Walnut Street Theatre News

The Renegade Company is set to present the Philadelphia premiere of Jessica Dickey's riveting one-woman show The Amish Project.

Local theatre artist Mark Kennedy, hot on the heels of world premiere solo piece Checkers produced in the 2011 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, directs the Philadelphia premiere of Ariel Dorfman's unrelentingly poetic drama Purgatorio under the brand new wings of theatre anti-company [ad hoc theatre project]. Purgatorio runs November 16th through 19th at the Arts Locker on the 3rd floor of the Wolf Building, 1200 Callowhill Street. 80 mins. Tickets are $10. See theadhoc.tumblr.com for more information.

The Theatre Library Association presents its 43rd annual Book Awards on Friday, November 4, 2011 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, located at Lincoln Center.

American Theater Company (ATC) announces a limited-run of Escape, a subscriber-only theatrical event featuring three recently-discovered short plays written by Tennessee Williams and three modern dances choreographed by DanszLoop Chicago Artistic Director Paula Frasz.

The Renegade Company is set to present the Philadelphia premiere of Jessica Dickey's riveting one-woman show The Amish Project.

American Theater Company (ATC) announces a limited-run of Escape, a subscriber-only theatrical event featuring three recently-discovered short plays written by Tennessee Williams and three modern dances choreographed by DanszLoop Chicago Artistic Director Paula Frasz.

The Theatre Library Association presents its 43rd annual Book Awards on Friday, November 4, 2011 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, located at Lincoln Center.

People's Light & Theatre presents Treasure Island: A Musical Panto, by Kathryn Petersen, with music and lyrics by Michael Ogborn. It runs November 16, 2011 - January 8, 2012 on the Main Stage.

Walnut Street Theatre hosts 12th Annual Auction: Fit for a King! This year, the auction will be hosted by NBC 10's Terry Ruggles and will feature a special appearance by the cast of Walnut Street Theatre's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I.

American Theater Company (ATC) announces a limited-run of Escape, a subscriber-only theatrical event featuring three recently-discovered short plays written by Tennessee Williams and three modern dances choreographed by DanszLoop Chicago Artistic Director Paula Frasz.

Walnut Street Theatre's 2011-2012 Independence Studio on 3 season opens with the celebration of a friendship that became part of show business history, NOËL AND GERTIE.

Walnut Street Theatre continues its landmark 203rd season with an all-new production of Broadway's Tony Award-winning family musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's THE KING AND I.

People's Light & Theatre presents the Theatre Exile production of The Philly Fan, by Bruce Graham. It runs October 25 - November 20, 2011 on the Steinbright Stage.

Walnut Street Theatre began its landmark 203rd season with Andrew Lloyd Webber's ASPECTS OF LOVE. Directed by award-winning Director Bruce Lumpkin, this all-new production filled with passion, love and loss closes October 23rd on the WST Mainstage.

The Renegade Company proudly presents the Philadelphia premiere of Jessica Dickey's riveting one-woman show The Amish Project. Throughout the piece we hear the story of a school shooting in an Amish community in Central Pennsylvania, told from the perspective of seven individuals linked to the event.

The Walnut Street Theatre is set to present Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The holiday magic begins when a troupe of actors appear at the historic Walnut Street Theatre to set up and perform the heartwarming tale of Ebenezer Scrooge.

People's Light & Theatre presents The Return of Don Quixote, by Kira Obolensky, freely adapted from Cervantes' Don Quixote of La Mancha. It closes October 16, 2011 on the Main Stage.

The world's premier Streisand impressionist Steven Bringberg has performed on national TV shows The Rosie O'Donnel Show, Sally Jessy Raphael and at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, London's Royal Albert Hall (with Elton John and George Michael), as well as touring regularly with symphonies with Oscar, Grammy and Tony Award- winning composer Marvin Hamlisch (who wrote the Streisand classic The Way We Were) will also be performing songs from Streisand's just released CD What Matters Most and other classics from her 50 year recording legacy.

Motherhood the Musical®, a musical comedy highlighting the universal blessings and perils of being a mother, is premiering in Philadelphia tonight through Nov. 13 at the Society Hill Playhouse.

Quintessence Theatre Group launches its second season with two classic comedies: Carlo Goldoni's THE VENETIAN TWINS, in a translation by Ranjit Bolt, and William Shakespeare's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, to be presented in repertory and directed by Alexander Burns.