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NCC"s 'Mamma Mia!' a wonderful play showcasing terrific talent worth seeing and hearing.

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Written by: Douglas Graves
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Published: 19 July 2024
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“Mamma Mia!” is a wonderful play showcasing terrific talent worth seeing and hearing.  The musical, based on the book by Catherine Johnson and originally conceived by Judy Craymer, is beautifully directed by Clair M. Freeman.  The outstanding music scores are directed by Chad Miller.

The Summer Theatre production runs at Northampton Community College Theatre though July 28.

Beth Linzer (Donna Sheridan) really rocks her role with her dynamic voice and charm. Her “Mamma Mia!” number with the Ensemble is spectacular.

Rebecca Pieper (Tanya Cresham-Leigh) with her hot mamma looks and great voice steal a fair share of the show as her role as Donna’s side-kick girlfriend that channels some young man’s dreams. She and flirty waiter Mateo Villarreal (Pepper) heat up a fun scene. “Last night never happened.”

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Pa Shakespeare's rollicking "Merry Wives of Windsor" sidesplitting fun

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 30 June 2024
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The hilarious production of Shakespeare’s comedy "Merry Wives of Windsor" is through July 7 on the Main Stage Theatre, Labuda Center for the Performing Arts, DeSales University, 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley.

Director Matt Pfeiffer has given the show a contemporary spin with a fusion of various influences creating a jolly pastiche that is extremely funny and very accessible.

The setting of the Garter Inn is given the modern pub treatment and Scott Greer’s Falstaff is an Elvis-style singer and Bardolph (Devin Romero), Pistol (Dan Hodge), and Nym (Eli Lynn) are his scruffy back-up band.

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NCC's Heart-warming "Fiddler on the Roof" boasts great acting, top-notch dancing

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 28 June 2024
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Northampton Community College Bill Mutimer Memorial Summer Theatre has staged a thoroughly heart warming and well-rounded production of the classic musical “Fiddler on the Roof” through July 7 at Lipkin Theater, Northampton Community College, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem Township.
This production has it all - top-notch dancing, great musicianship, memorable acting and effective costumes and set.
In the pre-show curtain talk, artistic director Clair Freeman and technical director Brett Oliveira remembered Bill Mutimer, the founder of the program and who died March 6.

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Antrobus Arts' presents dynamic and moving "Jesus Christ Superstar"

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 26 June 2024
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Antrobus Arts’ production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” is dynamic and moving with powerful performances by the talented cast..
The concert-style production is running Sundays through July 7 at Coplay Saengerbund, 205 S. Fifth St., Coplay.
Conceived by Antrobus Arts’ Bob Fahringer and Peter Schmidt as a concert in a bar, staging the production in a small space creates an intimacy with the performers as well as an immersive feel.

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Civic stages cheeky, laugh-out-loud "Five Lesbians Eating Quiche"

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
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Published: 20 June 2024
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Civic Theatre presents a cheeky, laugh-out-loud funny production of “Five Lesbians Eating A Quiche” through June 23 in Civic’s Theatre514, 514 N. Nineteenth St., Allentown.

An ensemble of five women brings a raw energy and comedic physicality to this flaky, in-your-face comedy.

A winner at the 2012 New York City International Fringe Festival, it’s not surprising the play has a very Fringe-y feel.

The story takes place in 1956 at the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein, whose members are having their annual quiche breakfast. They all call themselves widows, since in the repressive 1950s, that could be the only reason none have husbands, although as one character deadpans shes never actually been married.

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More Articles …

  1. Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's "The Last Five Years" soars in near-perfect production
  2. Crowded Kitchen Player’s touching and tragic new play “Twilight in the Park” takes tough look at how onset of dementia can rip families apart
  3. Exuberant "West Side Story" kicks off NCC Bill Mutimer Memorial Summer Theater, through June 16
  4. Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival kicks off its 33rd season with an uproariously entertaining “The Play That Goes Wrong”
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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
  • Crowded Kitchen Players seeks singers and actors for new musical comedy

UPCOMING SHOWS

  • "An Explosion by the Ballyseedy Woods", a tale of the Irish Civil War at The Ice House March 13-16
  • Coming to The Ice House: “Earth Woven: Stories of Connection, Creation, and Wonder," a storytelling concert