Complete Casting Announced For TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD National Tour
by Stephi Wild
- Mar 7, 2022
The complete cast is announced today for the First National Tour of the history-making production of To Kill a Mockingbird, Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher and based on Harper Lee's classic novel. Find out who's in the cast and how to get tickets.
Kansas City Premiere of Richard Gustin's BEING SEEN Comes to the Black Box Theatre
by Stephi Wild
- Mar 4, 2022
Playwright and director Richard Gustin today announced the casting for his tour de force world premiere comedy, Being Seen. Veteran Kansas City premiere actors Mark Robbins and Ashley Pankow will star in the exclusive Kansas City three-week engagement August 24 – September 11 at the Black Box Theatre.
Photos: Sherlock Holmes, Comes To The Walnut In THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 25, 2022
Walnut Street Theatre continues its 213th season with a world premiere adaptation of a classic mystery with Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of The Speckled Band. Written and directed by Walnut favorite Bill Van Horn, the production begins previews February 22, opens March 2, and continues through March 27 on the Walnut’s Mainstage.
Cast Announced for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the Players Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 22, 2022
There once was a young girl named Beauty who didn't seem to fit in. Her nose was always stuck in a book and unlike her sisters, she wasn’t looking for a Prince Charming to rescue her. What she wanted was adventure and thats just what she found. Meet the cast below and join us as we open this weekend!
CHOIR BOY Will Make its Philadelphia Premiere
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 8, 2022
Philadelphia Theatre Company kicks off 2022 with the Philadelphia Premiere of a TONY Award-winning play from an Academy Award winning writer. Audiences return to PTC for soaring gospel music and a story about singing in your own key as Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy takes the stage.
SHERLOCK HOLMES - THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND to be Presented at Walnut Street Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 3, 2022
Walnut Street Theatre is continuing its 213th season with a world premiere adaptation of a classic mystery with Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of The Speckled Band. Written and directed by Walnut favorite Bill Van Horn, the production begins previews February 22, opens March 2, and continues through March 27 on the Walnut’s Mainstage.
Walnut Street Theatre Announces Change To Mainstage Season Lineup
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 28, 2022
Walnut Street Theatre has announced an update for its current 2021-22 season. The musical Always…Patsy Cline will run from April 12 through May 15, 2022, in place of the originally scheduled production of On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan. The change comes as the co-producing theatre was no longer able to partner on the production.
Act II Playhouse to Stage A COUPLE OF SWELLS
by Marissa Tomeo
- Jan 18, 2022
Act II Playhouse in Ambler, PA announces that Tony Braithwaite and Jennifer Childs are now onstage in a new comedy cabaret, “A Couple of Swells.” Braithwaite and Childs co-wrote and are starring in “A Couple of Swells,” with Musical Direction and piano accompaniment by Owen Robbins.
Noël Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT Comes To The Walnut
by A.A. Cristi
- Dec 14, 2021
Walnut Street Theatre continues its 213th season with Noël Coward's fiendishly funny comedy, BLITHE SPIRIT. Directed by Walnut Producing Artistic Director Bernard Havard, the production begins previews on January 11, opens January 19, and continues through February 13 on the Walnut's Mainstage.
Quintessence Theatre Group Announces LITTLE WOMEN Casting Change
by A.A. Cristi
- Dec 9, 2021
Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, announces a casting change in their current production of Little Women: The Broadway Musical, running now through January 2, 2022. Jordan Dobson, who was cast as Laurie, departed the production after Sunday's performance due to being called into a Broadway production. South Philadelphia based actor Will Stephan Connell is replacing him.
New York City Opera to Present The World Premiere Of THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Nov 19, 2021
This January, New York City Opera (under the direction of Michael Capasso, General Director) will produce its latest world premiere of a new American opera, Ricky Ian Gordon's THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, Dominick Balletta, Executive Director).
Photos: First Look at DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID at The Walnut
by Stephi Wild
- Nov 19, 2021
Walnut Street Theatre (WST) continues its 213th season with Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID. Directed by Glenn Casale and choreographed by John MacInnis, the production begins previews on November 16, 2021, opens November 24, and continues through January 2, 2022 on the Walnut’s Mainstage.
Act II Playhouse Opens With Holiday Comedy REALLY GOOD TIDINGS
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 12, 2021
Act II Playhouse in Ambler, PA announces its return to a Mainstage Season with “Really Good Tidings,” a hilarious, holiday-inspired new variety show. “We are thrilled to be back in front of live audiences with a new show,” said Tony Braithwaite, Artistic Director. “We opened to smaller houses earlier this fall with very successful evenings of live music and stand-up comedy, and we're ready to welcome patrons to full productions.”
Temple Theaters to Present HOTEL WILLIAMS
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Nov 9, 2021
Looking for a getaway? You're not the only one. Check in to HOTEL WILLIAMS. Great works of Tennessee Williams like A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE and THE GLASS MENAGERIE, are well-known, but did you know that to stimulate his writing (before, between, and after mega-successes), Williams moved into hotels in cities all over the world?
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