Theater Beat: 'Hamilton' rush at Kimmel; 'Blackout' and 'Fishtown' at Fringe
TV celebs on stage. The Bucks County Playhouse brings in Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement) for its forthcoming Other Desert Cities (Aug. 18-Sept. 2), and George Wendt (Norm from Cheers) for Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story (Sept. 10-Oct. 1). And the McCarter Theatre has Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire) in Simpatico (Sept. 8-Oct. 15) by Sam Shepard.