Post Tagged with: "Barley Sheaf Players"

Did you know that I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE is the second longest running off-Broadway show? (The first? THE FANTASTICKS… I like to know these things.) Did you know that “off-Broadway” by definition encompasses seating from 100-499?  (Ditto) Did you know that PERFECT, NOW CHANGE is now playing [...]

Check out the latest episode of the “Curtain Up!” podcast. Lot’s of shows opening this coming weekend! Don’t forget you can now subscribe to “Curtain Up!” podcast on Apple iTunes. Click here to subscribe. From other podcast programs you can follow it by subscribing to the feed, http://www.stagemagazine.org/feed/curtainuppodcast/.

Show: I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE Theater: The Barley Sheaf Players Theater Website: http://www.barleysheaf.org Show runs: 05/31/2013 to 06/22/2013 This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as “the relationship.” Act I explores the journey from dating and waiting [...]

Friday evening was the opening of Barley Sheaf Players’ SPRING AWAKENING a rock musical directed by Rose-Marie Abi–Richa and musical director Janine Herd.  This 2007 Broadway smash hit is new to the community theatre scene, a bold move for Barley Sheaf to be the first in the area to introduce [...]

Mary Chase’s HARVEY continues at the Lionville theatre until June 23rd.   Chase was a reporter in Colorado—and mother of three boys—when she penned HARVEY.    It took her two years, working at night, to complete her comedy, which she started in the hopes of making a grieving neighbor laugh.    HARVEY made [...]

Anyone over the age of 40 may remember the story of “Big Edie” and “Little Edie” Beale, the aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The story was first sensationalized in a National Enquirer article in the early 70’s, and the story was picked up by New York Magazine some [...]

Please don’t let the word “dark” put you off from seeing this series of 28 very short monologues presented by 14 extremely talented women who love to act, seem so comfortable onstage and it shows! There is no connection between the episodic events they’re portraying and I would be remiss [...]

Barley Sheaf Players recently opened their latest offering, A PIECE OF MY HEART by Shirley Lauro. This production follows 6 women (actually the stories of 26 women, recounted in a book by Keith Walker) as they go to Vietnam, their experiences there and what happened when they returned to the [...]

Barley Sheaf Players opened their latest production, LEADER OF THE PACK, on September 9. LEADER OF THE PACK is a semi-biographical account of the life of Ellie Greenwich, one of the most prolific songwriters of the 1960’s. We follow Ellie from her late high school days through her discovery, marriage, [...]

We all reflect upon those obvious moments that completely changed the course of our lives.  What if you never were introduced to your spouse?  What if you had swerved to avoid colliding with that minivan?  But consider something seemingly less significant.  What if you chose Fruit Loops instead of Cheerios [...]

Ever wondered what would happen if a bunch of self-important fairy tale characters got mixed up in the same story together? In Stephen Sondheim’s musical INTO THE WOODS, with the book by James Lapine, that’s exactly what happens. And it’s woven together in a most amusing and tuneful way. The [...]

Barley Sheaf Players’ newest endeavor, the dramacomedy SCREWTAPE, is more inspired by than a strict adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters. In a nutshell, senior demon Screwtape (Eric Merlino, clearly having fun in the role), who is bound to hell, sends his inexperienced nephew demon Wormwood (Steve Harding) [...]

Barley Sheaf Players selected THE DROWSY CHAPERONE as their summer Teen Production�the cast, crew, and some of the support staff are students from the surrounding area. Director Ron Quirk has assembled quite a talented group of young performers, and the production gives them a chance to show their talents well. [...]

While it would be nice to look back on our lives with no regrets, many of us have them. The decisions we make in life do have consequences and, as a result, people we care about get hurt. The Barley Sheaf Players’ production of FOLLIES reminds us of how haunting [...]