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Engaging "Little Women" full of heart, at Pennsylvania Playhouse

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 10 December 2025
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Pennsylvania Playhouse’s production of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s 19th century novel “Little Women” is bristling with energy and filled with heart.

Engaging and satisfying. the play based on the beloved story of the March sisters, is on stage through Dec. 21 at Pennnsylvania Playhouse, 390 Illick’s Mill Road, Bethlehem. 

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Touchstone's "Christmas City Follies" returns for another memorable year

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 06 December 2025
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A focus on storytelling, both with and without music, gives this year’s “Christmas City Follies XXVI” a truly heartwarming feel. Combine that with the Touchstone Theatre cast’s always inciteful observations and laugh-out-loud funny skits, and it’s a formula for another memorable year of the vaudevillian-style holiday show.

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NCC's "Hedda Gabler" is powerful and devastating

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 23 November 2025
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Northampton Community College Theatre Department have produced a “Hedda Gabler” that is powerful and devastating.
Enthralling performances elevate this updated adaptation of the 19th century Henrik Ibsen classic play that is running through Nov. 24 in the Lab Theater on the school’s Bethlehem Township campus.

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Delightfully amusing "Holmes for the Holidays" at DeSales Act 1

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 21 November 2025
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DeSales University Act 1 Theater has staged a delightfully amusing holiday whodunit that blends mirth with murder and mayhem in its playful production of Ken Ludwig’s “The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays” through Dec. 2 on the Main Stage in Labuda Center for the Performing Arts in Center Valley.

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Act 1's “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” clever and satisfying

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
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Published: 15 November 2025
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“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” cleverly examines tangled family ties in a modern way, that seeds in elements of classic literature from (mainly) Anton Chekhov to Moliere for a satisfying evening of theater.
DeSales University Act 1 presents a solid, memorable production of Christoper Durang’s comedy through Oct. 5 on the Main Stage Theatre, Labuda Center for the Performing Arts, DeSales University, 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley.

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More Articles …

  1. Civic's "Shrek" exuberant and funny
  2. “Young Frankenstein” A Shocking Good Time, at PA Playhouse through Oct 26
  3. "The Watchers" may not terrify you, but it should, at The Ice House through Oct 19
  4. "The Marvelous Wonderettes" feel-good walk down memory lane
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PLAY REVIEWS

  • "Allies" debates cultural identity, at Between the Lines Studio Theatre
  • "Clue: The Musical" wacky and colorful fun, at Pines Dinner Theatre

AUDITIONS

  • Auditions for "An Explosion by the Ballyseedy Woods", third part of CKP's Irish trilogy
  • AUDITIONS for "THE WATCHERS" A chilling new play for a chilling new world

UPCOMING SHOWS

  • "The Watchers" at The Ice House--- Is This America's Dystopian Nightmare Wake-Up Call?
  • At The Ice House, "Black Angel – A Staged Reading by Francine Gold" --- a special one-night showcase of Act 1 of Black Angel — a powerful new play, presented by Basement Poetry