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12 Days Left To Vote For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards; Paper Mill Playhouse Leads Favorite Local Theatre!


The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards; at Jersey City Theater Center Leads Best Ensemble Performance!


The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Latest Standings Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards; Paper Mill Playhouse Leads Favorite Local Theatre!


The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Photo Flash: THE BIG BAD WOLF Comes to The Heritage Center Theatre


THE BIG BAD WOLF is an Adult Fairy Tale About Fear, Forgiveness and Sexual Identity. Emmy Award-winning writer Christopher Canaan has penned a 'deliciously naughty' comedy about famed fairy tale characters in their later years.

THE BIG BAD WOLF Comes to The Heritage Center Theatre


THE BIG BAD WOLF is an Adult Fairy Tale About Fear, Forgiveness and Sexual Identity. Emmy Awarda?"winning writer Christopher Canaan has penned a a?oedeliciously naughtya?? comedy about famed fairy tale characters in their later years. When the Big Bad Wolf and his a?oehench wolf,a?? Wayne, escape from the Moscow Zoo's prison, they hunt down those who testified in court against them: Peter (of Peter and the Wolf fame), Red Riding Hood, Sig Pig (the sole survivor of The Three Little Pigs) and the Boy Who Cried Wolf. The wolves' prey barricade themselves inside a fortress, but nothing stops the Big Bad Wolf. The play performs on The Heritage Center Theatre stage in Morrisville, PA. Co-Starring David Sullivan, Righteous Jolly, John Helmke, Emily Perry, Paul Frank and Nyiema Lunsford. Produced by Cheryl Doyle. Directed by Joe Doyle. Stage managed by Renée Root. Costume and set design by Cheryl Doyle. Lighting design by Andrena Wishnie. Sound design by Chris Root.

ActorsNET Stages Glorious Sondheim Musical A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC


Scandals explode, laughter erupts in response to a brilliant book by Hugh Wheeler, while the glorious music of Stephen Sondheim soars in Morrisville's Heritage Center Theatre weekends through May 6 as ActorsNET presents A Little Night Music.

Photo Flash: ActorsNET Presents Stephen Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC


In Sweden circa 1900, the romantic entanglements of actress Desiree Armfeldt and others are revealed through Hugh Wheeler's book and Stephen Sondheim's lilting score, which was orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick. Suggested by a film by Ingmar Bergman and originally produced on Broadway by Harold Prince, the show introduced the world to the classic song, Send in the Clowns. 

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION Takes the Stand at ActorsNET


WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION: Agatha Christie's classic courtroom drama about a dashing young man accused of murdering an older woman for her inheritance takes center stage at The Heritage Center Theatre.

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION Takes the Stand at ActorsNET


WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION: Agatha Christie's classic courtroom drama about a dashing young man accused of murdering an older woman for her inheritance takes center stage at The Heritage Center Theatre.

Photo Flash: First Look at IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE at ActorsNET


ActorsNET is launching its 22nd season with Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen's exciting adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 cautionary tale, It Can't Happen Here, which Lewis adapted the following year with John C. Moffitt from his novel by the same name. The show will play at its home in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on weekends from October 13 through 29. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast of this searing drama in action below!

Photo Flash: First Look at IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE at ActorsNET


ActorsNET is launching its 22nd season with Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen's exciting adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 cautionary tale, It Can't Happen Here, which Lewis adapted the following year with John C. Moffitt from his novel by the same name. The show will play at its home in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on weekends from October 13 through 29. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast of this searing drama in action below!

IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE Comes to ActorsNET


What if FDR has been defeated in 1936 and a fascist had been elected President of the United States? How would Americans react to the implementation of martial law, and the elimination of rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution? What would happen if a free press was muzzled? If citizens fled to Canada even as a resistance was formed -- and its leaders and members were rounded up and incarcerated or executed?

IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE Comes to ActorsNET


ActorsNET launches its 22nd season with a stunning new adaptation by Tony Taccone and Bennet S. Cohen of Sinclair Lewis' satirical drama, It Can't Happen Here. Writing in the 1930s, Lewis, an acclaimed socially conscious author, adapted his best-selling novel of the same name into a play as a warning. His message? Do not elect a fascist to the American presidency.

Photo Flash: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Opens at the Heritage Center Theater


ActorsNET presents CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF from June 3 to 19  at the Heritage Center Theater, 635 N. Delmorr Avenue in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Tennessee Williams' masterful family drama plays Fridays and Saturdays at 8 and Sundays at 2. Admission is $20 for adults, $17 for seniors (62+), and $15 for students and WHYY card members. To reserve, phone 215-295-3694 or email actorsnet@aol.com. The company's website is www.actorsnetbucks.org

ActorsNET to Present CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF for Nine Performances in June


ActorsNET brings Cat on a Hot Tin Roof to life on its intimate stage.  Sultry Maggie the Cat, her brooding husband Brick, his domineering Big Daddy, overwrought Big Mama, and the rest of the Pollitt clan gather to celebrate what may be Big Daddy's last birthday.  Shocking secrets, old guilts and buried resentments explode before their eyes. 

Photo Flash: First Look at Actors' NET of Bucks County's JULIUS CAESAR, Begin. 4/25


William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is getting a modern look at the Heritage Center Theatre as the Actors' NET of Bucks County stages this classic play about power and corruption.

Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR Comes to Heritage Center, 4/25-5/11


Actors' NET of Bucks County presents Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at The Heritage Center Theatre. The play will be staged in modern dress to show the relevancy the piece still has today. The play will run from April 25th to May 11th.

MERCHANT OF VENICE Opens Tonight at Actors' NET


William Shakespeare's famed 'Merchant of Venice' brings love, greed, revenge and a plea for tolerance to The Heritage Center stage in Morrisville - all wrapped up in the classic tale of three couples seeking love as a vengeful money lender seeks his 'pound of flesh.'

Photo Flash: First Look at THE MERCHANT OF VENICE at Actors' NET


William Shakespeare's masterwork The Merchant of Venice - one of the Bard's most popular yet trickiest plays - will be interpreted and illuminated May 31 - June 16 on the intimate Heritage Center stage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

MERCHANT OF VENICE to Play Actors' NET, 5/31-6/16


William Shakespeare's famed 'Merchant of Venice' brings love, greed, revenge and a plea for tolerance to The Heritage Center stage in Morrisville - all wrapped up in the classic tale of three couples seeking love as a vengeful money lender seeks his 'pound of flesh.'

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