings Allenberry a SOUTH PACIFIC worth singing about...

BWW Review: ALWAYS... PATSY CLINE is a Hit for York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - August 19, 2015

Director Christopher Quigley takes the popular Ted Swindley musical back to some comic and musical roots at York's Studio Theatre...

BWW Reviews: EPAC's LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Plays Well But Feels Dated
by Marakay Rogers - August 07, 2015

Director Rich Repkoe brings the Jerry Herman musical to Ephrata with great music and a strong cast but a wildly dated plot....

BWW Reviews: THE CAT'S MEOW at Oyster Mill Is Unsettling Piece of Hollywood History
by Marakay Rogers - July 25, 2015

Oyster Mill reconstructs a fabled Hollywood death in CAT's MEOW with Sam Eisenhuth as a marvelous Charlie Chaplin...

BWW Reviews: Bucks County Playhouse Presents a Beautiful ON GOLDEN POND
by Kelli Curtin - July 16, 2015

I would describe Bucks County Playhouse's production of ON GOLDEN POND, under the direction of Jonathan Silverstein, as comforting. The show is a warm-hearted and beautiful production with a cast that skillfully crafts a portrait of a family. The story is nostalgic and takes the audience on a journe...

BWW Reviews: Allenberry's DAMN YANKEES is One Devil of a Good Time
by Marakay Rogers - July 08, 2015

Director Ryan Gibbs gives a production of the classic sports musical that's got miles and miles of heart behind it...

BWW Reviews: There's a Brand New State of OKLAHOMA! at Dutch Apple
by Marakay Rogers - July 03, 2015

Think OKLAHOMA! is a nice, wholesome musical full of midwestern cheer and a bit of drama? Think again, as Dean Sobon takes Dutch Apple's OKLAHOMA! back to the grit and the dirt of territorial Oklahoma...

BWW Reviews: THE ODD COUPLE Is Fun Summer Fluff at Ephrata
by Marakay Rogers - June 25, 2015

EPAC's current offering is Neil Simon's offering of cotton candy for comedy lovers' souls, the ultimate story of opposites NOT attracting....

BWW Interviews: Cameron Molloy releases 'The Drivin' Wheel'
by Tory Gates - June 24, 2015

'There are guys who get up on a stage and make an entire audience of strangers feel comfortable. You do that.'...

BWW Reviews: GREATER TUNA Finds Humor in the Dark Side of Small Towns at Theatre Harrisburg
by Marakay Rogers - June 22, 2015

Tuna, Texas. It's not just a play, it's been a way of life since 1981, in Austin, where the rest of the Republic of Texas had a chance to make acquaintance with its third smallest town in GREATER TUNA....

BWW Reviews: TOO MANY COOKS Can't Stop Laughs at Rainbow's Comedy Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - June 20, 2015

The DiSavinos are back, and the laughs have it, as a restaurant with a missing celebrity chef and cases of bootleg booze in soup cases tries to have a grand re-opening during a mob shootout...

BWW Reviews: Fulton's WIZARD OF OZ Brings Lions and Tigers and Even a Circus to the Classic Musical
by Marakay Rogers - June 15, 2015

Marc Robin's Oz isn't the movie's. It isn't your parents'. It's bigger, it's louder, it's more colorful, and it's just a bit reminiscent of the Diane Paulus PIPPIN....

BWW Reviews: Grab Your Coffee at the BUS STOP at Oyster Mill Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - June 01, 2015

Director Lewis Silverman and a great cast put on William Inge's Tony-nominated Fifties classic in a diner set that will make you hungry for more...

BWW Reviews: Allenberry's New Show Will Make You Want to SHOUT!
by Marakay Rogers - May 31, 2015

Artistic Director Ryan Gibbs brings Allenberry back to Swinging London in an all-female Sixties tribute show you'll want to sing along with....

BWW Reviews: You'll Want To Sing With LES MISERABLES at Dutch Apple
by Marakay Rogers - May 26, 2015

Director Brian Enzman brings the Parisian Barricade to the stage at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre...

BWW Reviews: GUYS AND DOLLS Is a Sure Bet At Chambersburg's CCT
by Marakay Rogers - May 12, 2015

The Frank Loesser classic is onn stage in Chambersburg, as sharp and sassy as ever...

BWW Reviews: Prepare to Plotz at EPAC's SPAMALOT
by Marakay Rogers - May 07, 2015

Ephrata puts on a truly riotous production of a truly riotous show. Let the frivolity begin....

BWW Reviews: THE ADDAMS FAMILY Won't Creep Out Theatre Harrisburg
by Marakay Rogers - May 07, 2015

Director Steven Flom presents a lavish vision of America's creepiest, kookiest family. If only the book could hold up to his vision....

BWW Reviews: The Fulton's FULL MONTY Goes All The Way Into Audience Hearts
by Marakay Rogers - May 05, 2015

Donna Drake and a terrific cast tell the story of six men's journey to self-discovery...