Bank of America is Sponsor of 2017 Bucks County Playhouse Season

By: Apr. 05, 2017
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Alexander Fraser, Producing Director of Bucks County Playhouse, is proud to announce that Bank of America has joined The Playhouse as a sponsor for the theater's 2017 Season. The announcement was made as part of the ribbon cutting for Bank of America Merrill Lynch's new office in Yardley.

Photographed here from right to left are: Jim Dever, Philadelphia Market President for Bank of America; Alexander Fraser, Producing Director for Bucks County Playhouse; Deborah Shepherd, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Market Executive at Bank of America; and Neil McKeon, Senior Resident Director, Senior Vice President.

The Playhouse's season launches May 2 with the world premiere of "Clue: On Stage" starring two-time Emmy winner Sally Struthers.

ABOUT BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE

Located between Philadelphia and New York, Bucks County Playhouse opened in 1939 in a converted 1790 gristmill after a group of community activists, led by Broadway orchestrator Don Walker, rallied to save the building. The Playhouse quickly became one of the country's most famous regional theaters, featuring a roster of American theatrical royalty including Helen Hayes, Kitty Carlisle, George S. Kaufman, Grace Kelly, Robert Redford, Bert Lahr, Walter Matthau, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Alan Alda, Tyne Daly, Liza Minnelli and Audra McDonald and remained in continuous operation until December 2010. In 2012, The Playhouse re-opened thanks to the efforts of the Bridge Street Foundation, the nonprofit family foundation of Kevin and Sherri Daugherty. Since its renovation, significant productions include Terrence McNally's "Mothers and Sons" starring Tyne Daly, which moved to Broadway and was nominated for two Tony Awards, and "Misery" by William Goldman based on the Stephen King novel which also went on to a Broadway run in the 2015-16 season. Two of The Playhouse's productions -- "Company" starring Justin Guarini, and William Finn's "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" -- were named by Wall Street Journal to its "Best of Theatre" list for 2015. The Playhouse's productions of "Steel Magnolias" and "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" broke box office records in 2016. For more information, visit www.buckscountyplayhouse.org or call 215-862-2121.



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