Published June 28, 2009, 12:04 AM EST
by MARTY CRISP
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
"Well it goes through St. Louie, down to Missouri, Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty. You'll see Amarillo; Gallup, New Mexico; Flagstaff, Arizona; don't forget Winona; Kingsman, Barstow, San Bernardino." The words are by Bobby Troup, written in 1946, but the song "Route 66......
Gretna Theatre builds show around singer-songwriter's works
Published June 25, 2009, 12:54 PM EST
by KATHLEEN DAMINGER
LANCASTER -
Don't expect a guy with round wire-rimmed glasses and shaggy blonde hair to take the stage in "Almost Heaven: Songs of John Denver," playing this weekend at Gretna Theatre. The two-hour show isn't an impersonation of the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, who die......
Published June 24, 2009, 8:19 PM EST
by STAFF REPORT
LANCASTER, Pa. -
Fulton Theatre's production of "Les Misérables" has had its run extended to July 19."The demand for tickets to this production is unprecedented," said the Fulton's artistic director, Marc Robin. "This show has really lived up to it's reputation a......
Fans, actors flock to 'Theology On Stage'
Published June 22, 2009, 12:05 AM EST
by DIANA MARTIN
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Religious leaders have not always been fans of "Les Miserables."The book, by Victor Hugo, was placed on the now-defunct Index of Prohibited Books by the Catholic Church in 1864.On Sunday evening, however, the play, which runs through July 12 at the Fulton Opera House, drew......
Published June 15, 2009, 12:01 AM EST
by LARRY ALEXANDER
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
REVIEW: TheaterMove over, Gene Kelly. The Dutch Apple's production of "Singin' in the Rain" is one terrific show.The feel-good classic musical is filled with fine acting performances, great set design and marvelous chor......
Published June 14, 2009, 12:08 AM EST
by MARTY CRISP
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Do you hear the people sing? Because, if you want to "hear the people sing, singing a song of angry men," there's a musical revolution going on at Fulton Opera House, and it's called "Les Misérables." ......
Published June 14, 2009, 12:04 AM EST
by MARTY CRISP
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
It's raining on the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre stage. But don't think clouds and gloom; think rainbows. "Singin' in the Rain," the newest production from the Prather family, is a joyful musical comedy based on a 1952 mov......
In the frenetic, pressure-packed weeks leading up to this Thursday’s opening of ‘Les Miserables’ at the Fulton, no detail is too small for loving attention.
Published June 8, 2009, 11:50 AM EST
by JANE HOLAHAN
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
It's huge. Beloved. Intense. And terrifying. Putting on "Les Miserables," the epic musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel about a man's quest for redemption in post-Revolutionary France, is an ambitious endeavor for any theater. The Fulton take......
Published June 8, 2009, 12:02 AM EST
by SUSAN E. LINDT
LANCASTER COUNTY -
"Steel Magnolias" opened Thursday at Ephrata Performing Arts Center to well-deserved laughs and tears.Playwright Robert Harling's touching tale of southern sugar is always a winner, with crisp wit and so much tear-jerking the playbill should have been made of Kleenex.E......
Published June 7, 2009, 12:16 AM EST
by MICHAEL LONG, Entertainment Editor
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
It wasn't the kind of shake-up that would register on Millersville University's seismograph, but when Fulton Theatre announced last year that it would stage the musical "Les Misérables," it sent definite rumblings through t......
