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One of Philadelphia’s most highly anticipated events of the post-holiday season is the fabulous fundraising gala of Brian Sanders’ JUNK. The dance troupe extraordinaire and Philly Fringe favorite returns to the University of the Arts’ Hamilton Hall on Saturday, January 19, for its second annual SNOWBALL, transforming the grand architectural [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Footlighters Proudly Announces the World Premiere of a new Musical – PLACES! – February 1st Berwyn, PA December 6, 2012 – Footlighters Theater is proud to announce that rehearsals have begun for the World Premier of a brand new musical, PLACES! scheduled to go up February 1st, [...]

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Flashpoint Theatre Company, Steve Pacek, and the late Jiri Zizka were the big winners of three of the Philadelphia theater community’s most prestigious awards for 2011-12. Carrying on the tradition of the Barrymore Awards (on hiatus for the 2012-13 season), Theatre Philadelphia–the new coalition designed to pick up where the [...]

THE 2012 BARRYMORE AWARD NOMINEES ARE: OUTSTANDING OVERALL PRODUCTION OF A PLAY The Aliens – theatreexile Angels in America part one: Millennium Approaches – Wilma Theater Body Awareness – Wilma Theater The Outgoing Tide – Philadelphia Theatre Company TWELFTH NIGHT – Pig Iron Theatre Company OUTSTANDING OVERALL PRODUCTION OF A [...]

The historic High Pressure Fire Service Building on the corner of Race Street and Columbus Boulevard will have a new life as the permanent headquarters of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.  The brick-and-terracotta pump house, built in 1903, is soon to be converted into a year-round performing and visual arts [...]

‘Express Tracks’ – A new play written by South Camden Theatre Company’s Producing Artistic Director Joseph M. Paprzycki and directed by Daniel Student Producing Artistic Director – Plays and Players Theatre in Philadelphia. Play synopsis – People may or may not be who they claim on a hot, tension filled [...]

B. Someday Productions 
at Walking Fish Theatre and Walking Fish Burlesque
 Present: BLOOD KEGGER AT MONSTER BEACH A night of crazy science, drunken revelry and dancing girls! LOCATION: The Walking Fish Theatre
 2509 Frankford Avenue
 Philadelphia, PA 19125
215-427-9255 (WALK) PERFORMANCE DATES: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 @ 8pm (Pay-What-You-Can Admission) Thursday, [...]

WALKING FISH BURLESQUE PRESENTS: Blood Kegger at Monster Beach Mad scientist, Dr Paulina, and her faithful hunchback sidekick, Clurb (of Midnight Monster Mayhem fame) create Man/Fish at their lab on Monster Party Island. He escapes at the same time that the popular video series “Drunk Girls Who’ve Signed Releases” arrives [...]

Monday night was a very special, exciting one in New Hope, PA. The Bucks County Playhouse reopened after being shuttered for more than 18 months.  This time, Equity producer Jed Bernstein is at the helm. At 7 PM, a dignitary and star-studded audience of nearly 200 people applauded and cheered [...]

The Wally Awards were created in 2007 upon the tenth anniversary of the Off Broad Street Players to establish an opportunity to recognize dedication and excellence in participation both on and off the OBSP stage. Nominations for the Wally Awards are made by a committee of OBSP Board members. Award [...]

PHILADELPHIA – The Wilma Theater is pleased to announce the final production of its 2011/2012 Season, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches, by Tony Kushner, directed by Blanka Zizka. The recipient of many prestigious awards, including two Tonys® and a Pulitzer Prize, and hailed by The New York Times [...]

New Brunswick, NJ – Attendees of George Street Playhouse’s Annual Gala have come to expect some top-notch entertainment at the annual event. The New Brunswick theatre will hold their annual fete on Sunday, May 6 at The Heldrich in New Brunswick, and they announced today that Tony Award nominees HOWARD [...]

New Brunswick, NJ – George Street Playhouse and Artistic Director David Saint have finalized casting on the final production of the New Brunswick theatre’s 2011-12 season, THE 39 STEPS. Joining two-time Tony Award nominee Howard McGillin will be Broadway and Regional vets Michael Thomas Holmes, Stacie Morgain Lewis and Mark [...]

PlayPenn, Philadelphia’s professional new play development organization, will hold its eighth annual New Play Development Conference from July 6 – July 22 at the Adrienne Theater (2030 Sansom Street) in Philadelphia. The Conference will feature two-and-a-half weeks of intensive work on six works-in-progress by Liz Duffy Adams (A Discourse on [...]

PHILADELPHIA — Flashpoint Theatre Company is closing its season with the World Premiere of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s SLIP/SHOT. Goldfinger has emerged as a leading voice of playwrights in the region, with her World Premieres of the terrible girls (Azuka Theatre, 2010) and Hershel & The Hanukkah Goblins (Gas & Electric Arts, [...]

(Philadelphia, April 4, 2012)  B. Someday Productions and Naked Feet Productions present a new remounting of the best selling WOMEN OF FIRE AND BLOOD—mythological heroines of ancient Greece tell their stories through a modern sensibility. Performances run April 25 -29, 2012 at Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia. PA. [...]

WILMINGTON, DE – March 20, 2012– The DuPont Theatre, Delaware’s Broadway Experience, is pleased to announce its Centennial Season, a mix of classics and new shows!  Be a part of history with this once-in-a-century season, guaranteed to offer something for everyone.  The DuPont Theatre’s 100th Season continues to deliver Wilmington [...]

CAMDEN, NJ — March 19, 2012 – The South Camden Theatre Company, a nonprofit professional theatre organization located in Camden, New Jersey announces its eighth season titled “Home in Waterfront South” featuring works written by Clifford Odets, August Wilson, Joseph M. Paprzycki and Eugene O’Neill. Opening the season October 26 [...]

Purple seats, red carpeting, new décor, new house lighting, new roof, new ceiling, live musicians, future  decks, handicapped ramp and bathroom, new bathrooms, sprinkler system – all of these items and more are in the works for Bucks County Playhouse under the new ownership. Most surprising of all are the [...]