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Lehigh Valley Press Focus 2023 theater review list

Here is the list of 34 theater reviews published in 2023 on the Lehigh Valley Press websites’ Focus page.

In 2022, the Lehigh Valley Press published 34 play reviews.

The list includes the play title, theater company, review posting date, and reviewer name.

The reviews are available online.

Go to the Lehigh Valley Press website:

https://www.lvpnews.com

Click on the Focus page and in the search box on the upper right of the screen, type in the play title.

For Lehigh Valley Press Focus, I reviewed 25 plays, Ricky Negron reviewed three plays, Douglas Graves reviewed three plays, Karen El-Chaar reviewed one play and Dave Howell reviewed one play.

2023 Theater Reviews

“Our Lady of the Tortilla,” The Pennsylvania Playhouse, Feb. 8, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“Games We Play,” Touchstone Theatre, Feb. 17, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“Sister Act,” Civic Theatre of Allentown, Feb. 26, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“Dreamgirls,” MunOpCo Music Theatre, March 1, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“Trouble in Mind,” Civic Theatre of Allentown, March 23, 2032. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“The Ghost Train,” The Pennsylvania Playhouse, March 25, 2023. Reviewed byt Paul Willistein

“The Last Play,” March 31, Touchstone Theatre, March 3, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” DeSales University Act I, May 5, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“A Little Night Music,” Civic Theatre of Allentown, May 7, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“Henry IV, Part 2,” The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, June 6, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“The Drowsy Chaperone,” The Pennsylvania Playhouse,” June 9, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“The Prom,” Northampton Community College, June 16, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, June 23, 2023. Reviewed by Karen El-Chaar

“In The Heights,” The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, June 24, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“South Pacific,” Northampton Community College, July 8, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, July 7, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again],” The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, July 11, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“The Tempest,” The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, July 17, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“Kinky Boots,” The Pennsylvania Playhouse, July 27, 2023. Reviewed by Ricky Negron

“Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility,” July 24, 2023. The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,” The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, July 28, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“The Laramie Project,” Civic Theatre of Allentown. Sept. 22, 2023, Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“The Spectre of Death,” Crowded Kitchen Players, Sept. 29, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“Intimate Apparel,” DeSales University Act I, Oct. 6, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“The Little Mermaid,” Civic Theatre of Allentown, Oct. 13. Reviewed by Ricky Negron

“Mothers Shall But Smile,” Crowded Kitchen Players, Oct. 14, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“Sweeney Todd,” The Pennsylvania Playhouse. Oct. 20, 2023. Reviewed by Ricky Negron

“Thanksgiving Play,” Between the Lines Studio Theatre, Nov. 17, 2023. Reviewed by Dave Howell

“Holly Jolly Christmas, The Pines Dinner Theatre, Dec. 1, 2023. Reviewed by Douglas Graves

“Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” DeSales University Act I, Dec. 7, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“A Christmas Carol,” Civic Theatre of Allentown, Dec. 9, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

“Miracle on 34trh Street,” The Pennsylvania Playhouse, Dec. 9, 2023. Reviewed by Douglas Graves

“A Christmas Story,” Pennsylvania Youth Theatre, Dec. 9, 2023. Reviewed by Douglas Graves

“Christmas City Follies XXIV,” Touchstone Theatre. Dec 10, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Willistein

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Jason King Jones, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director in his first season in 2023 directed “The Tempest.”
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEE A. BUTZ From left, seated: Christopher Patrick Mullen (Caliban), Akeem Davis (Trinculo), Jim Helsinger (Stephano) and, above, center, Sarah Gliko (Ariel), “The Tempest,” The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEE A. BUTZ Gina Lamparella (Juno), center; Costume Designer: Lisa Zinni, “The Tempest,” The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEE A. BUTZ Robert Cuccioli (Prospero), “The Tempest,” The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY BY KIM CARSON PHOTOGRAPHY “The Ghost Train,” The Pennsylvania Playhouse.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Cast at rehearsal for “Trouble in Mind,” Civic Theatre of Allentown.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY BILL BASTA The Nuns, “Sister Act,” Civic Theatre of Allentown.