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Feature: FIFTH SEASON ANNOUNCED at Players Circle Theater
by Fran Thomas - Sep 4, 2024

Players Circle’s season kicks off in October with a hilarious farce that will set the tone for the entire season, BEDROOM FARCE (October 22, 2024 – November 17, 2024) written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by Robert Cacioppo. This wickedly funny play about marriage takes place in three bedrooms. On one endless night, Trevor & Susannah, whose marriage is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest, including Trevor’s parents.

Feature: 13 THE MUSICAL at Players Circle Theater
by Fran Thomas - Aug 21, 2024

Players Circle Theater is proud to announce the launch of Players Circle Studio, a year-round theatrical institute dedicated to arts education for all ages and levels of experience, including customizable master classes and live full-scale performance opportunities for working professionals, pre-professionals, and aspiring stars of tomorrow.

Players Circle Theater Brings I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE to Ft. Myers
by Fran Thomas - May 14, 2024

Players Circle Theater presents the hilarious musical comedy I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE with book and lyrics by two-time Tony winner Joe DePietro and music by Jimmy Roberts. 

GODSPELL Comes to Players Circle Theater April 16th
by Fran Thomas - Apr 10, 2024

Players Circle Theater is ready to raise the roof with their largest production to date, GODSPELL, running April 16th – May 12th, 2024. 

Review: SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS at Players Circle Theater
by Fran Thomas - Mar 14, 2024

What did our critic think of SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS at Players Circle Theater? Players Circle Theater has chosen a play that I’m guessing hit close to home for many in the audience. In Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, a lonely older woman hires a younger male ballroom dance teacher to come to her St. Petersburg condo for lessons.

Review: Pittsburgh CLO's THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Produces an Unexpected Understudy at Benedum Center
by Greg Kerestan - Jun 29, 2022

What did our critic think? This 'good musical about a bad musical' is full of surprises, and none greater than the Saturday matinee.

BWW Review: CHASING RAINBOWS: THE ROAD TO OZ at Paper Mill Playhouse-An Exhilarating New Musical Theatre Production
by Marina Kennedy - Oct 7, 2019

'Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz' is now making its thrilling New Jersey premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse through October 27. The show is masterfully directed by Denis Jones and features an outstanding, versatile cast.

Photo Flash: Head Down the Yellow Brick Road with Paper Mill's CHASING RAINBOWS
by Julie Musbach - Oct 1, 2019

Don your ruby slippers and grab Toto as you take a peek inside Paper Mill Playhouse's New Jersey premiere of Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz

Paper Mill Announces Digital Scavenger Hunt for CHASING RAINBOWS
by Julie Musbach - Sep 25, 2019

Paper Mill Playhouse recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, launched a digital scavenger hunt today centered around its new musical Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz.Paper Mill Playhouse recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, launched a digital scavenger hunt today centered around its new musical Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz. The app-based contest invites participants to a?oechase the rainbowa?? by completing a series of online challenges including trivia, puzzles, games, riddles, photo stickers and more.

BWW Review: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE at Goodspeed Opera House
by Joseph Harrison - Oct 13, 2018

As a fan of musical theatre, there is nothing like sitting down with a favorite cast album and being transported (possibly for the umpteenth time) to fantastic worlds, bygone eras, or dramatic locales. These musical journeys help one forget the worries of day to day life and instead spend a couple hours with a smile on the face and a song in the heart. Imagine if the essence of that experience could be captured and put on stage, and you have the hilarious musical THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, the final show in Goodspeed Musicals' 2018 season. THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is one of those shows with something for everyone. For the die-hard theatre geeks (such as this writer) it is an exciting and thrilling, non-stop nod to the experience that only a musical can provide. But for everyone else, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is just a hands-down great piece of musical theater. With rousing dance numbers, powerhouse ballads, beautiful costumes, magical scenery, and hilarious situations, this is a show that everyone can fall in love with