Laura Giknis News

Theatre Philadelphia is thrilled to announce the nominees for the 2014 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, including over 140 total nominations spanning 26 categories. The all-new Barrymore Awards Ceremony will be held Monday, October 27 at 7:00 p.m. at The Merriam Theater at 250 S. Broad Street, immediately followed by an After-Party in the Commonwealth Plaza at The Kimmel Center.

Bristol Riverside Theatre kicks off the holiday season with Winter Musicale on December 5-15, 2013. This family program presents favorite holiday songs from yesterday and today, including traditional carols, popular classics, contemporary arrangements and original songs to celebrate the spirit of the season. Directed by Keith Baker, the program features BRT favorites Philip Chaffin, Anthony D'Amato, Robert Farruggia, Laura Giknis, Jessica Gruver, Elyse Langley, Meera Mohan, and Sean Thompson, joined by Keith Baker and the BRT Concert Band.

The cast of the Walnut Street Theatre's production of 'Grease' created a music video to pay tribute to the city of Philadelphia - the birthplace of America and home of the oldest theatre in the country - just in time for Independence Day! Directed and choreographed by Adolpho Blaire, who plays Roger in the production, the video takes viewers on a tour of some of the most famous sites in the city of Brotherly Love including Love Park, Independence Hall, the 'Rocky Steps' at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and even backstage at the 204 year old Theatre. The cast goes sightseeing and eventually dances through the streets to a disco-crazed version of 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' by Paul Jabara. The original tune, incidentally, was sung by George M. Cohan himself in 1904 at the Walnut Street Theatre in 'Little Johnny Jones' before it's opening on Broadway. Click below to watch the video!

Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 204th season with an all-new production of Broadway and Hollywood's smash-hit, GREASE. Directed by Bruce Lumpkin, with choreography by Michelle Gaudette, this musical extravaganza opened on May 22nd and runs through July 14th on the WST Mainstage. Click below to watch highlights from the show!

Bring out your bobby sock and leather jackets. The gang from Rydel High is taking over Philly for the summer.

Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 204th season with an all-new production of Broadway and Hollywood's smash-hit, GREASE. Directed by Bruce Lumpkin, with choreography by Michelle Gaudette, this musical extravaganza is currently in previews and opens on May 22nd, running through July 14th on the WST Mainstage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 204th season with an all-new production of Broadway and Hollywood's smash-hit, GREASE. Directed by Bruce Lumpkin, with choreography by Michelle Gaudette, this musical extravaganza begins previews tonight, May 14th, opens on May 22nd and runs through July 14th on the WST Mainstage.

Riverside Theatre's production of Grease is currently playing through April 30, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production shots below!

Riverside Theatre's Simply Amazing Season concludes with the effervescent musical comedy Grease on the Stark Stage. Written by composer, lyricist and librettists Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey, Grease takes the stage from tonight, April 11 through May 4, 2013 and is sponsored by Wells Fargo Advisors and Riverside Theatre's Patron Producers group.

Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 204th season with an all-new production of Broadway and Hollywood's smash-hit, GREASE. Directed by Bruce Lumpkin, with choreography by Michelle Gaudette, this musical extravaganza begins previews on May 14th, opens on May 22nd and runs through July 14th on the WST Mainstage.

Riverside Theatre's Simply Amazing Season concludes with the effervescent musical comedy Grease on the Stark Stage. Written by composer, lyricist and librettists Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey, Grease takes the stage from April 11 through May 4, 2013 and is sponsored by Wells Fargo Advisors and Riverside Theatre's Patron Producers group.

Arden Theatre Company presents the inaugural production for The Writers' Room, an innovative playwright residency program, with Women in Jep by Wendy MacLeod. This new comedy, written during a four-month residency in Philadelphia receives a developmental production on the Arden's Arcadia Stage from tonight, July 5 through July 15, 2012. The Writers' Room is funded by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative and the Independence Foundation through its New Theatre Works Initiative.

Arden Theatre Company presents the inaugural production for The Writers' Room, an innovative playwright residency program, with Women in Jep by Wendy MacLeod.

Laughter and tears, gossip and home-grown advice are as prevalent as hair rollers in Truvy's Beauty Salon, the setting of the heartwarming comedy-drama Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling, playing at Bristol Riverside Theatre on March 20-April 8. Susan D. Atkinson directs an ensemble cast of BRT favorites including Jennie Eisenhower, Diane Findlay,Laura C. Giknis, Barbara McCulloh, Susan Moses, and Jo Twiss.

People's Light & Theatre presents the World Premiere of Fallow, by Kenneth Lin, running January 11 - February 5, 2012 on the Steinbright Stage. Jackson Gay directs.

People's Light & Theatre presents the World Premiere of Fallow, by Kenneth Lin, running January 11 - February 5, 2012 on the Steinbright Stage. Jackson Gay directs.

Two of Philadelphia's smaller theater companies, Theatre Horizon and 11th Hour Theatre Company, have banded together to put on a unique and intimate production of this beloved musical upstairs in the Independence Studio at the Prince Music Theater.

11th Hour Theatre Company alongside Theatre Horizon will present a unique interpretation of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical classic, Little Shop of Horrors at Prince Music Theater's Independence Black Box from November 27-December 20.

Seymour was a meek flower-shop clerk on Skid Row until the day he discovered a mysterious plant with a taste for blood. To win the love of the beautiful Audrey and to escape from his miserable life in the ghetto, he feeds the flower's deadly appetite…but at what cost? 11th Hour teams up with Theatre Horizon to bring you a 'cross-pollination' of this cult classic musical like you've never seen it before!

Two of Philadelphia's smaller theater companies, Theatre Horizon and 11th Hour Theatre Company, have banded together to put on a unique and intimate production of this beloved musical upstairs in the Independence Studio at the Prince Music Theater.