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The Media Theatre, Delaware County's only professional theatre and one of Philadelphia's most popular theatre companies, expands its audience base this summer with the start of its new "Broadway at The Beach" productions.

Tennessee Williams' favorite among his own plays, the Pulitzer prize-winning Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, opens Saturday, July 21st on the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival main stage, in rep with Much Ado About Nothing.

The Media Theatre, Delaware County's only professional theatre and one of Philadelphia's most popular theatre companies, expands its audience base this summer with the start of its new "Broadway at The Beach" productions.

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'For Your Eyes Only' premieres at Mandell Theater (3201 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, Penn.

What Robert Morris did and why he fell from public recognition is at the core of Joe Doyle's epic historical musical, "The Man Who Bought a Country" - being presented in picturesque Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania from August 17 - 26 as a centerpiece of the borough's "A Revolutionary Weekend

The Media Theatre held auditions for the 2012 "Delco Idol" contests on May 21 and 23.

Emmy-winner Bill Vargus, best known in the Philadelphia region for his 12 years as FOX-29's sports anchor, will emcee The Media Theatre's "Delco Idol Junior 2012" this summer.

The Al Alberts Showcase was on Channel 6 in Philadelphia for nearly 35 years.

Emmy nominated Craig Ferguson, Star of the "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", brings his live show to Hershey Theatre on Tuesday, October 9th.

Shakespeare's spirited romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing opens on the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival main stage Friday, July 13, and runs through August 5.

Kimmel Center President and CEO Anne Ewers announced today that The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts has received a grant from the William Penn Foundation to be used primarily for general operating support with a small portion dedicated to capital expenditures.

Winner of the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards Victoria Clark will perform Broadway standards, contemporary fare, and several art songs live in concert at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival on the Main Stage on Monday, July 30 at 7:30pm.

Bucks County Playhouse (BCP) (Jed Bernstein, Producing Director) has announced the casting for Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon, its second production of the 2012 summer season.

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Pig Iron Theatre Company is excited to announce the world premiere of ZERO COST HOUSE, a new work of performance created in collaboration between Pig Iron and Toshiki Okada, esteemed Japanese playwright and the director of chelfitsch, an acclaimed dance-theater ensemble.

School's out for summer, but High Dramma is still in session with our first July show ever! Beat the heat at the air-conditioned Walking Fish Theater and enjoy the final show in High Dramma's fourth season in Kensington, tonight, July 12th and July 13th and 14th at 8:00, and July 15th at 5:00.

Mazeppa Productions is the first resident theater company in Philadelphia to bring the 2006 Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakeningto life.

Quince Productions re-teams with beloved storyteller and performer R.

The economy is the worse it's been in fifty years and a bunch of Delawareans decide to cheer things up by staging a musical at Longwood Gardens.

Mazeppa Productions presents the 2006 Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, opening July 12, 2012.

Philadelphia Theatre Company hosts THE GREAT AMERICAN MUSICAL Summer Film Series on four consecutive Wednesday nights beginning tonight, July 11.

Media Theatre's "Delco Idol" contest begins tonight, July 11 at 7pm, with the "Junior" competition starting up Sunday July 15 at 7pm.

Acting Without Boundaries (AWB) is taking its show on the road and heading to Philadelphia! On Sunday July 22, 2012 at 4 P.

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