Central Pennsylvania Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 32

BWW Reviews: Simon's PLAZA SUITE Opens Allenberry Season On The Right Note
by Marakay Rogers - April 30, 2015

Artistic Director Ryan Gibbs knocks the Neil Simon classic out of the ballpark with the help of a veteran cast...

BWW Reviews: Brush Up Your SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) at Oyster Mill Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - April 26, 2015

Oyster Mill Playhouse presents the classic comedy summarizing all of Shakespeare in one evening for laughs...

BWW Reviews: Baillie, Leukus Dazzle With TALLEY'S FOLLY at Open Stage
by Marakay Rogers - April 22, 2015

Director Donald Alsedek and actors Trish Baillie and Anthony M.C. Leukus create a delightful wartime romance on a riverbank between two mismatched, middle-aged lovers...

BWW Reviews: There's No Raining on FUNNY GIRL's Parade at Dutch Apple
by Marakay Rogers - April 14, 2015

Don;t let April showers rain on your parade over to Dutch Apple for one of America's favorite musicals....

BWW Reviews: Bucks County Playhouse Presents an Aspiring New Musical: NATIONAL PASTIME
by Kelli Curtin - April 09, 2015

Bucks County Playhouse opens their 2015 season with a new musical about baseball, NATIONAL PASTIME. This musical is a show that takes audiences back to the 1930s. It is a musical about baseball, but it also a show about the 1930s culture and radio in small town America. Under the direction of Hunte...

BWW Reviews: The Audience is Prisoners of Laughter at the Fulton's THE PRODUCERS
by Marakay Rogers - 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: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Visits York and Ephrata in Two Fine Productions
by Marakay Rogers - 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.
by Marakay Rogers - 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
by Marakay Rogers - 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 Reviews: York's SWEENEY TODD a Vocal Treat for Audiences
by Marakay Rogers - March 12, 2015

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

BWW Reviews: Gamut/HSC HAMLET Probes Character Dysfunctions
by Marakay Rogers - March 07, 2015

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

BWW Reviews: A Challenging Collegiate JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Oyster Mill Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - March 04, 2015

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

BWW Reviews: Dutch Apple Scores With Their DIXIE SWIM CLUB
by Marakay Rogers - March 01, 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
by Marakay Rogers - 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: I DO! I DO! Did, in the Right Way, at Theatre Harrisburg
by Marakay Rogers - 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
by Marakay Rogers - February 13, 2015

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

BWW Reviews: Jonathan Groff, Reji Woods Take the Cabaret Stage in Lancaster
by Marakay Rogers - 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 t...

BWW Reviews: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE Will Kill You at The Fulton
by Marakay Rogers - February 02, 2015

Agatha Christie fans, rejoice. Everyone else rejoice, too. Marc Robin's new production of the Christie classic is absolutely worth it....

BWW Reviews: 'Can't Take Your Eyes Off' JERSEY BOYS at Hershey Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - January 29, 2015

When is a jukebox musical not a 'jukebox musical'? If anything, it's when the musical is by its subjects, when they're an integral part of putting the show together. If JERSEY BOYS were any less a jukebox musical, it would be the original band on stage talking about their story and giving a concert ...

BWW Reviews: THE 39 STEPS Climbs Some Heights at York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - January 23, 2015

Director Aaron Dalton and an enormous cast of four bring the Olivier-winning comedy version of the classic Hitchcock film to the York Little Theatre stage...

BWW Reviews: AN INSPECTOR CALLS On Oyster Mill Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - January 21, 2015

JB Priestley's classic social commentary that plays like a drawing room mystery is on stage at Oyster Mill....

BWW Reviews: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Tour is a 'Nice Show if You Can Catch It' at Hershey
by Marakay Rogers - January 17, 2015

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is not at Hershey Theatre long enough. It needs to be there longer. It's not perfect, but it sure is swell, and it's all-Gershwin, all the time....

BWW Reviews: MID-LIFE 2! Teases Midlife Crisis at Dutch Apple
by Marakay Rogers - January 16, 2015

Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre is the launching pad for a new musical revue celebrating the joys and pains of middle age. From aches to zumba, nothing is sacred....

BWW Reviews: SANTALAND DIARIES Brings Crumpet Back to Open Stage
by Marakay Rogers - December 29, 2014

Stuart Landon returns as Macys' most demented elf, the only slightly insane Crumpet....

BWW Reviews: Ephrata's ANNIE is a Fabulous New Deal Among Area Productions
by Marakay Rogers - December 15, 2014

Irving Gonzalez and cast serve up an ANNIE that's not too sweet and just about right for even the most jaded audience members....