(14 hours, 56 minutes ago) - 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.
(Nov. 18 3:44 PM) - The State Theatre, Easton PA kicks off the 2009 Holiday season with the national tour of the family favorite ANNIE, followed by the Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Extravaganza, Danu: Christmas in Ireland, the Jimmy Sturr Holiday Spectacular and the annual tradition, The Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker.
(Nov. 18 2:50 PM) - PHIT Executive Director Greg Maughan will moderate a panel discussion on the business of comedy writing at the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday, November 19 from 6 pm to 7 pm at The Kelly Writers House. Accompanying Maughan in this discussion will be local Philadelphia comedians and comedy writers Gregg Gethard, Doogie Horner and Meg Favreau (there may be a surprise guest or two as well - but nothing is confirmed).
(Nov. 18 2:09 PM) - According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the newly reestablished Devon Theatre in Philadelphia has been forced to cancel their inaugural season after having lost funding from the state. Their current production of JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT will end its run December 13th. The theater, currently overseen by the Mayfair Community Development Corporation, completed productions of Nunsense, The Odd Couple, and Little Shop of Horrors as season openers this year.
(Nov. 18 1:30 AM) - People's Light & Theatre Company presents SNOW WHITE, by Kathryn Petersen, with music and lyrics written by Michael Ogborn, from November 18, 2009 to January 3, 2010 on the Main Stage. Pete Pryor directs. SNOW WHITE is one of three shows in the Target Family Discovery Series and is sponsored by ING.
(Nov. 18 12:30 AM) - Walnut Street Theatre is proud to make its first casting announcement regarding its upcoming 2009 production of Oliver! Philadelphia native, Broadway vet and Barrymore Award-winning actor Hugh Panaro will return as the charmingly villainous Fagin in this all new version of Lionel Bart's beloved musical.
(Nov. 17 2:10 PM) - The State Theatre in Easton has added 7 new shows to the 2010 Season. Tickets for these new shows will go on sale to State Theatre Members Tuesday, December 8TH at 10 AM, to the public on Tuesday, December 15th.
(Nov. 17 1:30 AM) - Act II Playhouse follows its highly-acclaimed production of Boeing-Boeing with Ernest Thompson's beloved play, On Golden Pond, onstage Nov. 17 to Dec. 13. Act II Producing Artistic Director Bud Martin directs this classic American comedy/drama that is every bit as touching, warm, and witty today as when it debuted on Broadway in 1979.
(Nov. 16 12:45 PM) - 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.
(Nov. 16 12:29 PM) - 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.
(Nov. 16 1:30 AM) - 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.
(Nov. 15 2:30 AM) - 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. Running Oct. 30 – Nov. 15 at the Heritage Center in Morrisville, the stage comedy chronicles events after a sophisticated Manhattan witch casts a spell on a neighbor to make him fall in love with her. Add to the mix the witch’s mischievous warlock brother and their ditzy aunt, who is also a witch, and one tipsy author who specializes in exposing the occult, and an evening of sure-fire laughs is on the agenda.
(Nov. 15 2:30 AM) - 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.
(Nov. 15 2:00 AM) - 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.
(Nov. 15 1:30 AM) - 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. The Wilma?s production of Coming Home, directed by the Wilma?s co-Artistic Director Blanka Zizka, is only the play?s third production, after its premiere at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre earlier this year.