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Show: THE WIZARD OF OZ Theater: King of Prussia Players at Shannondell Performing Arts Theater Theater Website: http://www.kofpplayers.org Show runs: 07/19/2013 to 07/27/2013 We’re off to see the Wizard in an enchanting stage adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s classic novel. Join Dorothy and her friends on their whirlwind trip to the [...]

King of Prussia Players opened their latest offering, THE PAJAMA GAME to a small but enthusiastic audience at the Shannondell Performing Arts Theater in Audubon. THE PAJAMA GAME is the classic musical about the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory, on the verge of a strike as the factory workers seek a 7½ [...]

THE PAJAMA GAME harkens back to the days of Dictaphones, official factory timekeepers, and company anthems in a jazzy tale of love and labor relations. But director Joe Ciresi had a much more recent history in mind when he began work on the King of Prussia Players’ production of the Tony [...]

King of Prussia Players’ production of A CHORUS LINE, directed by Cassandra Morabito, is an enjoyable evening of classic Broadway fare, with some shining stars from the local community theatre scene—a success for the theater company now finishing it’s 55th season. A CHORUS LINE is an intimate look at the [...]

Opening night for King of Prussia Player’s FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Shannondell Performing Arts Theater found the beautiful and comfortable 500 seat facility about 2/3 filled, and though many waited in lines out in the chilly mid-July drizzle for shuttle buses which kindly brought them to the theater, they [...]

Gilbert and Sullivan’s PIRATES OF PENZANCE was first performed in New York City in 1879. Since then, this comic opera has become an audience favorite. It’s not hard to see why in the King of Prussia Players’ production directed by Dr. Lawrence A. Anderson. The synopsis is very simple. Frederic [...]

Cole Porter wrote songs for many film and stage musicals. Of these, ANYTHING GOES is right up there with KISS ME, KATE as his most famous. There are very few people who don’t recognize the tunes when they hear it to “I Get a Kick Out of You” and especially [...]

Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote THE KING AND I for Gertrude Lawrence.  The search for a leading man was solved by a suggestion from Mary Martin of her costar in Lute Song.  Yul Brynner was the King in the original and in many revivals.  It led to a Tony and an [...]

No matter where it happens to be…Broadway, a local theater house, or a high school…you know you are in for a rollicking good time when you go to see GUYS AND DOLLS.  As this former “Hot Box” dancer (in my youth) can tell you, it is such a fun production [...]

Based on the 1944, MGM romantic musical film starring Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brian and Mary Astor, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS is filled with memorable songs. Some in the show are recognizable as traditional American songs from much earlier days than the MGM film. The title song, “Meet Me in [...]

“The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow”, a message as vital today as it was in the America of the 1930′s, the backdrop of the King of Prussia Players production of “ANNIE”. Annie, is in an orphanage; but does not consider herself an orphan. She is sure her parents are still [...]