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Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in 19th-century Yonkers, NY, decides to take a wife and employs a matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi. Dolly subsequently becomes involved with two of Vandergelder's clerks, several lovely ladies, and the headwaiter at an expensive restaurant, where this swift farce runs headlong into hilarious complications. After everyone gets straightened out romantically, Vandergelder finds himself affianced to the astute Dolly Levi herself.
The Matchmaker opened on Broadway in 1955 and ran for 486 performances, Wilder's Broadway record, and closed in 1957. It was later adapted into the musical Hello, Dolly!.
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Founded in 1974, People’s Light serves as one of Pennsylvania’s largest professional non-profit theatres, known for our resident company of artists, eclectic mix of productions, and innovative work with young people. In our 8-9 play season, we present stories drawn from ancient times through tomorrow that have direct relevance to our communities and their concerns. In support of this range, we produce classics, contemporary plays, and commission and produce new work: of our 452 productions, over a third (171) have been world or regional premieres.
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Philly GRIT: a Pirate, a School Girl and a Good Person
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William Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Lantern Theater Company (5/16 - 6/16) BUY NOW & SAVE COMEDY | |
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DreamWrights Center for Community Arts (5/3 - 5/11) | |
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Mae West’s Play “THE DRAG”
ActorsNET of Bucks County (4/26 - 5/12) | |
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Hurricane Diane
People's Light (5/1 - 5/19) | |
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Antonio, or What I Would
Shakespeare in Clark Park (5/24 - 5/25) | |
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Something Rotten
Garnet Valley Performing Arts Association (6/27 - 6/29) | ||
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The Skriker
PCS Theater (5/10 - 5/25) | |
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Rittenhouse Grill’s Cabaret Series: An Evening with Me featuring John Lloyd Young
Rittenhouse Grill (5/20 - 5/21) | |
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