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Fanny Kemble, arguably the first Superstar in the history of entertainment, takes to the stage one last time. And-with the help of William Shakespeare-tells it all. An acclaimed actress, a bestselling author, a prominent socialite who dined with presidents and Supreme Court justices, Fanny was also a 19th Century abolitionist who discovered soon after her marriage that she was now half owner of 800 Georgia plantation slaves.

Fanny Kemble, arguably the first Superstar in the history of entertainment, takes to the stage one last time. And-with the help of William Shakespeare-tells it all. An acclaimed actress, a bestselling author, a prominent socialite who dined with presidents and Supreme Court justices, Fanny was also a 19th Century abolitionist who discovered soon after her marriage that she was now half owner of 800 Georgia plantation slaves.

Oscar Wilde's scintillating wit and romantic archetypes fill one of the most celebrated comedies of all time. The Importance of Being Earnest opens on the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's main stage tonight, July 12, and runs through August 4. The Importance of Being Earnest will play in repertory with Measure for Measure.

Oscar Wilde's scintillating wit and romantic archetypes fill one of the most celebrated comedies of all time. The Importance of Being Earnest opens on the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's main stage Friday, July 12, with previews July 10 and 11, and runs through August 4. The Importance of Being Earnest will play in repertory with Measure for Measure.

Broadway veteran Johanna Day, who appeared in Proof (Tony Nom) and August: Osage County, will star as Margie Walsh in the Penn State Centre Stage production of David Lindsay Abaire's Good People, which begins performances on June 12th in State College, Pennsylvania.

As relevant today as it was when it was first published more than 150 years ago, a new adaptation of Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself,' by A. Bryan Humphrey will be presented at the Ware Center tonight, March 28, at 7:30 PM. The evening is being co-sponsored by the Lancaster Literary Guild.

As relevant today as it was when it was first published more than 150 years ago, a new adaptation of Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself,' by A. Bryan Humphrey will be presented at the Ware Center on Thursday, March 28, at 7:30 PM. The evening is being co-sponsored by the Lancaster Literary Guild.

The premise of this incredibly witty comedy is much more about taking chances in life and far less about Hamlet! Onstage at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina this February, this play, which the NY Times called "hilarious," centers around a young, successful television actor who relocates to New York from L.A., where he rents a marvelous apartment in Greenwich Village. With his career in turmoil, the actor named Andrew Rally [played by Ethan Saks] is offered the role of Hamlet. But alas - you guessed it - he hates Hamlet!