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Each year, Enchantment Theatre Company brings its theatrical magic to the holidays and this season will be no exception. The company is celebrating the return of their production of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen. The show will run today, December 13-January 4 at the Arts Bank, 601 South Broad Street. Tickets cost $16- $29 and are available at enchantmenttheatre.org or by phone at 215-496-9160.

Each year, Enchantment Theatre Company brings its theatrical magic to the holidays and this season will be no exception. The company is celebrating the return of their production of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen. The show will run December 13-January 4 at the Arts Bank, 601 South Broad Street. Tickets cost $16- $29 and are available at enchantmenttheatre.org or by phone at 215-496-9160.

Blyth Festival's new artistic director, Gil Garratt, has announced his first playbill for next summer. 'What I love about these plays is how thoroughly they capture where we have been and where we are now,' says Garratt.

Rita Wilson and Molly Ringwald deserve a lot of credit for being gutsy enough to go out of their comfort zones as performers and venture into the intimate, sometimes scary art from known as cabaret, where you're always live and can't rely on extra takes. It's also obvious that they've worked very hard at becoming the best vocalists they can possibly be. They have just as much right to live out their cabaret performing fantasies as, oh, about 75 percent of the 'singers' booking shows in cabaret room all over the New York. If Wilson and Ringwald weren't bold-faced names would their singing really be considered good enough to merit them gigs (and extended ones at that) at the Cafe Carlyle? And if they weren't celebrities, would they be receiving such breathlessly positive reviews from critics, some of who should know better?

Fringe Festival regulars, Tribe of Fools (TOF), will mount a brand new show, Two Street, a gay Romeo and Juliet-esque take on romantic-comedies set in a Mummers Club House at the 2014 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, presented by Fringe Arts. The show runs today, September 4 through 13th at the Church of the Crucifixion, 620 S 8th St., between South and Bainbridge, performance times vary.

Philadelphia-based physical theatre company Tribe of Fools returns to the 2014 Philadelphia Fringe Festival with Two Street, a gay Romeo and Juliet-esque romantic comedy set in a Mummers' Club House. The show runs September 4 through 13th at the Church of the Crucifixion, 620 S 8th St., between South and Bainbridge, performance times vary. Tickets cost $20 and are available online at www.fringearts.com.

In celebration of one year since the release of her debut CD entitled 'Except Sometimes' on Concord Records, Molly Ringwald who launched her CD release at Rockwell last year and has since performed over 150 concerts in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and widely across the United States in major Concert Halls, Performing Arts Centers and Jazz Festivals. Back by popular demand Ringwald performs live in Hollywood for the third of three Tuesdays, tonight, July 15th at Rockwell Table & Stage.

In celebration of one year since the release of her debut CD entitled 'Except Sometimes' on Concord Records, Molly Ringwald who launched her CD release at Rockwell last year and has since performed over 150 concerts in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and widely across the United States in major Concert Halls, Performing Arts Centers and Jazz Festivals. Back by popular demand Ringwald will perform live in Hollywood for three Todays to include June 17th; July 1st; and July 15th at Rockwell Table & Stage.

Mayo Performing Arts Center and Morris Arts team up to present the 5th annual Music Beyond Borders free lunchtime summer world music concert series on the Morristown Green. Four concerts will take place between tonight, June 24 and August. Concerts begin at 12:30 and last approximately one hour.

In celebration of one year since the release of her debut CD entitled 'Except Sometimes' on Concord Records, Molly Ringwald who launched her CD release at Rockwell last year and has since performed over 150 concerts in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and widely across the United States in major Concert Halls, Performing Arts Centers and Jazz Festivals. Back by popular demand Ringwald will perform live in Hollywood for three Todays to include June 17th; July 1st; and July 15th at Rockwell Table & Stage.

Mayo Performing Arts Center and Morris Arts team up to present the 5th annual Music Beyond Borders free lunchtime summer world music concert series on the Morristown Green.

In celebration of one year since the release of her debut CD entitled 'Except Sometimes' on Concord Records, Molly Ringwald who launched her CD release at Rockwell last year and has since performed over 150 concerts in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and widely across the United States in major Concert Halls, Performing Arts Centers and Jazz Festivals. Back by popular demand Ringwald will perform live in Hollywood for three Tuesdays to include June 17th; July 1st; and July 15th at Rockwell Table & Stage.

Join us at the Bickford Theatre for a performance by internationally acclaimed harpist and singer Aideen O'Donnell. The Morris Museum is pleased to present A Celtic Afternoon of Song on Sunday, March 16 at 2:00pm.

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Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre's production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion will feature three Jeff-Award lauded performers in its lead roles, Artistic Director Fred Anzevino has announced. The role of Fosca, the sickly woman obsessed with a handsome young soldier in 19th Century Italy, will be played by Danni Smith, who just last year was honored with the Jeff Award for Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in Bailiwick Chicago's production of the musical See What I Wanna See. Smith's win came after two previous nominations in the same category, for Theo Ubique's Pump Boys and Dinettes and Bohemian Theatre Ensemble's The Glorious Ones. Playing Giorgio, the military officer who is the object of Fosca's affections, will be Peter Oyloe, a three-time Jeff Award winner. Oyloe's recent win as best leading actor in a musical for 2013's Hank Williams: Lost Highway was preceded by wins for his leading role in Equus and supporting role in The Pillowman, both at Redtwist Theatre. Collette Todd, Jeff-nominated for her role as Giulietta in Theo Ubique's Aspects of Love and recipient of critical and audience raves for her leading roles in Light Opera Works' productions of Man of La Mancha, Oliver! and Annie Get Your Gun, will play Clara - the third member of Passion's love triangle. Ms. Todd will also understudy the role of Fosca.

Favorite 80's teen movie queen Molly Ringwald will perform hits from her recent jazz CD at Husson University's Gracie Theatre on November 23rd. "An Evening with Molly Ringwald" features the song stylings of Ringwald and the music of her jazz quartet - with two performances at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm.

After winning prestigious awards both on Broadway and Off-Broadway, Disney's PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, a magical prequel to Peter Pan, is headed for Houston. The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is the First National Tour production's third stop on their expansive route. The tour cast kicked off the show on August 15, 2013 in Denver and are currently playing to audiences in Dallas. Recently, Luke Smith, who plays Smee, took time out of his busy schedule to chat with me about PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, his career on stage, and his band Awning.

After two previous sold out Fringe performances, Tribe of Fools returns with a world premiere work that takes a satirical look our cultural obsession with vigilantes, violence, and heroes who do the wrong thing for the 'right' reasons. The company presents the World Premiere of Antihero in the self-produced Neighborhood Fringe of the 2013 Fringe Festival.

On this edition of 'In Focus', host Eden Lane spends time at the 'press day' for for the 1st National Tour of Peter and the Starcatcher, launching in Denver. She meets four of the cast members. John Sanders (Black Stache), Luke Smith (Smee), Megan Stern (Molly), and Joey deBettencourt (Boy). Eden also gives us a glimpse of the special presentation by Tony Award wining set designer Donyale Werle. Click below to watch the interview!