Central Pennsylvania Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 32

BWW Review: MURDER ON THE NILE at Oyster Mill Playhouse
by Allison Rambler - February 06, 2017

Agatha Christie is widely known as one of the most successful authors across the globe. Her theatrical works, including THE MOUSETRAP, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, and LOVE FROM A STRANGER have been performed countless times since their publication and continue to be loved by all audiences today. MURDE...

BWW Review: ONCE Walks on Moonbeams at the Strand-Capitol In York, PA
by Christy Brooks - February 06, 2017

In every sense of the word, ONCE arrived at The Capitol Strand Performing Arts Center on February 1, 2017, for one night only. The musical is the winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards® and is a theatrical experience like no other....

BWW Review: GIRLS' WEEKEND Premieres at the Belmont
by Marakay Rogers - January 20, 2017

Anything can happen on a weekend in the woods with your friends. And sometimes it's as funny as all get-out. A new farce makes its eastern premiere at The Belmont....

BWW Review: Only You Can Prevent SPACE VAMPIRE(s) at Gamut
by Marakay Rogers - January 20, 2017

Chooese Your Own Adventure books are just more fun live. Chase down a space vampire and see what happens....

BWW Review: PLAZA SUITE at Little Theatre Of Mechanicsburg
by Allison Rambler - January 20, 2017

The Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg sits plainly on the side of a small road in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, unassuming to all those who pass by. It does not flaunt itself on flashing advertisements or a grandiose outward facade, and this in fact adds to the effortless charm that meets a theatre-goe...

BWW Review: Servant Stage Brings JOY TO THE WORLD at The Trust
by Marakay Rogers - December 19, 2016

Servant Stage is back, doing what it does best: spreading joy to everyone, regardless of ability or income. This production is a sure-fire holiday crowd pleaser....

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Sings Out at Open Stage
by Marakay Rogers - December 16, 2016

Stuart Landon directs perennial favorite Nick Hughes as Scrooge, in a timely adaptation of the classic story...

BWW Review: OLIVER! is the Show, Glorious Show at EPAC
by Marakay Rogers - December 16, 2016

You know the songs. Now see the show....

BWW Review: SANTALAND DIARIES Puts Director Marc Robin on the Fulton Stage
by Marakay Rogers - December 15, 2016

Marc Robin directs Marc Robin in the legendary David Sedaris tale of the joys of the Christmas retail season...

BWW Review: THIS WONDERFUL LIFE at The Trust Performing Arts Center
by Christy Brooks - December 13, 2016

On a cold winter's night, The Trust Performing Arts Center staged the one-man show, THIS WONDERFUL LIFE, written by Steve Murray. This production stars Jeremy Kendall (Narrator, George Bailey, All Others), and his performance proceeded to warm the hearts of those in attendance....

BWW Review: URINETOWN at Phantom Theatre Company
by Allison Rambler - December 03, 2016

Almost everyone in the English-speaking world is familiar with the phrase, 'One man's trash is another man's treasure.' However, at URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL, presented by the Phantom Theatre Company, they've taken this adage quite literally, and have transformed Harrisburg's trash into their own music...

BWW Review: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Flies Into the Belmont
by Marakay Rogers - November 27, 2016

What do you get when you mix the dreator of James Bond, a flying car, and a country called Vulgaria? A musical with gadgets, spies, and family fun....

BWW Review: THE BOOK OF MORMON Delights Hershey Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - November 25, 2016

It's big, loud, funny, and vulgar. It must be by the creators of SOUTH PARK, taking on the Mormon Church....

BWW Review: BUYER & CELLAR with Nick Cearley Charms and Delights
by David Clarke - November 21, 2016

Playing Alex with aplomb, Nick Cearley instantly buries himself deep in the hearts of the audience. With a charming smile and glittering personality, he gently wraps the audience around his finger before the opening statements about the story being entirely fictional come to an end....

BWW Review: A Lush, Beautiful BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the Fulton
by Marakay Rogers - November 16, 2016

It's not just big, it's huge. It's colorful. It's amazingly costumed. Marc Robin brings the wonderful world of Disney into high relief at the Fulton in his BEAUTY AND THE BEAST....

BWW Review: THE OLDEST PROFESSION at Hanover Little Theatre
by Christy Brooks - November 14, 2016

When one arrives at the historical building that is home to Hanover Little Theatre, you are greeted with down-home hospitality. Knowing that the theatre has served its community for 68 years is just impressive. Their current production of Paula Vogel's THE OLDEST PROFESSION, validates their longevit...

BWW Review: WINTER WONDERLAND Show Shines Brightly at American Music Theatre
by Christy Brooks - November 07, 2016

With all the pomp and circumstance to that of a 1940's USO Show, the American Music Theatre's 2016 CHRISTMAS SHOW - WINTER WONDERLAND takes its audience to a world of wonderment, folly, and most of all, joy....

BWW Review: HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL at EPAC
by Marakay Rogers - November 03, 2016

Sometimes high school just isn't the best time of your life......

BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is a Halloween Treat at Susquehanna Stage Co.
by Marakay Rogers - October 29, 2016

It's big, it's green, and it's hungry. Feed it a dentist! Susquehanna Stage's LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is a Halloween-season treat at Susquehanna Stage Co in Marietta....

BWW Review: A Sinister POSTMORTEM at The Belmont
by Marakay Rogers - October 28, 2016

A famous actor. His eccentric family. His theatrical co-stars. One psychic. And a year-old murder. What could possibly go wrong with this party?...

BWW Review: Paint It RED, Not Black, at Open Stage
by Marakay Rogers - October 28, 2016

John Logan's two-hand exploration of the mind and heart of painter Mark Rothko at Open Stage is one of the best things that will happen this season....

BWW Reviews: A Rockin' ROCK OF AGES in Carlisle
by Marakay Rogers - October 24, 2016

The 80's glam-rock comedy brought huge laughs to a large space at Carlisle. Fourth wall? What's a fourth wall?...

BWW Review: Come Stay In VERONICA'S ROOM if You Dare
by Marakay Rogers - October 24, 2016

Marc Robin directs Ira Levin's creepiest play at the Fulton. Come and sit in Veronica's room with her. If you can....

BWW Review: ANYTHING GOES at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - October 23, 2016

Most eighty-some-year-olds creak a bit, but others really get around, and that's the truth about ANYTHING GOES. Cole Porter is, of course, one of the great lyrical geniuses of history, which is a huge part of the reason, but there's another truth about it - heavily worked-over as the book was, and h...

BWW Review: AN ACT OF THE IMAGINATION is a Killer at Oyster Mill
by Marakay Rogers - October 08, 2016

When a mystery novelist's foray into romantic fiction starts to play out in real life, with a death as the cherry on top, what is he to do? Nothing goes as you might expect, even when plot points are predictible....