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Act II Playhouse follows its highly-acclaimed production of Boeing-Boeing with Ernest Thompson's beloved play, On Golden Pond, onstage Nov.

Just in time for the holiday season, the six-part harmonies of The Front Porch Country Band combine to offer a Christmas gift for music lovers worldwide.

York Little Theatre, the regions oldest and largest community theatre, is launching a Holiday Card Drive with the request that everyone who has a pleasant memory associated with YLT send the organization a holiday card with $1 enclosed.

Hershey Area Playhouse is kicking off its 11th season with the Off-Broadway hit, I Love You,You're Perfect, Now Change! Auditions for this show will be held on Sunday,November 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm and Monday, November 16 at 7:00 pm at thetheatre on the campus of Country Meadows in Hershey.

Plays & Players Family Series presents the First Annual Kidz Fest, a family-oriented series of programs to take place over three weekends from October 30 - November 15.

Witchcraft conjures up laughs and romance in the Actors' NET of Bucks County production of John Van Druten's classic comedy Bell, Book and Candle.

BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE - John Van Druten's classic comedy about a modern-day witch in Manhattan who enchants a mortal into falling in love with her.

The Wilma Theater opens its 2009-2010 Season with Coming Home, the latest work by internationally acclaimed playwright Athol Fugard ? the second most frequently produced playwright at the Wilma, following Tom Stoppard.

Hershey Area Playhouse is kicking off its 11th season with the Off-Broadway hit, I Love You,You're Perfect, Now Change! Auditions for this show will be held on Sunday,November 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm and Monday, November 16 at 7:00 pm at thetheatre on the campus of Country Meadows in Hershey.

Steven Calakos, a name familiar to audiences due to his performances in 'My Fair Lady', 'Ebenezer', and the 'Delco Idol' contest, returns to The Media Theatre stage Saturday November 14 for a special concert at 7:30pm.

Luna Theater Company is excited to announce the Philadelphia premiere of the 2009 Humana Festival entry, Slasher by Allison Moore.

Leapin' Lizards! America's most beloved musical, ANNIE, is back in 30th anniversary tour, giving a whole new generation the chance to experience this classic musical about never giving up hope.

When a long-lost husband and father returns home to find his wife about to remarry, hilarity ensues in a staged reading of Marvin Harold Cheiten's 2006 comedy, Miss Connections.

Temple Theaters presents the world premiere of an unprecedented original theater event, Shot!, a provocative multimedia docudrama written by Kimmika-Williams Witherspoon.

The romance of Florence comes to life on stage as Philadelphia Theatre Company continues its 2009-2010 season with the hit Broadway musical The Light in the Piazza with book by Craig Lucas and music and lyrics by Adam Guettel on November 13 - December 6.

On Saturday November 21, 2009, Giovanni's Room and the Lambda Literary Foundation will be hosting a Read-a-thon fundraiser at Giovanni's Room bookstore in Philadelphia.

Do you remember the Hershey trolley? Did you know that the Hershey Bears used to have a poster girl? Anyone remember walking to school across corn fields, Mexican jumping beans or seeing their sweetheart off to war?

The Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at the University of the Arts presents George Bernard Shaw's 'Major Barbara' as the second show of its Main Stage series.

Civic Theatre of Allentown will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of its annual production of A Christmas Carol when the it runs from December 4th through the 19th in Civic's historic 19th Street Theatre.

The Mega-Hit Musical for the Whole Family About a Little Orphan Girl, Her Dog & Her Eternal Hope for Tomorrow.

Singer extraordinaire Engelbert Humperdinck returns to the State Theatre in Easton on Thursday, November 12th at 8 PM .

Lisa Lampanelli is Comedy's Lovable Queen of Mean.

Amaryllis Theatre Company opens its 2009-2010 season with Samuel Beckett's masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, from November 10 through 22 at Amaryllis Theatre Company's home in The Playground at the Adrienne (2030 Sansom Street).

The Walnut Street Theatre continues its landmark 201st season with a masterful new staging of Lionel Bart's OLIVER!

Barrymore Award-winning and Broadway favorite Hugh Panaro is set to star as Fagin in Walnut Street Theatre's production of Oliver!, to run November 10th, 2009 through January 10th, 2010.