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Theatre Exile presents the Philadelphia premiere of That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play by Sheila Callaghan.

Love baguettes and berets? Chanel and Chagall? How about ballet, French jazz, mimes and Babar? All that and more will be center stage next spring, as Philadelphia goes French for three weeks (April 7 to May 1) with the launch of the first Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), off

NETworks Presentations, LLC and Blue Man Productions are pleased to announce a new theatrical touring production will stop in Philadelphia at the Merriam Theater for a limited engagement beginning Dec.

The famed Yardley Inn Restaurant and the acclaimed Actors' NET of Bucks County are joining forces to present an unforgettable evening of dinner theatre.

Penn State NU Musical Theatre Festival for Fall 2010 continues with the staged reading of Standardized Testing, The Musical.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Broadway musical based on the "coat of many colors" story from the Book of Genesis opens at YLT on December 3, offering a delightful night of family-friendly entertainment for the holiday season.

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Sam Tsoutsouvas as Socrates in Plato's APOLOGY to be directed by Alexander Burns.

On December 3rd, 2010, Civic Theatre will open the doors on A Christmas Carol, a show that ranks among the Lehigh Valley's most treasured holiday traditions.

A bold vision created the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 20 years ago; an equally bold vision transforms the summer 2011 season.

Back by popular demand Flashpoint Theatre Company presents David Sedaris's *The Santaland Diaries*, adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello, December 1 - December 19, 2010.

Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of LES MISERABLES are now on sale for the premiere Philadelphia engagement at the Academy of Music beginning January 4- 15, 2011.

Steven Strafford (from the original cast of Spamalot, Las Vegas) brings his one man METHTACULAR! to the Second Stage at the Adrienne for three performances only on November 12th, 13th and 14th all at 10:30 PM.

The musical parody, PARENTING 101 The Musical returns to the Kimmel Center's Innovation Studio running from December 9 - March 6.

The Philadelphia engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record at the Forrest Theatre for the third time, grossing $1,290,854 for the week ending November 5.

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America's favorite baker, Buddy Valastro, brings The Bakin' with the Boss Tour to Philly on November 8, 2010 at 7:30pm at the Merriam Theater.

The Threepenny Opera ran at the Arden Theatre Company from September 30-November 7.

Lantern Theater Company will present a weekend of performances, readings, and scholar events with The Chekhov Festival from Friday, November 5 - Sunday, November 7, in celebration of the work of influential Russian playwright, short-story writer, and physician Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) during the 15

Bob Egan announced today the following events for the month of November 2010.

Civic Theatre of Allentown is asking anyone who wants to be a part of the Lehigh Valley edition of the national 'It Gets Better' project to come to Civic's Theatre514 on Sunday, November 7th from 2-5pm.

It's Halloween week, and CARRIE is a scream of a good time! We have a lot going on, from a special late-nite performance with perks for the 21+ set on Friday, October 29 at 11pm, to our gift card giveaways to some of the best bars in Philly.

Bob Egan Entertainment is proud to present the Bucks County return of multiplatinum-selling singer, composer, lyricist, pianist and actress, Ann Hampton Callaway, at Bob Egan's New Hope, Saturday, November 6 and Sunday November 7.

The voices of Americans who were wrongly convicted of heinous crimes, sentenced to death and jailed for years will be heard when Raven Hill Productions presents the stage play 'The Exonerated,' written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, Upstairs at the Adrienne.

Inis Nua Theatre Company, Philadelphia's only professional company dedicated to producing contemporary plays from Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, is excited to bring Philadelphia the U.

People's Light & Theatre Company presents Legacy of Light, by Karen Zacarias from October 13 - November 7, 2010 on the Steinbright Stage.