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Crowded Kitchen Players<\/a>\u2019 \u201cA Terrible Beauty\u201d will explore Ireland’s \u201cthe Troubles\u201d at Charles A. Brown Ice House, which is located at 56 River St. in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n \u201cA Terrible Beauty\u201d is the fourth play written by Ara Barlieb that examines Irish history. Barlieb\u2019s newest play takes place in Belfast in 1922 and tells the story of a family\u2019s experience during \u2018the Troubles.\u201d<\/p>\n After the Anglo-Irish War of Independence ends with a highly contested treaty, and the Irish Civil War looms only a few months ahead, the Gallaghers are a nationalist middle-class Catholic family in northern Ireland. The family is trying to co-exist peacefully amid the mounting struggle between the free-state Irish Republicans of the south, who refuse to accept the Ulster Partition, and the Irish Loyalists who will fight to the death to remain under British rule and protection.<\/p>\n The Gallagher family prepares to sit down to its traditional Irish supper in late 1922, when a series of unexpected guests pound at the door in mounting desperation, seeking refuge from the violence erupting just down the road.<\/p>\n The latest play takes place after Barlieb\u2019s trilogy, which chronicled the Irish war of independence from Great Britain \u2014 “The Rising,\u201d “The Anglo-Irish War for Independence,”\u00a0and “An Explosion by the Ballyseedy Woods” \u2014 which Crowded Kitchen Players staged from 2022 through 2025.<\/p>\n Playing the Gallagher family are Trish Cipoletti, David Oswald, Mike Daniels, Sharon A. Ferry, and Robert Tollinger. The cast also features Pamela Wallace, Danny Black, Dan Ferry, Fiona Sweeney, Bruce Brown, Dan Van Arsdale, and Lance Boyle.<\/p>\n Tickets cost $15, and can be purchased online<\/a> or at the door with cash or check.<\/p>\n Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n Updated \u2018Tinker Bell\u2019<\/p>\n DeSales University<\/a>\u2019s Act 3 will present \u201cTinker Bell\u201d at the Schubert Theatre, which is located at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of DeSales University. That\u2019s at 2755 Station Ave. in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County.<\/p>\n The play will take its audience to Neverland through the eyes of its most feisty fairy, as Tinker Bell, played by Caitlyn Kaiser, searches for friendship and meets a runaway boy named Peter, played by Sophia Twohig. When she takes him to Neverland, the island erupts with strange creatures, wild adventure, and the threat of Captain Hook, played by Shawn Laub. With the arrival of wide-eyed Wendy, played by Amy Scraggs, Tinker Bell must learn that friendship isn\u2019t always as simple as it seems.\u00a0<\/p>\n Act 3 is the senior capstone project for DeSales\u2019 theater students, requiring them to produce a fully realized show from design and marketing through performance. The project culminates in 19 performances and showcases the creativity, teamwork, and skills students have developed over four years of study.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m ecstatic for audiences to experience this bold retelling of J.M. Barrie\u2019s classic,\u201d said director Ryan Plunkett.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful privilege to bring the magic of Neverland to life.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The student production team includes Jamir Fisher, line producer, oversees scheduling and coordination; Maya Jean, stage manager; Emma Sills, costume designer; Henry Ingles, scenic designer and technical director; Brooke Daly, lighting designer; Andrew Kopacz, sound designer; Olivia Mills, props; Isabella Marin, fight choreography; Grace Curry, business manager;\u00a0 Kaiser, box office manager, and Twohig, marketing manager and education liaison.<\/p>\n \u201cTinker Bell\u201d is recommended for ages 3\u20139 but will delight audiences of all ages.<\/p>\n Performances will be at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. March 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, and April 7; at 12:30 p.m. on April 9; and at 10 a.m. on April 11.<\/p>\n Relaxed, sensory-friendly performances will be at 12:30 p.m. March 21 and 28.<\/p>\n An audio described and ASL-interpreted performance will be presented for patrons who are blind or visually impaired and for those who are deaf or hard of hearing at 10 a.m. on April 7.<\/p>\n New dance festival<\/p>\n JCWK Dance Lab<\/a> will present The Greater Reading Area Dance Exchange Festival<\/a> at Alvernia University’s Francis Hall Theatre<\/a>, which is located at 401 Zygmunta Ln. in Reading.<\/p>\n An in-person extension of the program on BCTV, the three-day festival will celebrate dance in Berks County and America\u2019s 250th anniversary. The G.R.A.D.E. Festival will bring together adult-focused performance groups for the first time in Berks County history. Each day will feature a different lineup of local dance organizations.<\/p>\n Performing groups will be The Actor\u2019s School, Albright College Dance Team, Alvernia University Dance Company, Alvernia University Dance Team, Amanda Pena (Flamenco), Barrio Alegria\/ Grupo Uarhani (Mexican Folk Dance), Go Getter Movement Studioz (Aerial Dance), Helena Zahra (Bellydance), Heritage Hotties\/ The Heritage of Green Hills (Dance\/ Pom Team for Older Adults), Hooley School of Irish Dance, JCWK Dance Lab (Contemporary Dance), Klassic Contemporary Ballet Company, Latin AF Dance Company, Que Rico Latin Dance Company, Reading Royals\u2019 Ice Angels, WH Dance Academy (Latin Dance), and Xion Step and Dance Team (Albright College).<\/p>\n Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 4 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n Tickets cost $25.<\/p>\n Dinner theater<\/p>\n Pines Dinner Theatre<\/a> in Allentown will take audiences back to the roaring \u201820s and the vibrant underbelly of society with \u201cLucky Malone\u2019s Not So Lucky Night<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n The audience will spend an evening with Lucky Malone at the grand opening of his new speakeasy, named after his new heartthrob Moxie. But, to Lucky\u2019s misfortune, nothing goes according to plan. This immersive show will have audience members rubbing elbows with a cast of charters who will keep them in stitches as the evening unfolds.<\/p>\n While food is not included in the ticket price, dinner service is available for all performances at an additional cost. Thirty-percent gratuity is automatically added to all split checks.<\/p>\n Tickets cost $42 and includes a reserved seat, taxes, and box-office fees.<\/p>\n The show is rated PG-13 for some innuendo.<\/p>\n Performances will be noon, dinner; 1:30 p.m., show Thursdays, Sundays; 6 p.m., dinner; 7:30 p.m., show Fridays; noon, dinner; 1:30 p.m., show; 6 p.m., dinner; 7:30 p.m., show Saturdays, March 14 to April 18.<\/p>\n The theater is located at 315 S. Cedar Crest Blvd. in Allentown.<\/p>\n \u2018The Clock\u2019 in Reading<\/p>\n The elegance of the Classical era will come to life with\u00a0\u201cMozart and Haydn \u2018The Clock<\/a>,\u2019\u201d a program that showcases the wit, grace, and innovation of two musical masters.<\/p>\n The Reading Symphony Orchestra<\/a> will present the concert, conducted by Andrew Constantine, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Santander Performing Arts Center, which is located at 136 N. Sixth St. in downtown Reading.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mozart\u2019s radiant Symphony No. 29 and the lyrical Horn Concerto No. 3, featuring Megan Amos on French horn, highlight Mozart\u2019s youthful genius and effortless elegance. Haydn\u2019s beloved Symphony No. 101, \u201cThe Clock,\u201d bursts with playful rhythms, rich textures, and the composer\u2019s signature humor. A program of refinement, joy, and timeless sophistication.<\/p>\n The concert will feature a special appearance by the RSO\u2019s Reading Symphony Orchestra Junior Strings.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $25.\u00a0<\/p>\n Music from space<\/p>\n The Allentown Symphony Orchestra will present \u201cSpace: The Final Frontier \u2013 Star Wars, The Planets & More\u201d at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown.<\/p>\n The orchestra will be conducted by Diane Wittry, and the concert will feature vocalist Jesse Posa.<\/p>\n The ASO\u2019s exploration of space will feature music from movies and television, such as \u201cStar Wars,\u201d \u201cStar Trek,\u201d \u201c2001: A Space Odyssey,\u201d \u201cThe Right Stuff,\u201d \u201cLost in Space,\u201d \u201cClose Encounters of the Third Kind,\u201d and \u201cET;\u201d classical and popular favorites, such as \u201cMars\u201d and \u201cJupiter\u201d from Holst\u2019s \u201cThe Planets;\u201d standards \u201cFly Me to the Moon\u201d and \u201cCome Fly with Me;\u201d and David Bowie\u2019s \u201cSpace Oddity\u201d and Elton John\u2019s \u201cRocket Man.\u201d<\/p>\n Posa has appeared in Phillip Carlo\u2019s off-Broadway production of \u201cEast of Evil,\u201d starring Frank Vincent and Tony Sirico of \u201cThe Sopranos,\u201d and is one of the leading Frank Sinatra impersonators in the country. He has performed as \u201cFrank Sinatra\u201d at Radio City Music Hall, in the off-Broadway production of \u201cSinatra & Friends\u201d at BB King\u2019s in Times Square, in \u201cParty with the Rat Pack,\u201d and on the TV show \u201cImpractical Jokers.\u201d<\/p>\n Bagrock in Easton<\/p>\n The Red Hot Chilli Pipers<\/a> will return to the State Theatre<\/a> in Easton at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n The pipers bring together bagpipes and rock for a hybrid they call bagrock, where rock anthems are performed alongside the great tunes from the glens and the mountains of Scotland.<\/p>\n The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are an internationally renowned ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers who have performed from New York to Beijing to Melbourne and everywhere in between with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes. The band has four music degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and all the pipers and drummers have played at the top level in bagpiping.<\/p>\n Since it walked away with the top prize on the primetime TV talent show, \u201cWhen Will I Be Famous\u201d in the U.K. in 2007, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers haven\u2019t stopped. Formed in 2002, the band has become a global phenomenon, taking its signature \u201cbagrock\u201d sound to the masses with its unique fusion of rocked up bagpipes and clever covers of popular songs from all genres. Its trademarked sound includes traditional pipe tunes \u2013 like \u201cThe Flowers of Scotland,\u201d \u201cThe Hills of Argyll,\u201d and \u201cAmazing Grace\u201d (done Chilli-style, of course!) \u2014 and contemporary anthems like Queen\u2019s \u201cWe Will Rock You,\u201d \u201cClocks\u201d by Coldplay, \u201cChasing Cars\u201d by Snow Patrol, \u201cLet Me Entertain You\u201d by Robbie Williams, and a fantastic rock medley of \u201cDeep Purple,\u201d \u201cSmoke on the Water,\u201d and AC\/DC\u2019s \u201cThunderstruck.\u201d<\/p>\n Joining the band onstage will be Liberty High School Grenadier Pipes & Drums.<\/p>\n Tickets cost $48.95.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"d Crowded Kitchen Players\u2019 \u201cA Terrible Beauty\u201d will explore Ireland’s \u201cthe Troubles\u201d at Charles A. 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