Central Pennsylvania Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 35

BWW Review: THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Brightens Allenberry Season
by Marakay Rogers - December 03, 2015

Jackie Heinze and Ryan Gibbs take the annual Christmas production to new places -- Winter Wonderland, to be exact, by way of merry old Oz. A whole new take that's fun for the whole family....

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS STORY Lights Up Dutch Apple for Christmas
by Marakay Rogers - December 01, 2015

The Red Ryder BB Gun and the fishnet-clad leg lamp grace the Dutch Apple stage for the Christmas season....

BWW Review: WHITE CHRISTMAS Sparkles at York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - November 29, 2015

Director Rene Staub puts on a sparkly, glittery, dancing WHITE CHRISTMAS at York...

BWW Reviews: The Fulton Goes Over the Top for Christmas with ELF
by Marakay Rogers - November 20, 2015

Director and choreographer Marc Robin turns the Christmas musical into an over the top extravaganza with tap, tap, and more tap routines. It's a whole new world of Christmas happiness....

BWW Review: A New TWELFTH NIGHT Inaugurates the New Gamut Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - November 20, 2015

Clark Nicholson has a new theatre and a new production of Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT. Both are worth seeing....

BWW Review: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES Plays for Laughs at Oyster Mill
by Marakay Rogers - November 19, 2015

The classic farce comes back for laughs at Oyster Mill Playhouse...

BWW Review: Roald Dahl Hit MATILDA 'Schools' Hershey Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - November 13, 2015

Matilda Wormwood, her parents, and her school are here, and things will never be the same. Hershey Theatre presents the RSC tour of MATILDA....

BWW Review: Dutch Apple Brings On A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR BASEMENT
by Marakay Rogers - November 03, 2015

The Church Basement Ladies are back at it, cooking up hot dish, coffee, and a wedding for the pastor, whether they like it or not....

BWW Review: DRACULA Brings Halloween Chills to York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - October 31, 2015

Director Rene Staub brings a stylish production of the classic vampire tale to the YLT black box....

BWW Review: A Delightfully Scary CARRIE Comes to EPAC
by Marakay Rogers - October 31, 2015

Director Ed Fernandez does Stephen King proud with his production of the revised musical of the telekinetic teen with the mother from Hell...

BWW Review: Pull on Your Deerstalkers for SLEUTH at Allenberry
by Marakay Rogers - October 23, 2015

Two men. One woman. A fortune in jewelry. Which of the latter two is more important to those first two, and what will they do to get it? What won't they do? Ryan Gibbs directs....

BWW Review: Creepy, Kooky, Fun ADDAMS FAMILY at Fulton Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - October 22, 2015

Director Marc Robin pesents a fresh and improved take on the musical version of the classic TV show...

BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY Is Big, Baaad, and Beautiful at Carlisle Theatre Company
by Marakay Rogers - October 16, 2015

From a near-perfect live Wall of Sound to Motormouth Maybelle ringing in the rafters, this is a production of HAIRSPRAY that goes beyond the basics into some real moments of surprise...

BWW Review: NEXT TO NORMAL Next to Perfect at Oyster Mill
by Marakay Rogers - October 12, 2015

The perfect show for the perfect space also had the perfect cast and director. This is what community theatre should look like....

BWW Review: THE AMISH PROJECT Explores Forgiveness at Open Stage of Harrisburg
by Marakay Rogers - October 12, 2015

Director Donald Alsedek and a uniformly excellent cast explore forgiveness and its effects... and side effects...

BWW Review: A STEADY RAIN at the Fulton - A New Take on the Cop Tale
by Marakay Rogers - September 24, 2015

Marc Robin brings a long, hot, wet Chicago summer to the Groff Series stage....

BWW Review: Oyster Mill's FIRST BAPTIST OF IVY GAP is a Real (Church) Picnic
by Marakay Rogers - September 06, 2015

Director Mike Stubbs mixes veteran talent and new discoveries to showcase a story of women's friendships and failings...

BWW Review: Dutch Apple WEST SIDE STORY is the Best Dancing in Town
by Marakay Rogers - August 31, 2015

Dean Sobon and Samantha Hewes Cramer give WEST SIDE STORY the dance it deserves....

BWW Review: Allenberry's SOUTH PACIFIC - This Paradise is More than Nearly Great
by Marakay Rogers - August 19, 2015

Artistic Director Ryan Gibbs brings Allenberry a SOUTH PACIFIC worth singing about...

BWW Review: ALWAYS... PATSY CLINE is a Hit for York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - August 19, 2015

Director Christopher Quigley takes the popular Ted Swindley musical back to some comic and musical roots at York's Studio Theatre...

BWW Reviews: EPAC's LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Plays Well But Feels Dated
by Marakay Rogers - August 07, 2015

Director Rich Repkoe brings the Jerry Herman musical to Ephrata with great music and a strong cast but a wildly dated plot....

BWW Reviews: THE CAT'S MEOW at Oyster Mill Is Unsettling Piece of Hollywood History
by Marakay Rogers - July 25, 2015

Oyster Mill reconstructs a fabled Hollywood death in CAT's MEOW with Sam Eisenhuth as a marvelous Charlie Chaplin...

BWW Reviews: Bucks County Playhouse Presents a Beautiful ON GOLDEN POND
by Kelli Curtin - July 16, 2015

I would describe Bucks County Playhouse's production of ON GOLDEN POND, under the direction of Jonathan Silverstein, as comforting. The show is a warm-hearted and beautiful production with a cast that skillfully crafts a portrait of a family. The story is nostalgic and takes the audience on a journe...

BWW Reviews: Allenberry's DAMN YANKEES is One Devil of a Good Time
by Marakay Rogers - July 08, 2015

Director Ryan Gibbs gives a production of the classic sports musical that's got miles and miles of heart behind it...

BWW Reviews: There's a Brand New State of OKLAHOMA! at Dutch Apple
by Marakay Rogers - July 03, 2015

Think OKLAHOMA! is a nice, wholesome musical full of midwestern cheer and a bit of drama? Think again, as Dean Sobon takes Dutch Apple's OKLAHOMA! back to the grit and the dirt of territorial Oklahoma...