RESPECT Gets 2nd Full-Month Extension, Additional 24 Performances Through 8/2

Audiences can't get enough of Respect!

With sell-outs continuing, Act II Playhouse has announced an unprecedented second full-month extension for its high-energy musical, Respect: A Musical Journey of Women. An additional 24 performances of Respect have been added July 8 through Aug. 2, bringing the total number of shows in this incredible run to 72.

Act II Producing Artistic Director Bud Martin directs this uplifting story of women's evolving roles and lives, captured through popular songs of the 20th century. As they go from co-dependence to independence - from "Someone To Watch Over Me" to "I Will Survive" to "Hero" - the women of Respect will remind viewers of their sisters, mothers, daughters, wives, friends, and selves.

The four talented actresses who have captured audience members' hearts in Respect will continue to perform in the extension: Lois Sach Binder (Menopause: The Musical at Society Hill Playhouse), Danielle G. Herbert (Caroline, or Change at Arden Theatre), Jennifer Lorae (Muny's Fiddler on the Roof), and Cheryl Williams (Hedda Gabler, Mauckingbird Theatre). Collin Maier is Music Director.

The original version of Respect, inspired by Dr. Dorothy Marcic's book Respect: Women and Popular Music, began in 1999 as a series of one-woman presentations-and then developed into a full-scale musical theatre piece in 2004.

Tickets are $30 for all Wednesday-Thursday performances and $35 for Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees. Group sales packages are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information, visit www.act2.org or call the Act II Box Office at (215) 654-0200.