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Arden Theatre Company continues its 2010/11 season with The Threepenny Opera, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's 1920's musical that paved the way for dark and bawdy works like Cabaret and Sweeney Todd.
The production of Carousel currently playing at Plays and Players is an interesting adaptation by Benjamin F.
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Fiddler on the Roof is one of those shows that almost everyone has experienced as some point in their lives - be it the film or a production locally, in NYC or on the high school level.
It's a simple story - the young ingénue can't pay the rent, the evil landlord comes a calling, a wiser woman offers advice and the leading man offers to pay the rent.
Girls Night the Musical is the story of five friends in their forties celebrating a girls night.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie asks what will happen if you do just that.
Romeo and Juliet is a classic that still rings true due to its commentaries on passion, violence, true love, regret, revenge, hatred, societal expectations, and fate.
It's a professional relationship that leads to rocky romance; as the show's tagline reads, 'She longs to see every room in the world.
Henry IV, Part I plays at the Lantern Theater Company now through May 2nd.
Currently showing at the Walnut Street's Independence Studio on 3 is Graham Greene's hilarious Travels with My Aunt adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal.
Has America become too complacent in its acceptance of political figures and their decisions? Molly Ivins certainly thought so.
Noel Coward's 1925 play, Fallen Angels, is still very much alive at the Walnut Street Theater.
The Arden has staged a delightful, modern production of Romeo and Juliet, reminding us that though Shakespeare may seem a thing of the past its lessons about loyalty, family, violence, youth, and love still ring true.
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber covers thirty-one numbers from twelve Andrew Lloyd Webber shows.
To begin, RAIN is a Beatles Tribute Band.
The world premier of Terrence McNally's Golden Age at the Philadelphia Theatre Company is not to be missed.
What will you find wrapped up in The Eclectic Society? A touch of every emerging social aspect of the 1960s - rock music, marijuana, homosexuals, the independent woman, civil rights.
Bill Van Horn and Armen Pandola have created a well-written political comedy currently playing at the Walnut Street Theatre's Studio 3.
Two of Philadelphia's smaller theater companies, Theatre Horizon and 11th Hour Theatre Company, have banded together to put on a unique and intimate production of this beloved musical upstairs in the Independence Studio at the Prince Music Theater.
The Arden's children theater production of Peter Pan may be for kids, but adults will still be enthused.
Two of Philadelphia's smaller theater companies, Theatre Horizon and 11th Hour Theatre Company, have banded together to put on a unique and intimate production of this beloved musical upstairs in the Independence Studio at the Prince Music Theater.
Walnut Street Theatre's production of Oliver! is, in a word, stunning.
This bold venture of fusing rock, pop, Broadway and opera is bound to have people buzzing in Philly and beyond for quite a while.
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Annie Bristol Riverside Theatre (3/23-5/02) |
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Gino Mozzarella June 19th & 20th 2026 - 8PM Smoke & Mirrors Theater in House of Magic (6/19-6/20) |
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Towanda Porchfest Towanda Porchfest (9/12-9/12) |
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The Sound of America FringeArts (7/01-8/01) |
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Coriolanus Labuda Center for the Performing Arts (7/22-8/02) |
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Magic Show - Jason Bishop: Straight Up Magic | Camelback Resort, June 2026 309 Resort Dr (6/26-6/26) |
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Magic Show - Jason Bishop: Straight Up Magic | Camelback Resort, July 2026 309 Resort Dr (7/18-7/18) |
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A Christmas Story: The Play Bristol Riverside Theatre (12/01-1/03) |
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Sixtiesmania Bristol Riverside Theatre (8/26-8/30) |
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