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BWW Review: STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS at Gretna Theatre
This is what theatre is for! After months relying on old movies and puzzles, I'd nearly forgotten the power of a live show. While still virtual, this theatre production captured the true spirit of the stage. The audience was transformed to different worlds, laughing out loud, and forgetting everythi...
BWW Review: EVERYMAN at Open Stage
Open Stage presents a TikTok-driven version of Everyman. It’s a morality play for our social media world, performed using TikTok, Messenger, and other social media platforms. What would your “Wreckoning” with Death look like?...
BWW Review: WOMEN AND ONE ACTS at TAFE-Theatre Arts For Everyone
Join TAFE for their virtual production in honor of Women's History Month. Take a journey through the lives, loves, hopes, and dreams of a variety of women....
BWW Review: LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL at EPAC
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill is a high quality show with superb production values. It will especially appeal to jazz fans and those intrigued by flawed but gifted celebrities....
BWW Review: HAPPY DAYS at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
Overall, Happy Days-The Musical is a good time for those old and young. Kudos as usual, to Dutch Apple for providing enjoyable entertainment and tasty food in a safe environment....
BWW Review: KAFKA'S SHORTS at Open Stage
Kafka’s Shorts performed online by Open Stage is a show that engages the mind, and those who thrive on the strange and thought-provoking may want to give this show multiple views....
BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Open Stage
Join the crew of Open Stage for a fresh, creative version of A Christmas Carol. Find joy and hope in this new telling of a beloved story...
BWW Review: ELF-THE MUSICAL at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
Dutch Apple Dinner Theater’s production of “Elf” is a sweet, peppermint candy cane of a show. ...
BWW Review: FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS at Open Stage
Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, has inspired numerous TV, film, and stage adaptations. Frankenstein, as it's commonly known, explores a number of intriguing questions....
BWW Review: THE ZOO STORY at Gamut Theatre Group
The Zoo Story is the first of Edward Albee's plays to be produced. It premiered in Berlin in 1959 and, in 1960, The Zoo Story was performed at Provincetown Playhouse in New York. ...
BWW Review: MILLLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
Performing arts are starting to make a comeback in Central Pennsylvania! Million Dollar Quartet opened at Dutch Apple Dinner Theater on September 17, and it serves as a solid choice to reacquaint local audiences with the unique magic of live theater. I was tempted to joke that it was the best show...
BWW Review: CHEKHOV COMEDY: LOVE HURTS! at Gamut Theatre Group
'Chekhov Comedy: Love Hurts!', featuring The Marriage Proposal and The Boor, is the first live show for Gamut Theatre since the pandemic temporarily shut down theatres and other entertainment venues across the region in March....
BWW Review: AN ISOLATED INCIDENT at TAFE-Theatre Arts For Everyone
An Isolated Incident is a delightful who-done-it. And Then There Were None for the Zoom era, An Isolated Incident is written and directed by Paige Hoke for Theatre Arts for Everyone (TAFE) based in York, PA. ...
BWW Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA ONLINE at Open Stage
Life under the threat of COVID-19 is not easy. It's a time of heightened anxiety, fear, uncertainty, and, for many, isolation. Yet, in the midst of the tension and negativity, there are still opportunities to engage and experience through creativity and technology....
BWW Review: WOMEN AND ONE ACTS at TAFE
In honor of Women's History Month, TAFE (Theatre Arts for Everyone) of York recently presented a program called Women and One Acts which was just that: 4 short plays about women, 2 monologues and 2 plays with multiple cast members. It was the first in the Adult Perspectives series that aims to 'stim...
BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME at Theatre Harrisburg
The vision of the show is extremely cohesive. I have seen this show on Broadway. Theater Harrisburg's version is different, but not inferior. The magic of theater is when different a?oecooksa?? can use the same basic ingredients and come up with two very different, but equally tasty a?oedishesa?...
BWW Review: LEADING LADIES at Keystone Theatrics
'Actors - they lie for a living! That's their profession,' announces the priggish Reverend Duncan Wooley in Ken Ludwig's Pennsylvania-based comedy farce Leading Ladies. The actors in Keystone Theatrics at the Allenberry Resort clearly enjoyed playing that joke to the hilt in the play's two-week run,...
BWW Review: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at Upstart Arts
Joseph Kesselring's Arsenic and Old Lace has long been a staple of high school and community theaters ever since playing on Broadway for four straight years from 1941-1944. But for director Michelle Denise Norton of Upstart Arts in York, Arsenic and Old Lace is what passes for a 'new' play. That's b...
BWW Review: GRUMPY OLD MEN at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
One of the Act 1 numbers in Grumpy Old Men the Musical is titled, 'I Like The Way Things Are'. The lyrics deal with a dislike for change and a strong appreciation for 'the good old days'. This message could also extend to the musical itself. The show is based on the very funny and very popular 1993 ...
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Meredith Willson's The Music Man Appell Center for the Performing Arts (6/09-6/09) |
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A Night with Janis Joplin Gretna Theatre (6/18-6/21) |
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Always... Patsy Cline Gretna Theatre (6/04-6/07) |
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Tuck Everlasting The Musical Salt & Light Theatre for the Performing Arts (7/15-7/18) |
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Trainspotting The Musical Grand Opera House, York (11/09-11/14) |
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Count Arthur Strong - Venue Premium Tickets York Barbican (5/08-5/08) |
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Murder at Ackerton Manor Gretna Theatre (7/09-7/12) |
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1776 Ephrata Performing Arts Center (7/16-8/01) |
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THE THANKSGIVING PLAY Ephrata Performing Arts Center (9/03-9/13) |
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CHOIR BOY Ephrata Performing Arts Center (5/28-6/07) |
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