(12/5/2018) - Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the Philadelphia premiere of Marsha Norman and Jason Robert Brown's sweeping musical version of the best-selling novel, The Bridges of Madison County. The production is the second of the inaugural season under Producing Artistic Director Paige Price. For Bridges, Price has tapped Mark Martino to direct a cast rich with local theatre stars and Barrymore Award-winners, alongside actors with notable national and Broadway credits. The cast is led by Philadelphia actress Sarah Gliko and PA Native and Broadway actor Gregg Goodbrod. Recent Barrymore Award winner Amanda Morton (Passing Strange, Wilma Theater) will serve as the Music Director. The Bridges of Madison County runs February 8-March 3, 2019 at Philadelphia Theatre Company's stage at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad Street. Single tickets and subscriptions are on sale now and available at the box office, online at philatheatreco.org or by phone at 215-985-0420.Photo Flash: OLIVER! Comes To Philadelphia For The Holidays At Quintessence! by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(11/16/2018) - Quintessence Theatre Group is proud to present Lionel Bart's beloved musical Oliver! Adapted from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, this tale about finding hope and a chosen family in the bleakest of situations will provide an adventurous escape and moving holiday parable for many Philadelphians starting November 14, 2018. OPENING NIGHT is Saturday, November 17 at 7:30pm, and performances run through December 23, 2018.Photo Flash: A Look at the Cast of Resident Theatre Company's EVITA by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(10/26/2018) - A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2, written by Lucas Hnath, took Broadway by storm when it opened in 2017. This "explosively funny new play" (The Hollywood Reporter) is the comedic follow-up to Ibsen's classic dramatic masterpiece. Philadelphia audiences will be able to experience A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 as the Arden Theatre Company presents the regional premiere of Hnath's smashing new play. Performances are underway now through December 9 at the Arden's Arcadia Stage.Photo Flash: COLLECTED STORIES Opens Tonight at Act II Playhouse by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(10/5/2018) - The Media Theatre, located at 104 East State Street in the beautiful suburb of Media, PA, has 'Sweeney Todd' as its 2018-19 Broadway Series Season opener now through Oct. 28. Directed by the theater's Artistic Director Jesse Cline, the show features a cast of professional actors from New York City, Philadelphia, and the surrounding region. Ben Kapilow music directs.Photo Flash: Walnut Street Theatre's IN BETWEEN Opens This Thursday by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(9/25/2018) - Walnut Street Theatre's 2018-19 Independence Studio on 3 season opens with a personal look into the Palestinian-Israeli identity with IN BETWEEN. Written and performed by Ibrahim Miari and directed by Elena Araoz, the production begins with previews on September 25th, opens September 27th and continues through October 28th.Photo Flash: Philadelphia Theatre Presents MARY ROSE at Woodlands Cemetery by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(9/15/2018) - The Philadelphia Artists' Collective returns to the Philadelphia FringeArts Festival with a hauntingly beautiful site-specific work by the famous author of Peter Pan. Mary Rose, by J.M. Berrie, will be presented both inside the historic and ornate mansion - and outside under the stars in the cemetery itself. The show runs for a total of 12 performances through September 22, 2018. All shows are at 7:00pm. Woodlands offers patrons free parking and the cemetery is just one block from a major SEPTA bus hub. Tickets are $20 to $25 each. Tickets are available by calling 215-413-9006 or visiting https://fringearts.com/event/mary-rose/.Photo Flash: Broadway Dreams Celebrates Ten Years Of Programming At The Kimmel Center For Performing Arts by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(8/15/2018) - For the tenth consecutive year, Broadway Dreams will partner with the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts for the return of their annual Summer Intensive, August 4 - August 12, 2018. Lead by an all-star roster of Broadway's brightest stars and industry professionals, Philadelphia's rising stars will participate in a week-long intensive focusing on acting, vocal performance and dance. The week will culminate in two public performances of THE HITS: Reimagined, a unique Broadway-style cabaret featuring Philadelphia-area students performing alongside their Broadway idols.Photo Flash: First Look at THE INSPECTOR GENERAL at Throughline Theatre by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(7/23/2018) - The Scranton Shakespeare Festival (SSF) will wrap up its seventh season of free theatre - an ambitious program featuring two Shakespeare comedies, two musicals, a new devised work, and its annual Youth Theatre Lab piece - with the festival's signature last weekend, July 27 - 29, 2018. Photo Flash: ON THE EXHALE Gets Philadelphia-Area Premiere At Theater With A View by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(7/5/2018) - Theater with a View, a professional outdoor theatre company located in Pottstown, PA, is preparing for the Philadelphia-area premiere of Martin Zimmerman's On The Exhale. The gripping and timely one-person show, which was originally produced by Roundabout Theatre Company Underground, will be presented as part of Theater with a View's 2018 season from July 11 to 28, 2018 at Sycamore Hill, (481 Ebelhare Road, Pottstown). Photo Flash: Hilarious Performances Of ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID Fills Newtown PA With Laughter by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(6/24/2018) - Directed by Jim Banar and produced by Debra DerDerian and Jackie Tamburrino, ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID is the rollicking tale of four loyal and determined women who definitively answer the question, 'Just how far are you willing to go to keep a promise to a friend?' In this hilarious comedy four friends navigate the choppy waters of love and matrimony and discover that marriages may disappear but real friendships last a lifetime.Photo Flash: RED BIKE Makes Philadelphia Premiere With Simpatico Theatre Company by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(6/12/2018) - Obie Award winning Cuban American author Caridad Svich's RED BIKE is having its Philadelphia-area premiere with Simpatico Theatre Company. The production, which will be part of the National New Play Network's Rolling World Premiere Program, is performed at The Caplan Studio Theatre University of the Arts, Terra Hall, 16th floor, 211 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19107) from June 6, 2018 through June 24, 2018.Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with Throughline Theatre's UBU ROI by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(6/9/2018) - The Kimmel Center's 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) was held all day today, June 9. Broad Street was transformed into Philadelphia's ultimate free block party with live performances, interactive activities, food vendors and more!Photo Flash: Bucks County Playhouse Opens Season With AN ACT OF GOD by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(5/21/2018) - In an era where seemingly everything from "Roseanne" to "Will and Grace" has received a reboot, God also has decided to take a fresh look at one of his greatest cultural achievements, The Ten Commandments, in the hilarious Broadway comedy, "An Act of God." Directed by Tracy Brigden, the comedy runs at Bucks County Playhouse through June 16. The 2018 Bucks County Playhouse Season is sponsored by Bank of America.Photo Flash: First Look at the Super Troupers of Walnut Theatre's MAMMA MIA! by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(5/16/2018) - Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 209th season with the ultimate feel-good musical, MAMMA MIA! Filled with ABBA's catchiest hits, and directed and choreographed by Richard Stafford, this high energy musical begins previews on May 15th, opens on May 23rd, and runs through July 15th on the Walnut Mainstage.Photo Flash: Azuka Theatre Presents The World Premiere Of MRS. HARRISON by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(5/11/2018) - Azuka Theatre ends the 2017-2018 season with the world premiere of Mrs. Harrison, by R. Eric Thomas, from May 2 to20, 2018. Mrs.Harrison is the third and final show of the season that celebrated Azuka's commitment to notable Philadelphia playwrights and unique Philadelphia voices. Producing Artistic Director Kevin Glaccum directs this suspenseful dark comedy and drama about two women, one story and their very different memories about their relationship in college. The show runs through May 20, 2018, for a total of 18 performances. All performances will take place at the Louis Bluver Theatre at The Drake, 302 S. Hicks Street. Tickets for shows this season are Pay What You Decide, whereas audience members see a show first, and pay what they decide after the performance. For reservations, visit azukatheatre.org. This production is produced with support from Honorary Producers Robin and Patrick Tracy. Photo Flash: Resonance Works Presents RUSALKA by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(5/3/2018) - RESONANCE WORKS closes its fifth season with a fully staged production of Dvo?ak's opera Rusalka on Friday, May 11, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, May 13, at 3 p.m. Performances will be held at the Charity Randall Theatre in Oakland, continuing an exciting partnership with the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Theatre Arts. Presented with generous support from the Heinz Endowments, Rusalkawill be performed with the Resonance Chamber Orchestra and sung in the original Czech with projected English supertitles. Resonance WorksFounder and Artistic Director Maria Sensi Sellner conducts.Photo Flash: Literary Greats Square Off In Langhorne Players' SCOTT AND HEM by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(4/25/2018) - It's July 4, 1937 in Hollywood. MGM is at the top of their game, and Gone with the Wind is the bestselling book for the second year in a row. Once considered the voice of a generation, F. Scott Fitzgerald has burned through his money and is essentially washed up.Photo Flash: NEWSIES Gets Delaware County Premiere at The Media Theatre by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(4/20/2018) - Lou Volpe, the retired theatre education pioneer was recently inducted into the prestigious Bucks County Playhouse Hall of Fame, following such honorees as Angela Lansbury, Oscar Hammerstein and Shirley Jones. A formal ceremony was held on April 14 at the historic playhouse. Volpe, whose career is the inspiration behind "Rise," the new TV series on NBC, was heralded for his life's work as a high school drama teacher at Harry S. Truman High School in Levittown, PA. During his tenure there, he transformed this Bucks County community with the magic of theater.Photo Flash: The Enchanting Musical THE SECRET GARDEN Blossomed In Newtown by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(4/12/2018) - A new take on PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is shaping up at Theatre Horizon (401 DeKalb Street, Norristown, PA), where a cast of star performers are rehearsing for a one-of-a-kind musical journey.Photo Flash: TELL ME ON A SUNDAY Set to Open at Walnut Theatre by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(4/11/2018) - Walnut Street Theatre's 2017-18 Independence Studio on 3 Season concludes with Andrew Lloyd Webber's romantic musical TELL ME ON A SUNDAY. Directed by Debi Marcucci and starring The Phantom of the Opera's Julia Udine, the production begins with previews on April 10th, opens on April 12th, and continues through June 10th in the Walnut's Independence Studio on 3.Photo Flash: First Look at Quintessence's THE WILD DUCK by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(4/8/2018) - Quintessence Theatre Group continues its blockbuster Season VIII with The Power and Idealism Repertory: Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR presented in rotating repertory with Henrik Ibsen's THE WILD DUCK. Striving for gender parity, Quintessence welcomes an A-list eleven-actor ensemble composed of Quintessence favorites and Philadelphia's best to explore new adaptations of two timely classics. As America's democracy is being tested, and the #metoo movement is challenging us all to reconsider America's complex history with patriarchy and the assault of women, directors Alexander Burns and Rebecca Wright revive these harrowingly relevant dramatic masterpieces to join in the conversation.BWW Interview: Todd Ellison Conducts The Philly POPS Best of Broadway Concert Series at The Kimmel Center by Amber Kusching - Philadelphia
(3/9/2018) - This weekend, the curtain goes up on The Philly POPS' Best of Broadway concert, presented as a part of the POPS' 39th season at The Kimmel Center for Performing Art's Verizon Hall. The event features recognizable favorites from more than twenty Broadway shows, as well as music from Disney. This special concert series runs from March 9-11, 2018 and tickets starting at $35 can be purchased at http://phillypops.com/broadwayPhoto Flash: Walnut's Independence Studio on 3 Explores Moral Grey Areas in A STEADY RAIN by BWW News Desk - Philadelphia
(2/20/2018) - Walnut Street Theatre's 2017-18 Independence Studio on 3 season continues with the hard-hitting and gripping A STEADY RAIN. Written by Keith Huff and directed by Fran Prisco, the production begins previews on February 20, opens February 22, and continues through March 25.
Photo Flash: Philadelphia Theatre Company Presents THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Photo Flash: OLIVER! Comes To Philadelphia For The Holidays At Quintessence!
Photo Flash: A Look at the Cast of Resident Theatre Company's EVITA
Photo Flash: A DOLL'S HOUSE PART 2 Gets Regional Premire At Arden Theatre Company
Photo Flash: COLLECTED STORIES Opens Tonight at Act II Playhouse
Photo Flash: First Look Photos from The Media Theatre's SWEENEY TODD
Photo Flash: Walnut Street Theatre's IN BETWEEN Opens This Thursday
Photo Flash: Philadelphia Theatre Presents MARY ROSE at Woodlands Cemetery
Photo Flash: Broadway Dreams Celebrates Ten Years Of Programming At The Kimmel Center For Performing Arts
Photo Flash: First Look at THE INSPECTOR GENERAL at Throughline Theatre
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Photo Flash: ON THE EXHALE Gets Philadelphia-Area Premiere At Theater With A View
Photo Flash: Hilarious Performances Of ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID Fills Newtown PA With Laughter
Photo Flash: RED BIKE Makes Philadelphia Premiere With Simpatico Theatre Company
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with Throughline Theatre's UBU ROI
Photo Flash: The Kimmel Center Presents Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts' Street Fair
Photo Flash: Bucks County Playhouse Opens Season With AN ACT OF GOD
Photo Flash: First Look at the Super Troupers of Walnut Theatre's MAMMA MIA!
Photo Flash: Azuka Theatre Presents The World Premiere Of MRS. HARRISON
Photo Flash: Resonance Works Presents RUSALKA
Photo Flash: Literary Greats Square Off In Langhorne Players' SCOTT AND HEM
Photo Flash: NEWSIES Gets Delaware County Premiere at The Media Theatre
Photo Flash: Bucks County Playhouse Honors RISE Inspiration Lou Volpe
Photo Flash: The Enchanting Musical THE SECRET GARDEN Blossomed In Newtown
Photo Flash: Theatre Horizon's PETER AND THE STARCATCHER In Rehearsal
Photo Flash: TELL ME ON A SUNDAY Set to Open at Walnut Theatre
Photo Flash: First Look at Quintessence's THE WILD DUCK
BWW Interview: Todd Ellison Conducts The Philly POPS Best of Broadway Concert Series at The Kimmel Center
Photo Flash: Walnut's Independence Studio on 3 Explores Moral Grey Areas in A STEADY RAIN
Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet at Opening Night of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Photo Coverage: Inside the Opening Night Party For RUBEN AND CLAY'S CHRISTMAS SHOW
Photo Flash: Fall In Love With BEAUTY AND THE BEAST At Theatre Under The Stars
Photo Flash: First Look At Cody Simpson In ANASTASIA On Broadway!
Photo Coverage: Lightning Strikes Twice! Meet the Cast of THE LIGHTNING THIEF National Tour
Photo Coverage: Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken Take Their Opening Night Bows in RUBEN AND CLAY'S CHRISTMAS SHOW
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of CLUELESS, THE MUSICAL
Photo Flash: First Look at Rachel Tucker and the UK Cast of COME FROM AWAY
Exclusive Photo Coverage: WICKED Cast Gets In the Holiday Spirit for Carols For A Cure!
Exclusive Photo Coverage: PRETTY WOMAN Cast Looks Ahead to 2019 for Carols For A Cure!
Photo Coverage: CATS National Tour Gets Ready to Pounce on Providence!
Photo Flash: Broadway Dreams Celebrates the 70th Anniversary of SOUTH PACIFIC
Photo Coverage: First look at Gallery Players' FUNNY GIRL the musical
Photo Coverage: New York Stage and Film Gala Honors Patricia Wettig, Ken Olin and Johanna Pfaelzer
Exclusive Photo Coverage: HAMILTON Creatives Visit the Library of Congress
Exclusive Photo Coverage: FROZEN Cast Bundles Up for Carols For A Cure!
Photo Flashback: Jeff Daniels, Richard Thomas & Swoosie Kurtz in 1981's FIFTH OF JULY
Photo Flash: First Look At HOW THE WESTONS WON at Jefferson Market Library
Photo Flashback: BroadwayWorld Remembers Tony Award-Winning Actor Philip Bosco
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Photo Coverage: Roundabout and Fiasco Theater's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Meets the Press!
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Photo Coverage: Inside the 2018 Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza at Feinstein's/54 Below
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