Central Pennsylvania Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 44

BWW Reviews: A Riveting CABARET at York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - April 20, 2013

Aaron Dalton directs an intense production of the Donmar/1998 revival version of the classic, with Chad-Alan Carr as a stellar Cumming-inspired Emcee...

BWW Reviews: PA Playhouse's COMPANY - A Smashing Success
by Kelli Curtin - April 14, 2013

Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY is considered one of the more challenging musicals for the cast, crew and orchestra, but if it is done well it provides for an enjoyable evening of theatrical entertainment. Pennsylvania Playhouse produces a successful show with their production of COMPANY....

BWW Reviews: Bernstein's MASS at Penn State a Monumental Undertaking and a Giant Performance
by Marakay Rogers - April 09, 2013

The fiftieth anniversary of the College of Arts and Architecture was celebrated in style with a major production of the celebrated (and sometimes excoriated) 'theatre piece'...

BWW Reviews: Vote For A CANDIDATE FOR MURDER at Allenberry Resort and Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - April 04, 2013

Allenberry's 2012-2013 Murder Mystery Weekend offering taps America's political vein, though it never goes for the jugular, just for laughs. Nonetheless, it could be a killer weekend getaway....

BWW Reviews: BRIGADOON at Dutch Apple is a Great Escape
by Marakay Rogers - April 02, 2013

Director Vince Legaretta and choreographer Kerry Lambert create a music and dance spectacle you may see once in a hundred years...

BWW Reviews: ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA at EPAC - The Great Work Concludes
by Marakay Rogers - April 01, 2013

Part Two of ANGELS IN AMERICA comes to EPAC with director Ed Fernandez and the same cast as Part One -- and it's still worth the time to be there....

BWW Reviews: New FUN BETWEEN THE COVERS Brings Laughs At Rainbow Dinner Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - March 27, 2013

A new farce written by Rainbow veteran John Delancey and directed by Scott Russell brings bookstore events to a new level of chaos, with hilarious results...

BWW Reviews: THE ANDREWS BROTHERS Barge Their Way Onto the Allenberry Playhouse Stage
by Marakay Rogers - March 20, 2013

Allenberry's new season is off to an uproarious start with the tale of three USO stagehands who fill in for their favorite singers...

BWW Reviews: A Mixed Bag of Blessings in York Little Theatre's GODSPELL
by Marakay Rogers - March 20, 2013

A cast of fine younger singers and performers and great music will charm the audience at York Little Theatre, though some directorial quirks may break the spell...

BWW Reviews: Theatre Harrisburg's WAIT UNTIL DARK at the Krevsky Center
by Marakay Rogers - March 18, 2013

Although the first act feels just a bit slow in its development, and one or two of the cast take a few moments to warm into their roles as one watches, it is certainly not unsatisfactory. But it is the second act of WAIT UNTIL DARK that is what the audience is there for, especially for the ending. A...

BWW Reviews: Every Little Step of Marc Robin's New A CHORUS LINE is a Sensation At the Fulton
by Marakay Rogers - March 15, 2013

Marc Robin's re-choreographed and re-imagined A Chorus Line is Michael Bennett for a new age, and theatrical dance fans will not feel 'Nothing' when they watch it....

BWW Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA: MILLENIUM APPROACHES - A Miracle on EPAC Stage
by Marakay Rogers - March 09, 2013

Director Edward Fernandez brings in a spectacular production of Kushner's Pulitzer-winner -- after losses in cast and crew nearly stopped production....

BWW Review: Modern Adaptation of THE SCARLET LETTER at Oyster Mill
by Marakay Rogers - March 09, 2013

Director Joyce O'Donnell steps out of retirement to present Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic, reinterpreted by Phyllis Nagy...

BWW Review: Leonard Nimoy's VINCENT Brilliantly Explores Art and Madness at Gamut
by Marakay Rogers - March 03, 2013

Director Clark Nicholson and actor David Zayas bring Nimoy's acclaimed study of Van Gogh to life at Gamut/Harrisburg Shakespeare Company...

BWW Reviews: THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON Scores At Susquehanna Stage Co
by Marakay Rogers - February 23, 2013

Director Jim Johnson coaches a point-taking performance of the Pulitzer-winning play at Susquehanna Stage Co....

BWW Review: Director Brings Experience and Energy to RUN FOR YOUR WIFE at Dutch Apple
by Marakay Rogers - February 18, 2013

Victor Legaretta directs and stars in the Ray Cooney classic at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre....

BWW Reviews: HAVE I GOT A GIRL FOR YOU Brings Warm, Fuzzy Valentine Laughs to Rainbow Dinner Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - February 09, 2013

Cynthia and David DiSavino direct a tight, funny, warm production of Jon Lonoff's SKIN DEEP under a Rainbow Dinner Theatre title...

BWW Reviews: AN EVENING WITH STEPHEN SONDHEIM at Susquehanna University
by Marakay Rogers - February 08, 2013

The legendary theatrical composer and lyricist took to the Susquehanna University stage to present his own inside history of American musical theatre and its creators and stars...

BWW Reviews: An Energetic DROWSY CHAPERONE at Theatre Harrisburg
by Marakay Rogers - February 05, 2013

Theatre Harrisburg stages an energetic, flamboyant DROWSY CHAPERONE at Whitaker Center...

BWW Reviews: Go See JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE Before It's Gone From Open Stage
by Marakay Rogers - February 04, 2013

Don Alsedek directs a familiar and nearly flawless cast in August Wilson's play of African-American life in Pittsburgh in 1911...

BWW Reviews: GOOD PEOPLE Does Good for the Fulton Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - February 04, 2013

David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony-winner of 2011 is on the Fulton stage with the assistance of Walnut Street director Bernard Harvard...

BWW Reviews: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Rocks Hershey Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - January 30, 2013

The night Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis jammed at Sun Records is brought on stage at Hershey by director Eric Schaeffer...

BWW Reviews: FUNNY MONEY Scatters Over Oyster Mill Stage
by Marakay Rogers - January 28, 2013

Director Lois Heagy and local theatre veteran Nick Hughes keep the money in play in Ray Cooney's 1994 farce...

BWW Reviews: BOEING, BOEING Flies into Pennsylvania Playhouse
by Kelli Curtin - January 23, 2013

The latest play to grace the stage at Pennsylvania Playhouse is Marc Camoletti's comedy BOEING, BOEING. This classic farce, written by French playwright Marc Camoletti, was translated into English by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans. Mark Breiner directs this comedy and the result is a show full of ...

BWW Reviews: MY NAME IS ASHER LEV at Gamut/Harrisburg Shakespeare Company
by Marakay Rogers - January 21, 2013

J Clark Nicholson directs a tight, moving portrayal of family disunity and the competing truths of religion and of art...