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NCC's "The Glass Menagerie" resonates

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 03 March 2023
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Northampton Community Colleges Theatre Departments melancholy production of Tennessee Williams classic play "The Glass Menagerie" is anchored by a talented cast and strong direction.

The play in Norman R. Roberts Lab Theatre, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem through March 6, resonates as it illuminates the complexities of Williams fragile characters, all trapped by their memories.

Laura Sweeney Riker is desperately determined as the aging Southern belle and matriarch Amanda Wingfield, who swings between disappointment with her painfully shy daughter, Laura, and a single-minded focus to find a future for her.

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MunOpCo Music Theatre's fantastic job with its thrilling musical “Dreamgirls” through March 5

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 27 February 2023
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MunOpCo Music Theatre has done a fantastic job with its thrilling musical "Dreamgirls" now through March 5 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1533 Hamilton St, Allentown.

The show is filled with passionate performances and it is great to see live music on the stage. The 15 piece band led by David Mascari, is right in the middle of the stage for the entire show, which not only enhances the concert hall locale of much of the story but adds just the right note of brassiness to the rhythm and blues-inspired music.

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MunOpCo Music Theatre does fantastic job with its thrilling musical “Dreamgirls” through March 5

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 27 February 2023
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MunOpCo Music Theatre has done a fantastic job with its thrilling musical "Dreamgirls" now through March 5 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1533 Hamilton St, Allentown.

The show is filled with passionate performances and it is great to see live music on the stage. The 15 piece band led by David Mascari, is right in the middle of the stage for the entire show, which not only enhances the concert hall locale of much of the story but adds just the right note of brassiness to the rhythm and blues-inspired music.

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Nuns steal the show at Civic's "Sister Act"

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 25 February 2023
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Civic Theater has staged a joyously jubilant celebration with it production of "Sister Act," now on stage through March 12 at the 19th Street Theater, 527 N. 19th St., Allentown.

When aspiring singer Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder by her gangster boyfriend, the police put her in witness protection in the safest place they can think of - a convent.

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Muhlenberg's "Love + Information" whimsical, thought-provoking

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 24 February 2023
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Caryl Churchills play about relationships and technology "Love + Information" is a fascinating kaleidoscope of theater as staged by Muhlenberg College Department of Theatre & Dance through Feb. 26 at the Allentown Colleges Baker Theater.

An enthusiastic cast of 18 plays more than 100 characters in 57 colorful micro-plays during the 1 hour 45 minute show presented without an intermission.

Its the ultimate play for todays notoriously short attention spans with vignettes that range from lasting mere moments to several minutes.

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  1. Hilarious and witty "The Importance of Being Earnest" crackles at DeSales through March 5
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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