OPEN STAGE - MAIN STAGE

by Jason Davis - June 10, 2024

Reggie Barton’s debut production of Bridge at The Belmont Theatre cleverly employs the backdrop of a charming card game in order to seamlessly blend thought-provoking contemporary themes with witty repartee. The show has garnered an enthusiastic response from audiences, who have lauded its impeccabl...

by Andrea Stephenson - June 09, 2024

The cast members are clearly enjoying themselves, bringing the audience along on an amusing and entertaining ride through the mind. Monsters is a relevant, relatable show with an uplifting message that will have audiences pondering their relationships to their inner monsters....

by Sandra Harberger - June 08, 2024

DreamWrights is presenting “American Idiot” from June 7 to June 16th under the direction of Deirdre Casey. Louis Salazar was phenomenal in this emotional role through drug addiction, and I loved that his talent playing guitar was highlighted....

by Andrea Stephenson - June 02, 2024

Mrs. Lincoln is an intense and fascinating play, and audiences can catch it at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg under the direction of James Casey with stage manager Lori Haagen through June 23rd. Every aspect of this production works well together to bring the audience an intriguing and powerful eve...

by Rich Mehrenberg - June 01, 2024

While theater often manages to entertain or to move its audience, Angles in America is a great example of how quality theater can also educate....upon hearing Kushner’s masterful dialogue and viewing Checchia’s excellently vulgar and vile performance (of Roy Cohn), I was incentivized to learn everyt...

by Andrea Stephenson - June 01, 2024

This delightful comedy, directed by Kelli Kauterman, is the perfect way to kick off the summer season. The cast doesn’t miss a beat. It is not easy to perform outside, surrounded by a host of distractions and noise, but this cast is fully engaged in their characters and the story, and they bring the...

by Sandra Harberger - May 31, 2024

What did our critic think of A YEAR OF TOAD AND FROG at Musical Bos Theatre?...

by Rich Mehrenberg - May 19, 2024

The Full Monty is a lot of fun, and a great palate cleanser after the more solemn, Ragtime.  It is playing now through June 22....

by Andrea Stephenson - May 12, 2024

What the Constitution Means to Me is an important play that brings difficult themes, questions, statistics, and realities into the spotlight. It takes an empathetic, compassionate, thoughtful cast and crew to bring a show like this to life, and the team at Open Stage is just the right team to bring ...

by Rich Mehrenberg - May 12, 2024

Fulton has done some remarkable small-scale musicals on their fourth floor stage. Shows like Next to Normal and Five Guys Named Moe easily prove that not every show needs to have a big cast or a bigger budget to be entertaining and engaging.  Unfortunately, The Last 5 Years isn’t in that same catego...