Elizabeth Atkinson News

DEAR EVAN HANSEN Will Come to the Arden Theatre in May

by Stephi Wild — April 30, 2026

Arden Theatre Company will stage the Tony Award-winning musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN, directed by Terrence J.

Lantern Theater Company Extends BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY Through March

by A.A. Cristi — February 27, 2026

Lantern Theater Company has extended BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY through March 22, 2026 at St.

Arden Theatre Company To Present Katori Hall’s THE MOUNTAINTOP This Fall

by A.A. Cristi — November 18, 2025

Arden Theatre Company will present THE MOUNTAINTOP by Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall beginning October 30, directed by Barrymore Award winner Brett Ashley Robinson.

Photos: Akeem Davis and Kishia Nixon Star In THE MOUNTAINTOP At Arden Theatre

by A.A. Cristi — November 5, 2025

Arden Theatre Company continues its 2025/26 season with The Mountaintop, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall and directed by Barrymore Award winner Brett Ashley Robinson.

Arden Theatre Company To Present Katori Hall's THE MOUNTAINTOP Beginning October 30

by A.A. Cristi — September 30, 2025

Arden Theatre Company will continue its 2025/26 season with The Mountaintop, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall and directed by Barrymore Award winner Brett Ashley Robinson.

HAMLET and ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD to Run in Repertory at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

by A.A. Cristi — July 3, 2025

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival will present a bold repertory pairing of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead this summer, running July 9 through August 3 on the Main Stage at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts at DeSales University.

Lantern Theater Company to Continue 30th Anniversary Season With FAITH HEALER By Brian Friel

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 16, 2024

Lantern Theater Company continues its 30th anniversary season with Brian Friel's masterpiece play, Faith Healer.

Review: ASSASSINS at Arden Theatre Company

by Tony Oriente — October 6, 2023

Another thrilling and thought-provoking production at The Arden Theatre delivers an evening of something quite different.

Arden Theatre Company to Kick Off 36th Season With ASSASSINS, Starring Robi Hagar, Miles Jacoby, and More

by Blair Ingenthron — September 10, 2023

Arden Theatre Company will open their 2023/24 season with the TONY Award-winning musical, ASSASSINS, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, based on an idea by Philadelphia writer, composer, and educator, Charles J.

Arden Theatre Company Closes Season With THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

by Stephi Wild — May 2, 2023

Arden Theatre Company is diving into spring with the TONY Award winning hit musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

Neil Simon's LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS Announced At Walnut Street Theatre

by A.A. Cristi — December 15, 2022

Walnut Street Theatre (WST) continues its 214th season with a comedic romantic romp in Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers.

The Bearded Ladies Cabaret to Return to the 2022 Philadelphia Fringe Festival With LATE NIGHT SNACKS in September

by Chloe Rabinowitz — August 2, 2022

The Bearded Ladies Cabaret returns to the 2022 Philadelphia Fringe Festival and Opera Philadelphia's Festival O22 with Late Night Snacks, a new selection of guilty pleasures, soul nourishment, and tasty performances.

InterAct Theatre Presents The World Premiere Of SETTLEMENTS!

by A.A. Cristi — March 4, 2022

InterAct Theatre Company continues its 2021-2022 season with SETTLEMENTS, a “world premiere” play by InterAct's founding Producing Artistic Director, Seth Rozin.

1812 Productions to Revive SET MODEL THEATRE

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 5, 2022

Conceived at the height of national quarantine, Set Model Theatre is a documentary series that pulls back the curtain on the creative processes of 15 Philadelphia theatre designers as they work in distanced collaboration on a fantasy production of Shakespeare's King Lear.