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HAY-ON-WYE, Wales (AP) - Sam Mendes is finished with James Bond.
Straight White Men
Through June 19, presented by InterAct Theatre Company at the Drake, 302 S. Hicks St.
Tickets: $15-$37. Information: 215-568-8079 or www.interacttheatre.org.
The film Sister Act starring Whoopi Goldberg took place in a risky area of San Francisco. For the current production of the musical Sister Act at the Walnut Street Theatre, the Queen of Ange…
"Our Town"
Through June 23 at the Eagle Theatre, 208 Vine St., Hammonton, N.J. $30-$40. 609-704-5012, http://theeagletheater.com.
Imagine the strong, proud engine of a steam train, the visible crankshafts and gears like rippling muscles driving the wheels as it pulses along the tracks. It pulls a row of polished passen…
His company was a leading supplier for Broadway productions by such legendary producers as David Merrick. His workroom turned out costumes for the original stage productions of many shows, i…
Tucked into the usual Broadway Playbill for the new hit Shuffle Along at the Music Box Theatre is something that's not the typical size or color: a sepia replica of the show's original 1921 …
Kiss Me, Kate
Through June 26 at the Act II Playhouse, 56 E. Butler Ave., Ambler. Tickets: $35-$41. Information: 215-654-0200 or www.act2.org.
If it had nothing else to recommend it, Act II Playhouse's production of Kiss Me, Kate would still have the winning combination of Cole Porter and Shakespeare on its side. That mix - Porter'…
On May 6, the Walnut Street Theatre celebrated its 207th anniversary with a gala concert. Founded in 1809, the theater is America's oldest, as well as the most-subscribed theater in world, w…
I'm Ariana, hear me roar!
Ariana Grande has been lauded as a true feminist heroine by E!Online after coming out strong in defense of women's right to be women.
Fully Committed
Through June 5 at Theatre Horizon, 401 DeKalb St., Norristown.
Tickets: $25-$38.
Information: 610-283-2230 or www.TheatreHorizon.org.
Tick off Theatre Horizon's production of Becky Mode's Fully Committed as one more reason to remain on this end of the New Jersey Turnpike. Sure, you could see Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Fer…
It is said that Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote The Secret Garden after the death of her 16-year-old son, and its macabre magic still resonates 100 years later. Mary Lennox is a protagonist wh…
'A twisty tale of mayhem and allegorical ridiculousness" - that is how the Pig Iron Theatre Company described its own dizzying 2015 production I Promised Myself to Live Faster.
NEW YORK (AP) - Actress Robin Wright says she demanded the same pay as co-star Kevin Spacey for her work on "House of Cards" and got it.
At the Arden Theatre, a rich array of local acting talent is cultivating The Secret Garden, the Marsha Norman/Lucy Simon musical, innovatively co-conceived by Jorge Cousineau and company art…
'Almost every big hit musical - and flop musical - began in Philly before it took Broadway by storm . . . or had a horrible demise," Seth Rudetsky says with a laugh.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose Broadway musical hit "Hamilton" recently won a Grammy and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, addressed graduates at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday.
WILMINGTON - Nearly every time you look down at the sidewalk, there's a stenciled image of a mustachioed face and the word "Essere."
When Mel Brooks introduces one of movies - as he will when he screens Blazing Saddles at the Academy of Music on Saturday - he insists on staying for the whole show. Why?
Man of La Mancha
Through June 5 at Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe St., Bristol.
Tickets: $36-$43.
Information: 215-785-0100 or brtstage.org.
