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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 Reviews: MEANWHILE, BACK ON THE COUCH Brings Laughs At Oyster Mill
BWW Reviews: MEANWHILE, BACK ON THE COUCH Brings Laughs At Oyster Mill
March 27, 2014

Jack Sharkey's classic comedy of psychiatrists and book contracts is on stage at Oyster Mill Playhouse

BWW Reviews: Poulenc's DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES is Timely, Compelling, at Aurora Chamber Opera Series
BWW Reviews: Poulenc's DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES is Timely, Compelling, at Aurora Chamber Opera Series
March 25, 2014

Poulenc's work about martyred nuns shows its modern relevance on stage at the Perelman Theatre in Philadelphia

BWW Reviews: The Fulton's 'Puttin' on the Ritz' with YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
BWW Reviews: The Fulton's 'Puttin' on the Ritz' with YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
March 23, 2014

Director Marc Robin and a great cast put on the Ritz with the musical version of Mel Brooks' favorite comedy

BWW Reviews: Nancy Coco's ALL FUDGED UP, a Mystery With Recipes
BWW Reviews: Nancy Coco's ALL FUDGED UP, a Mystery With Recipes
March 21, 2014

When Allie finds a dead body in her father's Mackinac Island hotel and fudge shop, more mayhem ensues.

BWW Interviews: Jason Robert Brown Comes to Lancaster
BWW Interviews: Jason Robert Brown Comes to Lancaster
March 21, 2014

The noted composer of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY appears at a master class and concert on March 29 with PRiMA Theatre

BWW Interviews: Jason Robert Brown On Current Shows And His Upcoming Performances
BWW Interviews: Jason Robert Brown On Current Shows And His Upcoming Performances
March 21, 2014

Jason Robert Brown, with BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY on Broadway and HONEYMOON IN VEGAS coming, talks about his career and his continuing live performances

BWW Reviews: Gettysburg Community Theatre Presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA
BWW Reviews: Gettysburg Community Theatre Presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA
March 19, 2014

Carrie Trax and Kyleigh Grim direct a show it should have been 'impossible' to have on stage in the area, with a children's cast singing Rodgers and Hammerstein classics, that's not only possible but delightful

BWW Reviews: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at Open Stage of Harrisburg
BWW Reviews: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at Open Stage of Harrisburg
March 16, 2014

Anne Alsedek directs a well-handled version of Open Stage's annual production -- its fifteenth year of presenting the powerful classic

BWW Reviews: THE CALAMARI SISTERS' BIG FAT ITALIAN WEDDING Takes Over Penn's Landing
BWW Reviews: THE CALAMARI SISTERS' BIG FAT ITALIAN WEDDING Takes Over Penn's Landing
March 10, 2014

Someone let the Calamari Sisters back into Philly, and this time there's a wedding. Or is there? And did someone leave a cake out in the rain? 'Mangia Italiano!' is back, and things will never be the same.

BWW Reviews: Tony-Winner Bailey Ryon And More at Gettysburg Community Theatre CINDERELLA BALL
BWW Reviews: Tony-Winner Bailey Ryon And More at Gettysburg Community Theatre CINDERELLA BALL
March 10, 2014

Bailey Ryon of MATILDA and cast and friends of Gettysburg Community Theatre performed at THE CINDERELLA BALL for GCT.

BWW Reviews: The Circular Restaurant and the Iberian Lounge, Hotel Hershey
BWW Reviews: The Circular Restaurant and the Iberian Lounge, Hotel Hershey
March 10, 2014

One of America's great luxury hotels boasts a dining room whose cuisine isn't entirely made of the local product -- chocolate -- but incorporates it within a nicely balanced menu

BWW Interview: HAPPY GILMORE, LUCKY GUY Star Christopher McDonald Talks OFFER AND COMPROMISE
BWW Interview: HAPPY GILMORE, LUCKY GUY Star Christopher McDonald Talks OFFER AND COMPROMISE
March 8, 2014

Stage and large and small screen star Christopher McDonald talks about his career and his part in Valerie Landsberg's Kickstarter-funded OFFER AND COMPROMISE, an examination of credit cards and debt collection

BWW Reviews: Dinner and a Show - Shank's Tavern and BABY at Susquehanna Stage Co in Marietta
BWW Reviews: Dinner and a Show - Shank's Tavern and BABY at Susquehanna Stage Co in Marietta
March 6, 2014

BABY is a small but charming show at Susquehanna Stage -- and for dinner first in a cold end-of-winter, warm up at the ancient fireplace at Shank's Tavern

BWW Reviews: DreamWrights' Accessible Family ALICE IN WONDERLAND
BWW Reviews: DreamWrights' Accessible Family ALICE IN WONDERLAND
March 1, 2014

DreamWrights and director Paige Hoke provide a version of Carroll's classic tale with a grinning cat, a mad hatter, and increased accessibility for the visually impaired.

BWW Reviews: Disney's 101 DALMATIANS KIDS Romps Across The York Little Theatre Stage
BWW Reviews: Disney's 101 DALMATIANS KIDS Romps Across The York Little Theatre Stage
February 28, 2014

It's got black and white spotted puppies and a mean, evil, awful Cruella DeVil. You want something else? Of course you don't.

BWW Reviews: Heaven and Philly Both Inspire SISTER ACT at Hershey Theatre
BWW Reviews: Heaven and Philly Both Inspire SISTER ACT at Hershey Theatre
February 27, 2014

The national tour of SISTER ACT comes to Hershey Theatre with a heady mix of nunsense and the sound of Philadelphia as filtered through Alan Menken. The music -- and the Mother Superior -- are worth the trip.

BWW Reviews: CAUGHT IN THE NET Catches Out-Loud Laughs at Dutch Apple
BWW Reviews: CAUGHT IN THE NET Catches Out-Loud Laughs at Dutch Apple
February 27, 2014

Victor Legaretta is back as London cabbie John Smith, king of the bigamists, with a new dilemma -- his children by his two wives just may start dating, with no idea they have the same father. Insanity follows.

BWW Reviews: Rainbow Dinner Theatre's WEEKEND COMEDY Shines in Lancaster
BWW Reviews: Rainbow Dinner Theatre's WEEKEND COMEDY Shines in Lancaster
February 27, 2014

Cynthia and David DiSavino play -- what? -- an old married couple on stage at Rainbow, while a younger unmarried pair accidentally invades their vacation cabin with unsurprisingly hilarious results

BWW Reviews: Newhouse and Nicholson Deliver a Compelling THE DRESSER at Gamut
BWW Reviews: Newhouse and Nicholson Deliver a Compelling THE DRESSER at Gamut
February 21, 2014

Director Dan Burke and stars David Newhouse and Clark Nicholson put on an intimate and intense production of Ronald Harwood's THE DRESSER

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

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



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