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BWW Reviews: 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Warms Up the Fulton Stage Family Series Photo BWW Reviews: 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Warms Up the Fulton Stage Family Series
by Marakay Rogers - December 09, 2013

The new musical play by Artistic Director Marc Robin and Curt Dale Clark is funny, family-friendly... and a tribute to Fulton staff as well...

BWW Reviews: Open Stage's A CHRISTMAS MEMORY Is Worth Remembering To Catch Photo BWW Reviews: Open Stage's A CHRISTMAS MEMORY Is Worth Remembering To Catch
by Marakay Rogers - December 05, 2013

Donald Alsedek directs a fine cast in a powerful adaptation of Capote's classic Christmas short story...

BWW Reviews: Get Ready for 13: THE MUSICAL at Alpha/Omega Players Photo BWW Reviews: Get Ready for 13: THE MUSICAL at Alpha/Omega Players
by Kelli Curtin - December 04, 2013

In the spirit of "High School Musical," "Glee" and "Mean Girls," Alpha/Omega Players presents 13, a musical about growing up. This show is a musical that tweens and teens will love, it is about the emotional roller coaster full of the highs and lows that all of us experienced while growing up. Alpha...

BWW Reviews: ANNIE Takes Over the Stage in Chambersburg Photo BWW Reviews: ANNIE Takes Over the Stage in Chambersburg
by Marakay Rogers - November 30, 2013

Chambersburg Community Theatre ushered in the holiday season with a Christmas party in Oliver Warbucks' mansion...

BWW Reviews: The Fulton's MARY POPPINS - A 'Practically Perfect' Version of the (Flaw Photo BWW Reviews: The Fulton's MARY POPPINS - A 'Practically Perfect' Version of the (Flawed) Mackintosh Musical
by Marakay Rogers - November 24, 2013

Marc Robin's edits improve, though they can't perfect, the Broadway musical that tinkers with millions of childhood memories...

BWW Reviews: WILLY WONKA Is a Golden Ticket for York Little Theatre Photo BWW Reviews: WILLY WONKA Is a Golden Ticket for York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - November 23, 2013

Director Rene Staub leads a well-chosen cast through its paces as the classic production unfolds on the YLT stage....

BWW Reviews: Area Dinner Theatre Christmas Roundup! Allenberry, Dutch Apple and Rain Photo BWW Reviews: Area Dinner Theatre Christmas Roundup! Allenberry, Dutch Apple and Rainbow!
by Marakay Rogers - November 21, 2013

The holiday season has started, and our local dinner theatres have three very different shows that cater to everyone's tastes in food and theatre alike...

BWW Reviews: Get in the Holiday Spirit with American Music Theatre's 2013 CHRISTMAS S Photo BWW Reviews: Get in the Holiday Spirit with American Music Theatre's 2013 CHRISTMAS SHOW
by Kelli Curtin - November 19, 2013

It is that time of year when the holiday shows are beginning in theatres all over the country. Some shows put us in the holiday spirit by singing catchy tunes such as "Holly Jolly Christmas" or "Frosty the Snowman." Others tell classic tales such as A Christmas Carol or 'Twas the Night before Christ...

BWW Reviews: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN At Oyster Mill Playhouse Photo BWW Reviews: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN At Oyster Mill Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - November 14, 2013

Director Patrice Whitson brings the classic Irving Berlin's music to the Oyster Mill stage with Kat Prickett playing the first American female superstar...

BWW Reviews: CORIOLANUS At Harrisburg Shakespeare Company Photo BWW Reviews: CORIOLANUS At Harrisburg Shakespeare Company
by Marakay Rogers - November 14, 2013

BWW Award nominee Clark Nicholson directs nominee Tom Weaver and some other strong cast in a controversial production of the Shakespeare tragedy...

BWW Reviews: GHOST: THE MUSICAL is a Bad Halloween Trick, No Treat, at Hershey Photo BWW Reviews: GHOST: THE MUSICAL is a Bad Halloween Trick, No Treat, at Hershey
by Marakay Rogers - October 30, 2013

Bruce Joel Rubin's popular 1990 movie makes for a 2013 Halloween fright in its appalling musical version on stage at the Hershey Theatre in its national tour...

BWW Reviews: THE WOMAN IN BLACK Spooks The Fulton Theatre Stage Photo BWW Reviews: THE WOMAN IN BLACK Spooks The Fulton Theatre Stage
by Marakay Rogers - October 23, 2013

Artistic Director Marc Robin brings a showy, spooky Halloween-season production of the perennially popular London horror Gothic to life in Lancaster...

BWW Reviews: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS a Success at Dutch Apple Photo BWW Reviews: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS a Success at Dutch Apple
by Marakay Rogers - October 22, 2013

Director Dean Sobon and Pittsburgh's Trey Compton as Finch bring Dutch Apple a hilarious ride up the corporate ladder...

BWW Reviews: ASSASSINS Slays the Audience at Ephrata Performing Arts Center Photo BWW Reviews: ASSASSINS Slays the Audience at Ephrata Performing Arts Center
by Marakay Rogers - October 21, 2013

Artistic Director Ed Fernandez puts on a triumphant production of one of Stephen Sondheim's blackest musicals...

BWW Reviews: WAIT UNTIL DARK Lights Up Allenberry Playhouse Photo BWW Reviews: WAIT UNTIL DARK Lights Up Allenberry Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - October 21, 2013

Artistic Director Roque Berlanga gives Allenberry audiences a well-paced version of the classic thriller...

BWW Reviews: Mark Stuart Presents STANDARD TIME World Premiere at Lancaster PA's Fult Photo BWW Reviews: Mark Stuart Presents STANDARD TIME World Premiere at Lancaster PA's Fulton Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - October 18, 2013

Choreographer Mark Stuart unveils his vision of social history in America through a spectacular combination of dance styles, with an eye to Broadway...

BWW Reviews: Carlisle Finds Its Grail in Hysterical SPAMALOT Photo BWW Reviews: Carlisle Finds Its Grail in Hysterical SPAMALOT
by Marakay Rogers - October 16, 2013

Director Dustin LeBlanc and company sing, dance, and don't... spoil... their pants in a ridiculously funny production of a very serious show indeed...

BWW Reviews: IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? At Susquehanna Stage Co. Photo BWW Reviews: IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? At Susquehanna Stage Co.
by Marakay Rogers - October 11, 2013

Timothy Monaghan directs the classic collection of high school memories at Susquehanna Stage Co....

BWW Reviews: GIDION'S KNOT An Intense Opening For Open Stage of Harrisburg Season Photo BWW Reviews: GIDION'S KNOT An Intense Opening For Open Stage of Harrisburg Season
by Marakay Rogers - October 07, 2013

Donald Alsedek takes two actors and the audience through an intense session that raises more questions than it answers...

BWW Reviews: York Little Theatre THE LITTLE MERMAID JR Is An Undersea Spectacular Photo BWW Reviews: York Little Theatre THE LITTLE MERMAID JR Is An Undersea Spectacular
by Marakay Rogers - September 25, 2013

Rene Staub takes a starry youth cast through an undersea fantasy world full of fun for children and adults...

BWW Reviews: Oyster Mill's THE HOLLOW Is A Real Killer Photo BWW Reviews: Oyster Mill's THE HOLLOW Is A Real Killer
by Marakay Rogers - September 23, 2013

Lois Heagy leads Agatha Christie's country-house murder mystery through twists, turns, and surprise visits from glamorous actresses...

BWW Reviews: A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE Takes Allenberry To Early Nashville Photo BWW Reviews: A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE Takes Allenberry To Early Nashville
by Marakay Rogers - September 20, 2013

Performer Nancy O'Bryan interprets the legendary singer who revolutionized women's place in country music and became a pop music legend as well...

BWW Reviews: PRiMA Theatre Premieres Elton John's AIDA In Lancaster Photo BWW Reviews: PRiMA Theatre Premieres Elton John's AIDA In Lancaster
by Marakay Rogers - September 10, 2013

Director Dan Deal brings the Egypt of Elton John and Tim Rice to life at the Ware Center for PRiMA Theatre...

BWW Reviews: BLEACHER BUMS Bring The Joy of Cubs Games to Theatre Harrisburg Photo BWW Reviews: BLEACHER BUMS Bring The Joy of Cubs Games to Theatre Harrisburg
by Marakay Rogers - September 09, 2013

The Krevsky Center becomes Krevsky Stadium as the Cubs take to the field, and a crazy bunch of Cubs fans take to the bleachers...

BWW Reviews: EPAC's THE GLASS MENAGERIE Shines Like Its Crystal Figurines Photo BWW Reviews: EPAC's THE GLASS MENAGERIE Shines Like Its Crystal Figurines
by Marakay Rogers - September 09, 2013

Director Rich Repkoe and a tight, talented cast bring Tennessee Williams' classic play alive on stage in Lancaster County....



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Appell Center for the Performing Arts (2/7 - 2/7)
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play in Central Pennsylvania It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Fulton Theatre (12/5 - 12/28)
Dear Soldier Boy in Central Pennsylvania Dear Soldier Boy
Bird-in-Hand Stage (8/4 - 10/21)
Banshee in Central Pennsylvania Banshee
WCR Center for the Arts (5/1 - 5/10)
The Underpants in Central Pennsylvania The Underpants
The Belmont Theatre (3/20 - 3/29)
DeSales University Dance Ensemble Concert 2026 in Central Pennsylvania DeSales University Dance Ensemble Concert 2026
Act 1 DeSales University (3/20 - 3/22)
Carmina burana in Central Pennsylvania Carmina burana
Appell Center for the Performing Arts (5/16 - 5/16)
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