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Photo Flash: First Look at HOW TO SUCCEED at Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre Starring Frankie J. Grande
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2018
Big business means big laughs in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre's delightful sendup of corporate life playing in Muhlenberg's Baker Theatre, July 11-29.
BWW Feature: NEWSIES at Acts Of Kindness Theater
by Rich Mehrenberg - July 15, 2018
Sharon McNight Will Return To The RRazz Room New Hope
by BWW News Desk - July 15, 2018
This Summer 2018, the talent performing at New Hope's RRazz Room at The Clarion is a diverse mix of world class artists. There is something for all entertainment tastes at the intimate and comfortable Rrazz Room New Hope, located within the Clarion Inn & Suites.
Millbrook Presents PINKALICIOUS THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2018
The Board of Directors and Artistic Director, David Leidholdt, are proud to present their Today Morning Children's Theatre production of the 55th anniversary season, PINKALICIOUS THE MUSICAL, book and lyrics by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann, music and lyrics by John Gregor, playing Today mornings from July 14th to August 4th.
Laura Osnes To Host Master Class, Headline Community Theatre Benefit
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2018
The Community Theatre League, Williamsport's leading community theatre, is proud to announce their second annual 'Evening with a Star' fundraising concert and master class, starring Tony Award-nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Laura Osnes on July 14, 2018 at 7:30pm.
BWW Review: SHE LOVES ME at Gretna Theatre
by Rich Mehrenberg - July 13, 2018
She Loves Me doesn't employ splashy chorus numbers or elaborate choreography. It is designed as a character piece, and does without a lot of traditional musical theater bells and whistles to tell a more honest and realistic story.
NEWSIES To Take Hanover Stage
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2018
Acts of Kindness Theatre Company (AOK) is spreading the news about their summer blockbuster musical hit, Disney's' NEWSIES! The show will be produced LIVE on stage at The Eichelberger Performing Arts Center in Hanover, PA, July 27, 28, 29 and August 3, 4 and 5. Friday's and Saturday's showtime is at 7 p.m. Sunday's showtime is at 2 p.m.
Millbrook Presents PINKALICIOUS THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2018
The Board of Directors and Artistic Director, David Leidholdt, are proud to present their Saturday Morning Children's Theatre production of the 55th anniversary season, PINKALICIOUS THE MUSICAL, book and lyrics by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann, music and lyrics by John Gregor, playing Saturday mornings from July 14th to August 4th.
Fall In Love With Local Artists In Gretna Theatre's SHE LOVES ME
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2018
Gretna Theatre presents the Broadway classic musical comedy, She Loves Me. Inspiring the popular romantic movie You've Got Mail, She Loves Me tells the story of Amalia (Hanley Smith) and Georg (William Connell), co-workers in a department store who don't see eye to eye and constantly bump heads on the job. Little do they know the anonymous pen pals they have both been falling for happen to be each other! Featuring songs like 'Tonight at Eight' and the favorite 'Vanilla Ice Cream.' Direct from a hugely successful Broadway revival, this sweeping romantic Tony-Award winning musical marks the biggest production of Gretna's 2018 season.
Totem Pole Playhouse Presents A Benefit Screening Of The Film 'Johnny Got His Gun'
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2018
Totem Pole Playhouse, America's beloved summer theatre, located in Caledonia State Park between Gettysburg and Chambersburg, PA, will offer a special benefit screening of the feature film Johnny Got His Gun this Sunday, July 15th at 7PM at the Playhouse in Fayetteville, PA. The film stars actor Ben McKenzie from the current FOX television series Gotham, as well as past TV series Southland and The O.C. Totem Pole's Producing Artistic Director, Rowan Joseph, directed the movie which was produced through his film production company Greenwood Hill Productions.
THE SENSUOUS SENATOR Comes To Hanover
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2018
Weeks before a presidential election, Senator Harry Douglas, a smooth-talking candidate who has based his entire campaign on the issues of morality and family values is given an unusual opportunity. With his wife, Lois, away for the weekend, he realizes he may be able to break every one of his campaign promises before the election.The senator's plans devolve into farcical chaos in The Sensuous Senator as he finds himself trapped in his house with his wife, girlfriend, a lady of the evening, two colleagues and a nosy reporter.
Millbrook Presents FOOTLIGHT FRENZY
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2018
The Board of Directors and Artistic Director, David Leidholdt, are excited to present FOOTLIGHT FRENZY by Ron House, Alan Shearman, Diz White, Bud Slocumb, Mark Blankenfield, Brandie Kemp, and Mitchell Kreindel, playing from July 13th to the 22nd in the Poorman Cabaret.
Popcorn Hat Players Celebrate 25 Years of Storytelling
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2018
Gamut Theatre Group's Popcorn Hat Players are celebrating 25 years of telling classic children's stories to audiences in and around central Pennsylvania. This can only be done in true Popcorn Hat fashion--with a celebration! Once Upon A Time: 25 Years of Popcorn Hat Players is a one-night-only event on July 14, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. on the Select Medical Mainstage at Gamut's beautiful theatre in downtown Harrisburg.
Local Theatre Alum Directs During College Break
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2018
Gettysburg Community Theatre (GCT) the not-for-profit 501c3 community theatre located at 49 York Street in historic downtown Gettysburg, will present Children Of The Battlefield and America The Beautiful running in rotating repertoire July 6-22, 2018. These productions continue the theatre's 10th Season of revivals of some of the theatre's favorite shows. GCT originally presented America The Beautiful and the World Premiere production of Children Of The Battlefield during the 150th Anniversary of The Battle of Gettysburg in 2013.
Gamut Theatre Opens Season With William Shakespeare's PERICLES
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2018
Gamut Theatre Group is thrilled to announce its 2018-19 season will now open with William Shakespeare's exciting and epic saga Pericles, Prince of Tyre. This production will run from November 3 -25 on the Select Medical Mainstage at Gamut's beautiful theatre in downtown Harrisburg. Thomas Weaver, Gamut's Associate Artistic Director and director of Gamut's recent Free Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, is set to direct.
Photo Flash: Hershey Area Playhouse Brings Music and Laughs This Summer with ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2018
Hershey Area Playhouse is proud to present Once Upon a Mattress, a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. It's an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea.
Heavenly Sounds Coming To Millbrook Playhouse In SISTER ACT: THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2018
Come to witness the divine in Mill Hall, PA (July 2018). The Board of Directors and Artistic Director, David Leidholdt, are proud to present their second main stage production of the 55th anniversary season, *SISTER ACT: THE MUSICAL, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner, additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane, based on the Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture 'Sister Act' written by Joseph Howard. *please note correction from the previously submitted press release.  
Totem Pole's MURDER FOR TWO Begins Performances This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - July 02, 2018
Totem Pole Playhouse, America's beloved summer theatre located in Caledonia State Park between Gettysburg and Chambersburg, PA, will present the murder mystery musical, Murder for Two, beginning with three low-cost $20.00 preview performances this Friday at 8pm and Saturday at 2pm and 8pm. The show will run for two weeks from July 8th thru the 22nd. Audiences who attend the opening performance on Sunday at 2pm are invited to greet the cast and share in refreshments after the performance in the tent beside the Playhouse as part of their admission that day. The production is being sponsored by F&M Trust.
ROMEO & JULIET Comes to ActorsNET
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2018
Shakespeare's passionate tale of a love so right in a world so wrong. A pair of star-crossed lovers take the stage, with lush period detail, in Shakespeare's passionate and tragic tale of warring families and young love. Co-directed by George Hartpence and Carol Thompson of New Hope, PA. 
Bristol Riverside Theatre Captures TIME IN A BOTTLE
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2018
Bristol Riverside Theatre's Summer Music Fest travels back in time to the 60s and 70s with Time in a Bottle on July 12-22.  With songs like Just The Way You Are, Let It Be, and The Way We Were, this program takes a chart-topping trip through favorite songs of the decades.  Keith Baker and the BRT Concert Band are joined by BRT veterans Demetria Joyce Bailey, Philip Chaffin, Kevin Toniazzo-Naughton, and Maggie Griffin-Smith with BRT newcomer Jake Blouch.
BWW Review: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Gretna Theatre
by Rich Mehrenberg - June 28, 2018
I doubt many people think watching a play influenced by the works of Anton Chekhov would be the definition of "fun". However, they would be wrong, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike playing at Gretna Theater is a hilarious way to spend the day.
Tony Award Winning Comedy Comes to Gretna Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2018
Christopher Durang's hilarious Tony Award-winning Best Play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, is coming to Gretna Theatre. Audience members will resonate with the relatable issues presented in Durang's play. Themes of family, and love are intertwined in a creative, comical way that has never been seen before on stage. Uncontrollable laughter is promised when watching Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
Hershey Area Playhouse Announces Auditions For INHERIT THE WIND
by BWW News Desk - June 27, 2018
Hershey Area Playhouse announces auditions for Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's Inherit the Wind, the story about the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial that dealt with the debate over evolution versus creationism.
Parker James Fullmore to Star in BILLY ELLIOT The Musical at Civic Theatre of Allentown
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2018
Civic Theatre of Allentown presents Billy Elliot the Musical, October 12-28, 2018. Music by Elton John and book and lyrics by Lee Hall. Direction by William Sanders.

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