Keith Baker News

Bristol Riverside Theatre announces the winners of StarQuest 2010, a search for local amateur talent culminating in a $5,000 cash prize. The grand prize winner was 14 year old Justin Ballasy from Warrington performing a self-choreographed tap dance to Back to the Ground. 16 year old Tyler Scheuer from Newtown was the first runner-up for his act balancing various objects on his nose and chin. Second runner-up Angela Antolino, a 26 year old Levittown resident, sang Vissi d'Arte from Tosca. An honorable mention category was added to recognize the talents of Five Star from Levittown who performed an original dance. Shannon DiMuzio from Croydon captured the Audience Favorite Award for her performance of Second Chance by Shinedown.

Are you a star? Have you always wanted to jump on stage and act, sing, or dance your way to celebrity status? Bristol Riverside Theatre presents StarQuest 2010, a search for talent in Bucks County with the first place winner receiving a $5,000 cash prize. Entrants will compete in three categories: under 18; adult; and groups (3 or more performers).

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) and Bristol Riverside Theatre, in association with Neil Berg and Adam Friedson, will present a new production of the award-winning musical revue Closer Than Ever directed by Richard Malty. Jr. and starring original cast members Sally Mayes and Lynne Wintersteller along with Broadway alums George Dvorksy and Sal Vivinio from April 16-25 (Wednesday and Thursday at 2PM; Friday and Saturday at 8pm; Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 3pm) in the Claire Shulman Playhouse Main Stage Theatre at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY.

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) and Bristol Riverside Theatre, in association with Neil Berg and Adam Friedson, will present a new production of the award-winning musical revue Closer Than Ever directed by Richard Malty. Jr. and starring original cast members Sally Mayes and Lynne Wintersteller along with Broadway alums George Dvorksy and Sal Vivinio from April 16-25 (Wednesday and Thursday at 2PM; Friday and Saturday at 8pm; Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 3pm) in the Claire Shulman Playhouse Main Stage Theatre at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY.

Bristol Riverside Theatre will end the Philadelphia premiere of Up by Bridget Carpenter, April 4. Directed by BRT Artistic Director Keith Baker, the ensemble cast features Kyle Driggs, Michelle Eugene, Laura C. Giknis, Benjamin Lloyd, Jonathan Silver, and Jo Twiss.

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) and Bristol Riverside Theatre, in association with Neil Berg and Adam Friedson, will present a new production of the award-winning musical revue Closer Than Ever directed by Richard Malty. Jr. and starring original cast members Sally Mayes and Lynne Wintersteller along with Broadway alums George Dvorksy and Sal Vivinio from April 16-25 (Wednesday and Thursday at 2PM; Friday and Saturday at 8pm; Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 3pm) in the Claire Shulman Playhouse Main Stage Theatre at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY.

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) and Bristol Riverside Theatre, in association with Neil Berg and Adam Friedson, will present a new production of the award-winning musical revue Closer Than Ever directed by Richard Malty. Jr. and starring original cast members Sally Mayes and Lynne Wintersteller along with Broadway alums George Dvorksy and Sal Vivinio from April 16-25 (Wednesday and Thursday at 2PM; Friday and Saturday at 8pm; Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 3pm) in the Claire Shulman Playhouse Main Stage Theatre at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY.

Are you a star? Have you always wanted to jump on stage and act, sing, or dance your way to celebrity status? Bristol Riverside Theatre presents StarQuest 2010, a search for talent in Bucks County with the first place winner receiving a $5,000 cash prize. Entrants will compete in three categories: under 18; adult; and groups (3 or more performers).

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the Philadelphia premiere of Up by Bridget Carpenter, running March 16-April 4. Directed by BRT Artistic Director Keith Baker, the ensemble cast features Kyle Driggs, Michelle Eugene, Laura C. Giknis, Benjamin Lloyd, Jonathan Silver, and Jo Twiss.

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the Philadelphia premiere of Up by Bridget Carpenter, running March 16-April 4. Directed by BRT Artistic Director Keith Baker, the ensemble cast features Kyle Driggs, Michelle Eugene, Laura C. Giknis, Benjamin Lloyd, Jonathan Silver, and Jo Twiss.

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents a one-day Jewish Theatre Festival, in partnership with Theatre Ariel on Sunday, April 25. Highlights of the Festival, which will explore the contemporary Jewish experience as seen by Jewish performing artists, will be Tovah Feldshuh recreating her award-winning performance in Golda's Balcony and the only area performance of the Multi-Cultural Theatre of the Galilee performing Sofia's Drawings. In addition to a special performance of The 10 Imaginings of Sarah and Hagar by Theatre Ariel, there will also be an exhibit of the history of Jewish theater as well as smaller, family-oriented programming.

Scandals, secrets and diabolical plans set the stage for comedy in Bristol Riverside Theatre's production of the Obie Award-winning play The Foreigner by Larry Shue, running January 26-February 14.

Scandals, secrets and diabolical plans set the stage for comedy in Bristol Riverside Theatre's production of the Obie Award-winning play The Foreigner by Larry Shue, running January 26-February 14.

Bristol Riverside Theatre (BRT) celebrates this holiday season with two productions for the whole family.

Bristol Riverside Theatre (BRT) celebrates love and relationships during the month of November and invites audience members, newlyweds and long-married couples alike, to renew their wedding vows at the theatre after the November 11, 2 p.m. matinee of off-Broadway's long-standing marital musical, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (now - November 22).

Evelyn Jones lives in a shiny happy suburban fantasy. But when God and Satan emerge from her washing machine to enlist her help in preventing a hostile corporate takeover of Heaven and Hades, Evelyn begins to unravel. Can she serve hors d'oeuvres while thwarting the devilish advances of her husband's boss? Is it the Valium or did biker chicks just stick up her Tupperware party? Are her whites really their whitest? Can she save her children and the world as we know it from the evil empire of Product-o-Matic?

Bristol Riverside Theatre (BRT) kicks off the 2nd season of its America Rising reading series with I Am A Superhero by Jennifer Tuckett. This reading will take place Sunday, October 11 at 5 p.m. at St. James Parish Hall, 225 Walnut Street in Bristol.

Douglas Campbell, renowned actor and director died at age 87 on Tuesday at Montreal's Hôtel Dieu hospital of complications of diabetes and heart disease.

Bristol Riverside Theatre kicks off its 2009-2010 season with a one-man tour-de-force that delves deep into the heart of something quintessentially Philadelphian - the struggle of the long-suffering Philadelphia sports fan.

Bristol Riverside Theatre (BRT) kicks off the 2nd season of its America Rising reading series with I Am A Superhero by Jennifer Tuckett. This reading will take place Sunday, October 11 at 5 p.m. at St. James Parish Hall, 225 Walnut Street in Bristol.