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BWW Review: Go THE FULL MONTY at Carlisle Theatre Company Photo BWW Review: Go THE FULL MONTY at Carlisle Theatre Company
by Marakay Rogers - April 16, 2016

Artistic director Dustin LeBlanc takes to the stage to lead the story of six unemployed steelworkers with a joint dream and more family and economic problems than can be imagined....

BWW Review: NANA'S NAUGHTY KNICKERS Is Back Home at Rainbow Photo BWW Review: NANA'S NAUGHTY KNICKERS Is Back Home at Rainbow
by Marakay Rogers - March 25, 2016

Katy DiSavino's first play, one of the funniest around, is back where it was first staged, at the DiSavinos' home base, Rainbow's Comedy Playhouse. Prepare to be entertained....

BWW Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK at The Fulton - The Truth Is, You'll Laugh Photo BWW Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK at The Fulton - The Truth Is, You'll Laugh
by Marakay Rogers - March 21, 2016

The touching love story of a boy and his cow, with a Mysterious Man, a Giant, Ogra the Giant's wife, and more jokes than legally allowed. The fun? You can't handle the fun....

BWW Review: THE HEIRESS Inherits the EPAC Stage Photo BWW Review: THE HEIRESS Inherits the EPAC Stage
by Marakay Rogers - March 21, 2016

A classic Henry James novel became a classic Broadway drama, now on stage at EPAC....

BWW Review: HSC's THE SEAGULL Soars At Gamut Photo BWW Review: HSC's THE SEAGULL Soars At Gamut
by Marakay Rogers - March 20, 2016

Director Thomas Weaver takes the audience through a winding story of Russian angst that's in many ways as contemporary as modern reality television....

BWW Review: THE IRISH... AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY... at Seventh Sister Photo BWW Review: THE IRISH... AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY... at Seventh Sister
by Marakay Rogers - March 19, 2016

Singing! Dancing! Playing the washboard! Joy, mirth, and the Great Potato Famine mingle with the Civil War and coal strikes in Frank McCourt's classic revue...

BWW Review: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Brings Laughs to Oyster Mill Photo BWW Review: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Brings Laughs to Oyster Mill
by Marakay Rogers - March 17, 2016

The play that made James Corden an American commodity is at Oyster Mill to prove to you whether it's just as funny as you heard it was -- and chances are, it is....

BWW Review: Epic and Bold SAMSON Premieres at Sight & Sound Theatres Photo BWW Review: Epic and Bold SAMSON Premieres at Sight & Sound Theatres
by Jennifer Perry - March 15, 2016

I would rack SAMSON up as another strong outing for Sight & Sound Theatres....

BWW Review: EMBRACEABLE YOU Brings Gershwin Revival to Servant Stage Company Photo BWW Review: EMBRACEABLE YOU Brings Gershwin Revival to Servant Stage Company
by Marakay Rogers - March 11, 2016

Director Daniel Stargel, music director Andy Roberts and a group of the area's better-known actors who sing and singers who act bring Gershwin live on stage for all generations....

BWW Review: THE TAFFETAS Bring the Fifties to YLT Photo BWW Review: THE TAFFETAS Bring the Fifties to YLT
by Marakay Rogers - March 11, 2016

The sister act girl group from Muncie Indiana makes its first TV appearance,,, on the York Little Theatre stage. Prepare to hear the greatest hits of the Fifties from some of the great singers of the YLT stage....

BWW Review: SISTER ACT Blesses The Fulton Stage Photo BWW Review: SISTER ACT Blesses The Fulton Stage
by Marakay Rogers - March 09, 2016

SISTER ACT is at the Fulton Theatre. It's big, it's brassy, and it's a blessing to have it on stage here....

BWW Review: Brilliant OTHER DESERT CITIES at The Fulton Photo BWW Review: Brilliant OTHER DESERT CITIES at The Fulton
by Marakay Rogers - February 23, 2016

The Jon Robin Baitz story of family dysfunction in the wealthy Republican enclaves of Palm Springs gets an intimate and brilliantly performed production at the Fulton's Studio Theatre....

BWW Review: TWO TRAINS RUNNING Smoothly at Open Stage Photo BWW Review: TWO TRAINS RUNNING Smoothly at Open Stage
by Marakay Rogers - February 14, 2016

The 1969 installment of August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle makes its mark at Open Stage, with Aaron Bomar leading a great cast....

BWW Review: Oyster Mill Delivers Classic Production of ALL MY SONS Photo BWW Review: Oyster Mill Delivers Classic Production of ALL MY SONS
by Marakay Rogers - February 09, 2016

Director Lew Silverman and a strong cast give a solid treatment of the Arthur Miller classic....

BWW Review: SEX PLEASE, WE'RE SIXTY Sells Out YLT Photo BWW Review: SEX PLEASE, WE'RE SIXTY Sells Out YLT
by Marakay Rogers - February 08, 2016

New England summer visited a York, PA winter with a bedroom farce involving a bed and breakfast and its 'gentleman callers'... and some little bottles of pills....

BWW Review: A Stunning RED VELVET at Gamut Theatre Photo BWW Review: A Stunning RED VELVET at Gamut Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - February 06, 2016

Clark Nicholson directs a visually stunning, perfectly cast production of Lolita Chakrabarti's play about the first great black Shakespearian actor...

BWW Review: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Delights Dutch Apple Audiences Photo BWW Review: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Delights Dutch Apple Audiences
by Marakay Rogers - February 04, 2016

The Fifties are back at Dutch Apple, and they've never looked or sounded better....

BWW Review: LEGALLY BLONDE is in the Pink at the Fulton Photo BWW Review: LEGALLY BLONDE is in the Pink at the Fulton
by Marakay Rogers - February 03, 2016

Broadway World award winner Marc Robin brings a bouncy, infectious bundle of pink cotton candy to the Fulton stage with LEGALLY BLONDE...

BWW Review: Not Your Parents' CINDERELLA at Hershey Theatre Photo BWW Review: Not Your Parents' CINDERELLA at Hershey Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - January 28, 2016

The national tour of CINDERELLA is in Central Pennsylvania. It's more spectacular than you heard, and beautiful to watch, but the political revisions don't fit....

BWW Review: CAMELBACK in Tannersville Pennsylvania for Great Dining Photo BWW Review: CAMELBACK in Tannersville Pennsylvania for Great Dining
by Marina Kennedy - January 19, 2016

The new Camelback Lodge in Tannersville, Pennsylvania is the ideal spot to enjoy dining whenever you are in the area. Three distinctive eateries compliment the resort premises....

BWW Review: Rainbow Delights Audiences with Revived GOOD NIGHT MRS. PUFFIN Photo BWW Review: Rainbow Delights Audiences with Revived GOOD NIGHT MRS. PUFFIN
by Marakay Rogers - December 15, 2015

She's back, and she's sassy and psychic as ever. Cynthia DiSavino's Ginger Puffin is back on stage this holiday season. Prepare to laugh....

BWW Review: The Fulton Offers A Happy, Family-Friendly CHRISTMAS CAROL Photo BWW Review: The Fulton Offers A Happy, Family-Friendly CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Marakay Rogers - December 13, 2015

Winning the family Christmas show sweeps this year? Marc Robin's version of the Dickens classic, complete with dreidels and a bad-attitude teen Ghost of Christmas Future...

BWW Review: It's A Big Bright, Beautiful SHREK at EPAC Photo BWW Review: It's A Big Bright, Beautiful SHREK at EPAC
by Marakay Rogers - December 11, 2015

It's SHREK on steroids, with a feisty Fiona, a smaller-scale, singing dragon, and a lord short on ideas as well as height while the world's favorite ogre rescues a princess and the land of Duloc, all unintentionally....

BWW Review: Mechanicsburg Welcomes a Raunchy, Silly TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS Photo BWW Review: Mechanicsburg Welcomes a Raunchy, Silly TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS
by Marakay Rogers - December 10, 2015

There's no excuse for it, but that's why you should see it. Rednecks, Christmas, Bad Drag and more grace the Mechanicsburg stage....

BWW Review: PETER, HOOK AND THE DARLINGS Soars at Open Stage of Harrisburg Photo BWW Review: PETER, HOOK AND THE DARLINGS Soars at Open Stage of Harrisburg
by Marakay Rogers - December 03, 2015

Stuart Landon writes and directs a very different, beautifully set, version of the Barrie tale of the boy who won't grow up...



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Rhinoceros in Central Pennsylvania Rhinoceros
Act 1 DeSales University (2/19 - 3/1)
The Christmas Rush in Central Pennsylvania The Christmas Rush
Bird-in-Hand Stage (10/30 - 12/31)
DeSales University Dance Ensemble Concert 2026 in Central Pennsylvania DeSales University Dance Ensemble Concert 2026
Act 1 DeSales University (3/20 - 3/22)
Strauss' Don Quixote in Central Pennsylvania Strauss' Don Quixote
Appell Center for the Performing Arts (3/7 - 3/7)
Robin & Clark's Treasure Island in Central Pennsylvania Robin & Clark's Treasure Island
Fulton Theatre (4/18 - 5/9)
The Shark is Broken in Central Pennsylvania The Shark is Broken
Fulton Theatre (2/27 - 3/22)
Robin & Clark's The Nutcracker in Central Pennsylvania Robin & Clark's The Nutcracker
Fulton Theatre (12/6 - 12/27)
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