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Arden Theatre Company To Present Katori Hall’s THE MOUNTAINTOP This Fall


by A.A. Cristi - November 18, 2025

Arden Theatre Company will present THE MOUNTAINTOP by Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall beginning October 30, directed by Barrymore Award winner Brett Ashley Robinson....

Lantern Theater Company Will Open Shakespeare's MACBETH This Month


by Stephi Wild - October 16, 2025

 Lantern Theater Company will continue its 2025/26 season with Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. Learn more about the upcoming production and how to get tickets here!...

Philadelphia Fall Arts Fest Returns This Weekend


by Stephi Wild - September 05, 2025

Ensemble Arts Philly will celebrate the kickoff of Philadelphia's robust arts and culture season with Philadelphia Fall Arts Fest at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts....

Ensemble Studio Theatre And Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announce 2025–26 New Play Commissions And Regional Grants


by A.A. Cristi - August 26, 2025

Ensemble Studio Theatre (Estefanía Fadul and Graeme Gillis, Co-Artistic Directors) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director) have announced the 2025–26 Science & Technology Project New Play Commissions, along with this year’s Regional Development and Produ...

THE REAL THING Opens Lantern Theater Company 2025/26 Season


by Stephi Wild - August 26, 2025

​​​​​​​Lantern Theater Company will open its 2025/26 season with The Real Thing, the company's seventh production of Tom Stoppard's work. Learn more about the show here!...

PRIMARY TRUST Comes to Philadelphia Theatre Company


by Stephi Wild - August 22, 2025

Philadelphia Theatre Company will open its 51st season with the Philadelphia premiere of Primary Trust, the play by 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eboni Booth that earned widespread critical praise for its 2023 Off-Broadway world premiere....

Bucks County Playhouse Education to Offer Summer Classes


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 22, 2025

Bucks County Playhouse has revealed the lineup of education programs being offered this summer. Classes will take place in Lambertville Hall. Learn how to attend....

TKTS Booth Will Open in Philadelphia


by Nicole Rosky - November 19, 2024

The TKTS Philadelphia booth opens Thursday, November 21, 2024, at the Independence Visitor Center. We have all of the details about how to get discount theatre tickets at the new location here!...

TKTS Booth Will Open in Philadelphia


by Nicole Rosky - November 19, 2024

The TKTS Philadelphia booth opens Thursday, November 21, 2024, at the Independence Visitor Center. We have all of the details about how to get discount theatre tickets at the new location here!...

TKTS Booth Will Open in Philadelphia


by Nicole Rosky - November 19, 2024

The TKTS Philadelphia booth opens Thursday, November 21, 2024, at the Independence Visitor Center. We have all of the details about how to get discount theatre tickets at the new location here!...

Past Shows

The Real Thing
9/4 - 10/5/2025


Lantern Theater Company opens its 2025/26 season with The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard, directed by Peter DeLaurier. The cast includes Trevor William Fayle, J ...

The 39 Steps
5/15 - 6/15/2025


A spy thriller or a rollicking comedy? Why not both! We travel from London to the Scottish Highlands and back again in this absurdist play ...

Much Ado About Nothing
2/13 - 3/16/2025


Beatrice and Benedick hardly seem like a couple to be placed at the center of a classic romantic comedy. Well past the age of youthful ...

American Moor
American Moor
11/7 - 12/15/2024


EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND! An actor auditions for the title role in Othello . From this simple scenario springs a rich and penetrating exploration of ...
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The Wanderers
The Wanderers
9/5 - 10/6/2024


"Absorbing, twisty, and thoughtful... the finest play of the year!" –The Wall Street Journal Two couples – Esther and Schmuli, Abe and Sophie – seem ...
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William Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS


Join us for Shakespeare's unrivaled comedy of mistaken identities, twins separated at birth, and love lost and won.
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Comedy

FAITH HEALER
FAITH HEALER
2/1 - 3/3/2024


From the rich imagination of the great Irish playwright Brian Friel, Faith Healer is a deep dive into the psyche of an inspired performer – ...
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol


In this wonderfully clear and direct telling of Charles Dickens' beloved novella, acclaimed playwright and actor Anthony Lawton brings the story vividly to life as ...
Holiday Show

Crumbs from the Table of Joy
Crumbs from the Table of Joy
11/9 - 12/17/2023


This dramatic gem from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage gently reveals the funny and touching struggles of a family trying to make a fresh start.
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Molière's TARTUFFE
Molière's TARTUFFE
9/7 - 10/8/2023


Prim and devout Orgon invites Tartuffe, a charlatan par excellence, into his bourgeois household, laying the scene for equal parts domestic disruption and social outrage. ...
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William Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT


As Shakespeare's most fascinating comic heroine, Viola turns personal tragedy and loss into a life-changing experience for herself and those she comes to love. Yes, ...
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The Lifespan of a Fact
The Lifespan of a Fact
2/2 - 3/5/2023


THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT pits a famous writer, a magazine editor, and a lowly fact checker against one another in a chaotic battle over ...
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol


"Electrifying!" –THE WALL STREET JOURNAL "A 95-minute masterpiece. Brilliantly performed and staged." –THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER In this wonderfully clear and direct telling of Charles Dickens' ...

THE ROYALE
THE ROYALE
11/10 - 12/11/2022


Set in the early 1900s, THE ROYALE takes inspiration from the life of Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight world boxing champion. Ramirez's riveting ...

Travesties
Travesties
9/8 - 10/9/2022


Zurich, 1917. In Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning comic masterpiece, obscure British diplomat Henry Carr and Dadaist Tristan Tzara are in love with Cecily and Gwendolen, ...

Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine


Undine has it all success, love, and a fabulous wardrobe. When her life begins to unravel in one hilarious reversal after another, she is forced ...

A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons
3/10 - 4/9/2022


When Henry VIII puts aside Queen Catherine, he fears opposition from Sir Thomas More, his own Lord Chancellor, even more than from the Pope. A ...

Me and the Devil
Me and the Devil
9/9 - 2/27/2022


A World Premiere by Steve H. Broadnax III and Charles Dumas / Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III / Have you ever wanted something so ...

The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens & Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord


Digital Premiere | By Scott Carter | Directed by Armina LaManna | A Founding Father, a Victorian literary celebrity, and a Russian aristocrat/anarchist clash in ...

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (DIGITAL)


In this professionally filmed and edited version of Charles Dickens' beloved novella, acclaimed actor and playwright Anthony Lawton brings the story boldly to life with ...

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (LIVE)


We are thrilled to welcome back audiences with this wonderfully clear and direct telling of Charles Dickens' novella, in which acclaimed actor and playwright Anthony ...

The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens & Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord


A Founding Father, a Victorian literary celebrity, and a Russian aristocrat/anarchist clash in this provocative comedy that sets three of the world's greatest thinkers against ...

The Plague
The Plague
10/7 - 11/21/2021


Infection, quarantine, panic, and closed borders are invoked in this sharp adaptation of Camus' masterful novel La Peste, originally written following World War II to ...

Plays from the Lantern Archives: CORIOLANUS


Famine threatens Rome, and the people's hunger swells to an appetite for political change. A war hero from a powerful family, Coriolanus seems destined to ...

Plays from the Lantern Archives: THE TEMPEST


With poetry that brings the roiling sea to heel, THE TEMPEST examines what happens when one ruler is exiled, his successor washed up on shore, ...

From the Lantern Archives: MEASURE FOR MEASURE


When the power of the State is put in the service of one man's lust, Shakespeare creates one of his greatest heroines to combat the ...

From the Lantern Archives: THE CRAFTSMAN


From the ashes of World War II, Dutch patriots discover that one of their own a rich and reputable art dealer has sold rare Vermeer ...

Molly Sweeney
Molly Sweeney
1/15 - 3/7/2021


In this New York Drama Critics' Circle Award-winning play, Molly Sweeney leads a full and productive life as a woman with blindness. But her husband ...

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol


STREAMING TO YOU AT HOME December 4 - 27, 2020 "A 95-MINUTE MASTERPIECE. BRILLIANTLY PERFORMED." -The Philadelphia Inquirer In this wonderfully clear and direct telling ...

Emma
9/19 - 10/27/2013


Jane Austen's adored heroine gets the musical treatment in Emma from acclaimed composer and lyricist Paul Gordon (Daddy Long Legs, Jane Eyre). For centuries, Emma ...

Heroes
5/16 - 6/9/2013


Three aging WWI French army veterans, a very different "band of brothers," muse on life, the past and what is over the next hill as ...

Henry V
3/14 - 4/14/2013


St. Stephen's Theater: - William Shakespeare; dir: Charles McMahon....


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The Beauty Queen of Leenane
1/10 - 2/3/2013


St. Stephen's Theater: - Martin McDonagh; dir: Kathryn MacMillan....

The Island
5/17 - 6/10/2012

Videos


Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas featuring Kate Flannery, Tim Davis, and the Tony Guerrero Quintet in Philadelphia Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas featuring Kate Flannery, Tim Davis, and the Tony Guerrero Quintet
Keswick Theatre (12/2 - 1/2) Tracker
Kayhan Kalhor in Philadelphia Kayhan Kalhor
Zellerbach Theatre (3/8 - 3/8)
The Net Will Appear in Philadelphia The Net Will Appear
Bristol Riverside Theatre (2/3 - 2/22)
Chris Capehart ♦ Master Magician in Philadelphia Chris Capehart ♦ Master Magician
Smoke & Mirrors Theater in House of Magic (1/9 - 1/10)
The Nutcracker in Philadelphia The Nutcracker
Schaeffer Auditorium (12/20 - 12/20)
Paul Taylor Dance Company in Philadelphia Paul Taylor Dance Company
Penn Live Arts (4/17 - 4/18)
The Wild Hymns plus Blank Page Duo at Lititz Shirt Factory January 9th in Philadelphia The Wild Hymns plus Blank Page Duo at Lititz Shirt Factory January 9th
Lititz Shirt Factory (1/9 - 1/9)
Over the River and Through the Woods in Philadelphia Over the River and Through the Woods
Montgomery Theater (11/13 - 12/7)
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