Central Pennsylvania Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 36

BWW Reviews: LEND ME A TENOR Is Frantic, Frenetic Farce at Theatre Harrisburg
by Marakay Rogers - February 17, 2014

Ken Ludwig's classic sendup of a potentially failing opera takes stage at the Krevsky Center. Chaos fortunately ensues....

BWW Reviews: August Wilson's FENCES Is On Fire at Open Stage
by Marakay Rogers - February 12, 2014

Director Donald Alsedek's production of Wilson's FENCES nearly burns up the stage with a cast that delivers a conflagration of emotional conflict...

BWW Reviews: A Frighteningly Funny ARSENIC AND OLD LACE At The Fulton Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - February 04, 2014

The Walnut Street Theatre's Charles Abbott gives the Fulton the classic play of all going wrong, all going absolutely right. Visually stunning killer comedy....

BWW Reviews: Christie's SPIDER'S WEB Snares Oyster Mill Audiences
by Marakay Rogers - January 28, 2014

Christie's 1954 drawing room murder comedy may leave audiences laughing themselves to death...

BWW Reviews: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Rocks HMAC
by Marakay Rogers - January 24, 2014

Director Dustin LeBlanc, Chad-Alan Carr and Lindsay Bretz-Morgan give area audiences a raucous, rocking HEDWIG and some of the best acting in the area....

BWW Reviews: Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE Is a Killer Production at York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - January 21, 2014

Director Ken Bruggeman brings Christie's high-body-count mystery to YLT's Studio Theatre....

BWW Reviews: Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST At Gamut Classic Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - January 19, 2014

Karen Ruch and a talented veteran cast put on a staged reading of Wilde's classic comedy...

BWW Reviews: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY Skewers the Great White Way at Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg
by Marakay Rogers - January 13, 2014

The Majestic Theatre's production of the FORBIDDEN BROADWAY revue brought warm approval on a cold, wet night from an audience happy to pole fun at Disney, Mackintosh, and Mormons...

BWW Reviews: HONKY TONK ANGELS Take Center Stage at Dutch Apple
by Marakay Rogers - January 11, 2014

Lauren Sobon and a talented trio of women performers bring well-known country hits to the Dutch Apple stage....

BWW Critic's Choices: Best of 2013 in Central PA
by Marakay Rogers - December 30, 2013

Broadway World's annual roundup of critic favorites includes Central Pennsylvania theatres and performers...

BWW Reviews: WAR HORSE Is a Beautifully Staged Production at Hershey Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - December 13, 2013

The National Theatre of Great Britain brings the popular show on tour to Hershey Theatre in a production that rivals the original New York one...

BWW Reviews: STEEL MAGNOLIAS Warms Hearts in a Cold December at Susquehanna Stage Co
by Marakay Rogers - December 12, 2013

Artistic Director Jim Johnson provides a well-directed production of the classic women's ensemble play...

BWW Reviews: EPAC Ushers in Holiday 'Tradition' With FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
by Marakay Rogers - December 12, 2013

Artistic Director Ed Fernandez takes the stage as Tevye in the Harmon and Bock classic...

BWW Reviews: 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Warms Up the Fulton Stage Family Series
by Marakay Rogers - December 09, 2013

The new musical play by Artistic Director Marc Robin and Curt Dale Clark is funny, family-friendly... and a tribute to Fulton staff as well...

BWW Reviews: Open Stage's A CHRISTMAS MEMORY Is Worth Remembering To Catch
by Marakay Rogers - December 05, 2013

Donald Alsedek directs a fine cast in a powerful adaptation of Capote's classic Christmas short story...

BWW Reviews: Get Ready for 13: THE MUSICAL at Alpha/Omega Players
by Kelli Curtin - December 04, 2013

In the spirit of "High School Musical," "Glee" and "Mean Girls," Alpha/Omega Players presents 13, a musical about growing up. This show is a musical that tweens and teens will love, it is about the emotional roller coaster full of the highs and lows that all of us experienced while growing up. Alpha...

BWW Reviews: ANNIE Takes Over the Stage in Chambersburg
by Marakay Rogers - November 30, 2013

Chambersburg Community Theatre ushered in the holiday season with a Christmas party in Oliver Warbucks' mansion...

BWW Reviews: The Fulton's MARY POPPINS - A 'Practically Perfect' Version of the (Flawed) Mackintosh Musical
by Marakay Rogers - November 24, 2013

Marc Robin's edits improve, though they can't perfect, the Broadway musical that tinkers with millions of childhood memories...

BWW Reviews: WILLY WONKA Is a Golden Ticket for York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - November 23, 2013

Director Rene Staub leads a well-chosen cast through its paces as the classic production unfolds on the YLT stage....

BWW Reviews: Area Dinner Theatre Christmas Roundup! Allenberry, Dutch Apple and Rainbow!
by Marakay Rogers - November 21, 2013

The holiday season has started, and our local dinner theatres have three very different shows that cater to everyone's tastes in food and theatre alike...

BWW Reviews: Get in the Holiday Spirit with American Music Theatre's 2013 CHRISTMAS SHOW
by Kelli Curtin - November 19, 2013

It is that time of year when the holiday shows are beginning in theatres all over the country. Some shows put us in the holiday spirit by singing catchy tunes such as "Holly Jolly Christmas" or "Frosty the Snowman." Others tell classic tales such as A Christmas Carol or 'Twas the Night before Christ...

BWW Reviews: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN At Oyster Mill Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - November 14, 2013

Director Patrice Whitson brings the classic Irving Berlin's music to the Oyster Mill stage with Kat Prickett playing the first American female superstar...

BWW Reviews: CORIOLANUS At Harrisburg Shakespeare Company
by Marakay Rogers - November 14, 2013

BWW Award nominee Clark Nicholson directs nominee Tom Weaver and some other strong cast in a controversial production of the Shakespeare tragedy...

BWW Reviews: GHOST: THE MUSICAL is a Bad Halloween Trick, No Treat, at Hershey
by Marakay Rogers - October 30, 2013

Bruce Joel Rubin's popular 1990 movie makes for a 2013 Halloween fright in its appalling musical version on stage at the Hershey Theatre in its national tour...

BWW Reviews: THE WOMAN IN BLACK Spooks The Fulton Theatre Stage
by Marakay Rogers - October 23, 2013

Artistic Director Marc Robin brings a showy, spooky Halloween-season production of the perennially popular London horror Gothic to life in Lancaster...