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The Admirable Crichton, a comedy by J. M. Barrie, is now playing at the Peterborough Players through Sun., Aug. 12. Tickets are $37 and $39 on Saturdays. Talkbacks with the actors and director follow the performances on Fri., Aug. 3, and Sun., Aug. 5.

The Admirable Crichton, a comedy by J. M. Barrie, opens at the Peterborough Players tonight, Aug. 1, and runs through Sun., Aug. 12. Tickets are $37 and $39 on Saturdays. Talkbacks with the actors and director follow the performances on Friday, Aug. 3, and Sun., Aug. 5.

The Admirable Crichton, a comedy by J. M. Barrie, opens at the Peterborough Players on Wed., Aug. 1, and runs through Sun., Aug. 12. Tickets are $37 and $39 on Saturdays. Talkbacks with the actors and director follow the performances on Friday, Aug. 3, and Sun., Aug. 5.

The 39 Steps, a fast-paced comedy whodunit, opens July 18 at the Peterborough Players and runs through July 29. Patrick Barlow adapted the play from the novel by John Buchan and the film of Alfred Hitchcock. Tickets are $37, except $39 on Saturdays. A special ticket price of $25 is offered to anyone 35 years or younger for the Saturday performance on July 21.

Portland Stage Company concludes their 2011-12 season with a hilarious, heartwarming production about two pianists and their (mis)adventures en route to becoming musical masters of the 88 piano keys.

Park Square Artistic Director Richard Cook and his new team of Artistic Associates announce a season crackling with new scripts from Broadway and beyond. "This team - Brian Balcom, Aditi Kapil, Carson Kreitzerand James A. Williams - has done just what I asked them to do: bring me work I may not have known of or wouldn't normally consider," says Cook.

In 1994, Ted and Richard formed Talking Fingers, and under this company name first workshopped 2 Pianos 4 Hands at the Tarragon Theatre, with generous support from the Ontario Arts Council. Tarragon Theatre subsequently programmed the show as part of its 1995-1996 season, where it garnered rave reviews, played a sold-out run, received the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production (Toronto's theatre awards) and the prestigious Chalmers Award (Canada's top playwriting award). Tarragon Theatre then toured the production nationally from May 1996 to September 1997.

2 Pianos 4 Hands is the riotous tale of two boys in Canada, Ted and Richard, sharing the same goal: concert pianist stardom.

2 Pianos 4 Hands is the riotous tale of two boys in Canada, Ted and Richard, sharing the same goal: concert pianist stardom. They work fervently towards their dream amidst pushy parents, eccentric teachers, hours of repetitive practice, stage fright, the agony of competitions and the dream of greatness.

2 Pianos 4 Hands is the riotous tale of two boys in Canada, Ted and Richard, sharing the same goal: concert pianist stardom. They work fervently towards their dream amidst pushy parents, eccentric teachers, hours of repetitive practice, stage fright, the agony of competitions and the dream of greatness.

2 Pianos 4 Hands is the riotous tale of two boys in Canada, Ted and Richard, sharing the same goal: concert pianist stardom.

2 PIANOS 4 HANDS brings fabulous music, hilarious one-liners, and razor-sharp insights into the world of competition to the Park Square stage for the holiday season.

2 Pianos 4 Hands is the riotous tale of two boys in Canada, Ted and Richard, sharing the same goal: concert pianist stardom. They work fervently towards their dream amidst pushy parents, eccentric teachers, hours of repetitive practice, stage fright, the agony of competitions and the dream of greatness.

2 PIANOS 4 HANDS brings fabulous music, hilarious one-liners, and razor-sharp insights into the world of competition to the Park Square stage for the holiday season.

2 PIANOS 4 HANDS brings fabulous music, hilarious one-liners, and razor-sharp insights into the world of competition to the Park Square stage for the holiday season.

A country music legend whose life was cut tragically short comes to life in the hit musical, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, playing at John Hancock Hall for two weeks only, Wednesday April 7 through Saturday, April 17.

A country music legend whose life was cut tragically short comes to life in the hit musical, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, playing at John Hancock Hall for two weeks only, Wednesday April 7 through Saturday, April 17.

A country music legend whose life was cut tragically short comes to life in the hit musical, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, playing at John Hancock Hall for two weeks only, Wednesday April 7 through Saturday, April 17.

Free Man of Color, a new play by Charles Smith in its New York premiere from October 2 through October 25 at Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, New York, explores this and other hot topics in its true life story of John Newton Templeton, an ex-slave who was the first African-American to attend college in Ohio.