Central Pennsylvania Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 39

BWW Reviews: THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT Calls Out at Oyster Mill
by Marakay Rogers - June 03, 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...

BWW Reviews: NOISES OFF Ushers In The Totem Pole 2013 Season With Laughs
by Marakay Rogers - 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: Ruhl's EURYDICE Brings Back Theatre of the Seventh Sister
by Marakay Rogers - 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
by Marakay Rogers - 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
by Marakay Rogers - 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
by Marakay Rogers - 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
by Marakay Rogers - 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...

BWW Reviews: 2013 FULTON FOLLIES Brings Back the Variety Show for a Cause
by Marakay Rogers - May 06, 2013

The fourth annual auction and show grossed over $100,000 while entertaining the audience with local talents...

BWW Reviews: EPAC Presents a Rollicking, Raunchy AVENUE Q
by Marakay Rogers - May 03, 2013

Director Edward Fernandez and a well-trained cast of puppets and puppeteers bring the hit musical to hysterical life on the EPAC stage...

BWW Reviews: NOAH Entertains in a Very Big Way at Sight and Sound
by Marakay Rogers - May 01, 2013

If your taste runs to musical extravaganzas of giant proportions, nothing is bigger than Noah's Ark at Sight And Sound Theatre. It's wholesome, it's huge in all ways, and there's even an adorable dog....

BWW Reviews: DREAMGIRLS at the Fulton Theatre - A Dream of a Show
by Marakay Rogers - April 27, 2013

Director Marc Robin dazzles audiences at the Fulton with the story of Deena Jones and the Dreams...

BWW Reviews: MOON OVER THE BREWERY Shines on Oyster Mill Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - April 23, 2013

Oyster Mill presents a romantic comedy of mail carriers, encyclopedias, and an invisible Jay Gatsby, directed by Craig Stouffer...

BWW Reviews: IN THE NEXT ROOM at Open Stage of Harrisburg Shines Light on History
by Marakay Rogers - April 22, 2013

Open Stage and Don Alsedek present Sarah Ruhl's thought-provoking, woman-centered tale of the unfortunate history of female sexuality...

BWW Reviews: A Riveting CABARET at York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - April 20, 2013

Aaron Dalton directs an intense production of the Donmar/1998 revival version of the classic, with Chad-Alan Carr as a stellar Cumming-inspired Emcee...

BWW Reviews: PA Playhouse's COMPANY - A Smashing Success
by Kelli Curtin - April 14, 2013

Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY is considered one of the more challenging musicals for the cast, crew and orchestra, but if it is done well it provides for an enjoyable evening of theatrical entertainment. Pennsylvania Playhouse produces a successful show with their production of COMPANY....

BWW Reviews: Bernstein's MASS at Penn State a Monumental Undertaking and a Giant Performance
by Marakay Rogers - April 09, 2013

The fiftieth anniversary of the College of Arts and Architecture was celebrated in style with a major production of the celebrated (and sometimes excoriated) 'theatre piece'...

BWW Reviews: Vote For A CANDIDATE FOR MURDER at Allenberry Resort and Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - April 04, 2013

Allenberry's 2012-2013 Murder Mystery Weekend offering taps America's political vein, though it never goes for the jugular, just for laughs. Nonetheless, it could be a killer weekend getaway....

BWW Reviews: BRIGADOON at Dutch Apple is a Great Escape
by Marakay Rogers - April 02, 2013

Director Vince Legaretta and choreographer Kerry Lambert create a music and dance spectacle you may see once in a hundred years...

BWW Reviews: ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA at EPAC - The Great Work Concludes
by Marakay Rogers - April 01, 2013

Part Two of ANGELS IN AMERICA comes to EPAC with director Ed Fernandez and the same cast as Part One -- and it's still worth the time to be there....

BWW Reviews: New FUN BETWEEN THE COVERS Brings Laughs At Rainbow Dinner Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - March 27, 2013

A new farce written by Rainbow veteran John Delancey and directed by Scott Russell brings bookstore events to a new level of chaos, with hilarious results...

BWW Reviews: THE ANDREWS BROTHERS Barge Their Way Onto the Allenberry Playhouse Stage
by Marakay Rogers - March 20, 2013

Allenberry's new season is off to an uproarious start with the tale of three USO stagehands who fill in for their favorite singers...

BWW Reviews: A Mixed Bag of Blessings in York Little Theatre's GODSPELL
by Marakay Rogers - March 20, 2013

A cast of fine younger singers and performers and great music will charm the audience at York Little Theatre, though some directorial quirks may break the spell...

BWW Reviews: Theatre Harrisburg's WAIT UNTIL DARK at the Krevsky Center
by Marakay Rogers - March 18, 2013

Although the first act feels just a bit slow in its development, and one or two of the cast take a few moments to warm into their roles as one watches, it is certainly not unsatisfactory. But it is the second act of WAIT UNTIL DARK that is what the audience is there for, especially for the ending. A...

BWW Reviews: Every Little Step of Marc Robin's New A CHORUS LINE is a Sensation At the Fulton
by Marakay Rogers - March 15, 2013

Marc Robin's re-choreographed and re-imagined A Chorus Line is Michael Bennett for a new age, and theatrical dance fans will not feel 'Nothing' when they watch it....

BWW Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA: MILLENIUM APPROACHES - A Miracle on EPAC Stage
by Marakay Rogers - March 09, 2013

Director Edward Fernandez brings in a spectacular production of Kushner's Pulitzer-winner -- after losses in cast and crew nearly stopped production....