FREEZE FRAME: Tyne Daly, Terrence McNally & Bucks County Playhouse Summer Season Stars Meet the Press!

Bucks County Playhouse's 2013 Playhouse Productions summer season is set to include the world premiere of a new play by four time Tony Award -winning playwright Terrence McNally, starring Tony and Emmy Award- winner Tyne Daly. The balance of the season is made up of acclaimed musicals and plays and a production specifically for families. The summer season kicked off on Thursday, May 23rd at the Bucks County Playhouse (70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA).

The cast and creative team for the 2013 Bucks County Playhouse summer season productions met the press earlier today and you can check out a photo preview from the festivities below!

Located 90 minutes from New York City, the Bucks County Playhouse opened in 1939 on the site of a grist mill dating from the late eighteenth century. Ironically, the structure was at that time in danger of demolition; however playwright Moss Hart and the local community rallied to save the building and re-opened it as a theatrical venue, which quickly became one of the country's most famous regional theaters, with a veritable who's who of American theatrical royalty including Kim Hunter, Helen Hayes, Kitty Carlisle, Colleen Dewhurst, Shirley Booth, Lillian Gish, June Lockhart, Grace Kelly, Robert Redford, Bert Lahr, Leslie Nielsen and Walter Matthau and remained in continuous operation until December 2010. Thanks to the Bridge Street Foundation, the non-profit family foundation of Kevin and Sherri Daugherty with Tanya Cooper as President, this beloved theatrical landmark was re-opened and celebrated on July 2, 2012, exactly 73 years and a day from when it originally opened in 1939. The Bucks County Playhouse is located at 70 South Main Street in New Hope, PA.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

(back row) David Garrison, Charles Busch, Jed Bernstein, Terrence McNally, Tyne Daly, Bobby Steggert, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Manoel Felciano (front row) Sheryl Kaller, Grace Capeless, Alyssa Gagarin, Michelle Aravena & Lea DeLaria attending the Press Preview Photo Call for the Bucks County Playhouse 2013 Summer Season at the Signature Theatre Griffin Lobby on May 28, 2013 in New York City.