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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 Recap: FBI Hunts the 'Mombasa Cartel' on THE BLACKLIST
October 28, 2014

'The Mombasa Cartel' proves you can never trust a trailer. There's human-hunting, all right, but not enough for real fun or for an episode of CRIMINAL MINDS, which makes sense because this is THE BLACKLIST and not something starring Joe Mantegna. What we do have is that behind door number one is Not-Tom, which is a big Not-Surprise. Behind door number two, we have an evil cartel that traffics in illegal animal parts and substances for big money. And behind door number three? Peter Fonda. Because THE BLACKLIST is an A-list 'I want to be on that show' show for major stars, and Peter Fonda is one of those.

Philadelphia's 2014 Barrymore Awards -- Live Blog!
Philadelphia's 2014 Barrymore Awards -- Live Blog!
October 27, 2014

The 2014 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, live blogged from the Merriam Theatre!

BWW Reviews: SPIDER'S WEB Snares York Little Theatre Audience
BWW Reviews: SPIDER'S WEB Snares York Little Theatre Audience
October 25, 2014

The Agatha Christie classic murder-comedy inaugurates the new YLT studio stage in English drawing room style

BWW Reviews: LEND ME A TENOR Opens Fulton Season With Laughter
BWW Reviews: LEND ME A TENOR Opens Fulton Season With Laughter
October 24, 2014

Director Charles Abbott and actor Jeremiah James fill the Fulton stage with area native Ken Ludwig's best farce

BWW Reviews: THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES Only Want to Sing For You at Allenberry
BWW Reviews: THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES Only Want to Sing For You at Allenberry
October 24, 2014

Director Dann Dunn puts a frothy piece of girl group jukebox on stage at Allemberry to close out the regular season.

BWW Recap: 'The Front' Plagues THE BLACKLIST
October 21, 2014

Are you more afraid of domestic ecoterrorism, or of Ebola? You can have both in THE BLACKLIST's 'The Front', in which we're introduced to the terror group that's Number 74 on Red's list. But the three most important things to take away from the episode? Liz is jealous of Red's daughter; Aram and Samar may have a little something going on; and most amazingly, even Raymond Reddington, The Concierge of Crime, gets stuck in DMV lines, waiting to be served. If all-powerful super-criminals can't get service from the clerks at Motor Vehicles, there's no hope at all for the rest of us.

BWW Reviews: DRIVING MISS DAISY Is a Powerful Season Opener
BWW Reviews: DRIVING MISS DAISY Is a Powerful Season Opener
October 16, 2014

Alfred Uhry's DRIVING MISS DAISY comes to vivid life at Open Stage of Harrisburg

BWW Reviews: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Carlisle is a Truly Relevant Twist on History
BWW Reviews: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Carlisle is a Truly Relevant Twist on History
October 16, 2014

Dustin LeBlanc and Carlisle Theatre Company bring the updated Aussie version of the show, an Occupy Jerusalem concept, to the area, and it works beautifully.

BWW Reviews: Dutch Apple's CRAZY FOR YOU is Crazy With Fun
BWW Reviews: Dutch Apple's CRAZY FOR YOU is Crazy With Fun
October 15, 2014

The all-Gershwin musical by Ken Ludwig is bright, bouncy, and full of slapstick in Dean Sobon's hands at Dutch Apple

BWW Recap: BLACKLIST Warns, Don't Phish With This Creel
October 14, 2014

Gypsy Rose Lee perfected the striptease that emphasized the tease and avoided an actual reveal. THE BLACKLIST has copied her style – when will we get any concrete information on Elizabeth Keen? This week, we managed to learn only that she isn't Red's missing daughter, Jennifer. In non-Keen news, we learned that Naomi's real name is Carla and that Red was a lousy husband. Perhaps we should discuss government mind control programs instead. That's Red's solution to these issues.

BWW Recap: It's 10 p.m. on THE BLACKLIST; Do You Know Where Your Kidneys Are?
October 7, 2014

At an outdoor cafe, a man is accosted by a balding stranger who wants something and 'wasn't sent here to negotiate.' His victim runs away but is almost hit by a car; meanwhile, the stranger comes over and injects him. The guy wakes up being rushed into surgery - but 'Mr. Wyatt' is then found in a pile of garbage with a missing heart. It's all the work of Dr. James Covington, #89 on THE BLACKLIST.

BWW Reviews: EVITA Sings Out at Oyster Mill Playhouse
BWW Reviews: EVITA Sings Out at Oyster Mill Playhouse
October 6, 2014

Director Stephanie Via brings cast packing a powerhouse punch to the OMP stage in her production of EVITA

BWW Reviews: YLT GREASE is No 'Greasy Kid Stuff' -- It's a Fresh Take
BWW Reviews: YLT GREASE is No 'Greasy Kid Stuff' -- It's a Fresh Take
October 1, 2014

Director Rene Staub breathes some new life into the classic tale of 1950's high school romance

BWW Recap: BLACKLIST Asks If Your Money's Safe at the Bank
September 30, 2014

We learn several things in the course of BLACKIST's 'Monarch Douglas Bank'. The three most important: Red's daughter's name is Jennifer, the US marshals lost track of her seven years ago (so she's not the girl in The Stewmaker's file, folks), and Mr. Kaplan's first name is Kate! Knowledge is power and don't forget it. Also, Red has a hot Latina manicurist, but that may not be news.

BWW Reviews: JOSEPH AND THE... Lights Up Hershey Theatre's Broadway Series
BWW Reviews: JOSEPH AND THE... Lights Up Hershey Theatre's Broadway Series
September 26, 2014

A splashy light show of a Webber/Rice musical sings its way into audience hearts

BWW Recap: Berlin, Mossad, Mrs. Reddington Kick Off BLACKLIST Season 2
September 23, 2014

When last we saw Rayomnd 'Red' Reddington on THE BLACKLIST, he was on a stoop in front of his latest safe house, plotting to find Berlin, but now in the Season Two premiere, 'Lord Baltimore,' he's on the road in Cameroon, ducking down in a Jeep being chased by a military vehicle full of kids; bullets flying and rocket launchers launching - ah, for adventure.

BWW Reviews: Neil Simon's BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Entertains on the Hanover Stage
BWW Reviews: Neil Simon's BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Entertains on the Hanover Stage
September 21, 2014

Neil Simon's first odd couple is on stage at Hanover, and the laughs are gentle but plentiful.

BWW Reviews: A 'Just Sensational' MAME Plays at Allenberry
BWW Reviews: A 'Just Sensational' MAME Plays at Allenberry
September 17, 2014

Dann Dunn and cast give Central Pennsylvania a production that revives the Old South,Jerry Herman, and audience spirits

BWW Reviews: Attention Must Be Paid to DEATH OF A SALESMAN at EPAC
BWW Reviews: Attention Must Be Paid to DEATH OF A SALESMAN at EPAC
September 14, 2014

Ephrata Performing Arts Center gives Arthur Miller's classic play a worthy treatment

BWW Reviews: Theatre Harrisburg's THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Kicks Off New Season
BWW Reviews: Theatre Harrisburg's THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Kicks Off New Season
September 11, 2014

Theatre Harrisburg begins its season with the Philip Barry classic wedding comedy



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