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.

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.

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.

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.