Society Hill Playhouse Extends RESPECT Through 5/2

The smash hit stage musical, RESPECT:A Musical Journey of Women has been extended due to popular demand at Philadelphia's Society Hill Playhouse through Sunday, May 2.

Dorothy Marcic's popular, high-energy musical - which recounts the journey of women in the 20th century through Top 40 songs -is currently playing on the main stage at Society Hill Playhouse. Performances are Wednesdays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m.,
Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $40.00 for Wednesday and Thursday performances and $45.00 for Friday through Sunday shows - and are on sale by phone at 215-923-0210, online at www.comcasttix.com and at the Society Hill Playhouse Box Office at 507 S. 8th Street (near South Street). Special discounts for groups of 10 or more are available by calling 1-888-264-1788 toll free or 215-925-3769.

RESPECT is a funny, exuberant look at the lives of women using songs to tell the tale of women's evolving roles through the 20th century. The popular musical--- featuring favorite Top 40 songs including "I Will Survive," " These Boots Are Made For Walkin'," "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," "I Will
Follow Him," "Stand By Your Man," "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," and more--- first premiered last year at Bucks County's Act II Playhouse and closed a history-making 12-week run for the theatre from May 2 to Aug. 2, 2009.

The original version of Respect, inspired by Dorothy Marcic's book, Respect: Women and Popular Music, began in 1999 as a series of one-woman presentations and was developed into a full-scale musical theatre piece, presented for the first time in 2004. The show has been performed to sold-out crowds at several venues around the country, including West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale, FL, Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Respect is being presented by Society Hill Playhouse, in association with Bud Martin, Act II Playhouse and Philip Roger Roy.