A lively ensemble of more than a dozen talented children flood the stage throughout Civic Theatre’s funny and entertaining “Matilda The Musical.”
The production based on Roald Dahl’s children’s book “Matilda” runs through Oct. 25 at the 19th Street Theatre, 527 N. 19th St., Allentown. 
The show opens with a spirited performance of “Miracle” as a group of bratty children at a lavish birthday party sing how much they are put on a pedestal by their doting parents. This is contrasted with the birth of Matilda Wormwood, who is viewed as an annoyance by her self-indulgent parents.

DeSales Act 1 Theatre brings together a number of  theatrical styles for an engaging and unique take on the history of theater in Ireland.
DeSales Act 1 Theatre presents a fascinating, creative “Dublin by Lamplight” through Oct. 11 on the Main Stage Theatre, Labuda Center for the Performing Arts, DeSales University, 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley.
Written by Michael West in collaboration with Irish theater company The Corn Exchange, “Dublin by
Lamplight” takes audiences to Dublin in 1904, a year marked by revolution as well the year in which Ireland opened the first ever national theater with Dublin’s Abbey Theatre.

The mystery of Pines Dinner Theatre is how they always manage to put on such great performances! Such is the case as well with WhoDunit, the current production, running now till October 24.

Especially impressive is Oliver Blatt’s set, which covers the whole stage. The painted books look like they could be three-dimensional, which is really cool. Also, eerie music plays during dinner, setting the mood.

A new play about 1930s Germany,  just before the Nazi party took control of Germany, draws chilling parallels to modern day politics.
“Weimar,” presented by the Crowded Kitchen Players through Oct. 18 at Charles A. Brown Ice House, 56 River St., Bethlehem, welcomes the audience to a festive New Year’s Eve party in Berlin in 1932, shortly before Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
“Weimar” is the latest original play from Ara Barlieb, the founder of Crowded Kitchen Players