Central Pennsylvania Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 43

BWW Reviews: A Musically Lush SOUTH PACIFIC At Dutch Apple
by Marakay Rogers - July 08, 2013

Two spectacular singers headline the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein wartime story of star-crossed lovers...

BWW Reviews: Investigate WATSON at Gretna Theatre and Deduce a Success
by Marakay Rogers - June 30, 2013

Playwright Jaime Roblado's farcical but loving tribute to the long-suffering sidekick of Sherlock Holmes makes its East Coast premiere at Gretna Theatre...

BWW Reviews: DAMES AT SEA Sails Into Totem Pole Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - June 28, 2013

Totem Pole veteran Carl Schurr directs a cast of Broadway and Totem Pole veterans in the classic feel-good play spoofing early Broadway musicals...

BWW Reviews: Gilbert and Sullivan's PATIENCE at Camp Hill Light Opera Experience
by Marakay Rogers - June 28, 2013

Operetta composer Libby Moyer brings Gilbert and Sullivan to Central Pennsylvania in the classic tale of Aesthetic poets and their crazed fans...

BWW Reviews: EPAC Presents Warm, Funny BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
by Marakay Rogers - June 17, 2013

EPAC presents a delightful production of Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical childhood tale...

BWW Reviews: Gettysburg Community Theatre Presents Wildhorn's THE CIVIL WAR For Battle's 150th Anniversary
by Marakay Rogers - June 17, 2013

Director Chad-Alan Carr and a cast of talented performers tackle Frank Wildhorn's version of The War Between The States and come out far ahead of Wildhorn's book...

BWW Reviews: Allenberry Gives Audiences THE FULL MONTY
by Marakay Rogers - June 17, 2013

Terrence McNally's story of would-be steelworker studs brings laughs to the Allenberry stage...

BWW Reviews: Gettysburg Community Theatre Offers CHILDREN OF GETTYSBURG and AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL as Part of Gettysburg 150th Offerings
by Marakay Rogers - June 17, 2013

Director Chad-Alan Carr presents the GCT youth performers in an outstanding new play by Katie Pellegrino based on Gettysburg's Civil War children...

BWW Reviews: Go On A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE At Totem Pole Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - June 14, 2013

Kara Boyer goes 'Crazy' as Patsy Cline on the Totem Pole stage...

BWW Reviews: Marc Robin Turns JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Into A Dancers' Musical At The Fulton
by Marakay Rogers - June 07, 2013

The short Webber classic becomes a montage of stage dance history as Marc Robin reinterprets JOSEPH as a celebration of great choreographers...

BWW Reviews: Celebrate the Magic of Broadway with AMT's BROADWAY: NOW & FOREVER
by Kelli Curtin - June 04, 2013

The newest original production to hit the stage at American Music Theatre is BROADWAY: NOW & FOREVER. This show celebrates Broadway through songs from current Broadway shows and past Broadway hits. The Artistic Director of American Music Theatre, Andrea McCormick successfully wrote, directed and ch...

BWW Reviews: URINETOWN Concludes Theatre Harrisburg Main Season
by Marakay Rogers - June 04, 2013

Artistic Director Emeritus Thomas Hostetter brings the classic tale of corporate greed and the evils of pay toilets to the Theatre Harrisburg stage...

BWW Reviews: THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT Calls Out at Oyster Mill
by Marakay Rogers - June 03, 2013

Some shows are iconic, known by everyone - that would be LES MISERABLES. Others are iconic and not known, best identified by individual songs that everyone knows by heart, while many people know the songs and have no clue that they are show tunes. That would be THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT, THE SMELL...

BWW Reviews: NOISES OFF Ushers In The Totem Pole 2013 Season With Laughs
by Marakay Rogers - May 30, 2013

Director Michael Keegan brings Totem Pole's opener some welcome comic relief in a new production of Michael Frayn's beloved farce...

BWW Reviews: Ruhl's EURYDICE Brings Back Theatre of the Seventh Sister
by Marakay Rogers - May 23, 2013

Director Gary Smith puts Theatre of the Seventh Sister back on stage with a production of Sarah Ruhl's charming absurdist take on the Orpheus myth....

BWW Reviews: CATS Take Over The Stage at Dutch Apple
by Marakay Rogers - May 20, 2013

Director/choreographer Amy McCleary puts on a lavish production of one of the world's most popular musicals...

BWW Reviews: GREASE is Slick Work at Gettysburg Community Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - May 17, 2013

Director Chad-Alan Carr and co-choreographer Bridgid Wills bring GCT a striking production of the ever-popular show...

BWW Reviews: Energetic HAPPY DAYS at Allenberry Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - May 17, 2013

HAPPY DAYS, about to go into repertory with THE FULL MONTY, is a perfectly decent excuse to spend a day or an evening at Allenberry....

BWW Reviews: A FEW GOOD MEN Brings Two Great Hours at York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - May 15, 2013

Director Stephen Hoke offers a production of Sorkin's 2012 revised version of the play that hits a number of high notes. And the audience can handle that truth...

BWW Reviews: 2013 FULTON FOLLIES Brings Back the Variety Show for a Cause
by Marakay Rogers - May 06, 2013

The fourth annual auction and show grossed over $100,000 while entertaining the audience with local talents...

BWW Reviews: EPAC Presents a Rollicking, Raunchy AVENUE Q
by Marakay Rogers - May 03, 2013

Director Edward Fernandez and a well-trained cast of puppets and puppeteers bring the hit musical to hysterical life on the EPAC stage...

BWW Reviews: NOAH Entertains in a Very Big Way at Sight and Sound
by Marakay Rogers - May 01, 2013

If your taste runs to musical extravaganzas of giant proportions, nothing is bigger than Noah's Ark at Sight And Sound Theatre. It's wholesome, it's huge in all ways, and there's even an adorable dog....

BWW Reviews: DREAMGIRLS at the Fulton Theatre - A Dream of a Show
by Marakay Rogers - April 27, 2013

Director Marc Robin dazzles audiences at the Fulton with the story of Deena Jones and the Dreams...

BWW Reviews: MOON OVER THE BREWERY Shines on Oyster Mill Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - April 23, 2013

Oyster Mill presents a romantic comedy of mail carriers, encyclopedias, and an invisible Jay Gatsby, directed by Craig Stouffer...

BWW Reviews: IN THE NEXT ROOM at Open Stage of Harrisburg Shines Light on History
by Marakay Rogers - April 22, 2013

Open Stage and Don Alsedek present Sarah Ruhl's thought-provoking, woman-centered tale of the unfortunate history of female sexuality...