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Night Side Songs
Night Side Songs
2/21 - 2/9/2025


A ground-breaking ninety-minute new musical,  Night Side Songs  explores the intimacy of illness, mortality, and the incredible dignity of caregivers through the story of Yasmine ...

Nunsense
Nunsense
2/14 - 2/23/2025


“Nunsense” follows the crazy antics of five nuns from the Little Sisters of Hoboken convent. When their cook accidentally serves up some tainted soup, 52 ...

Anastasia The Musical
Anastasia The Musical
2/27 - 3/1/2025


From Tony winners Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, creators of the Broadway classics such as Ragtime and Once On This Island, this dazzling ...

Night Side Songs
Night Side Songs
2/21 - 3/9/2025


A ground-breaking ninety-minute new musical, Night Side Songs explores the intimacy of illness, mortality, and the incredible dignity of caregivers through the story of Yasmine ...

Goblin Market
Goblin Market
3/21 - 3/23/2025


Goblin Market Book by Brandi Underwood | Music & Lyrics by Jesse Hampsch  Directed, Developed and Choreographed by Dylan Cole  Additional Lyrics by Christina Rossetti ...

Sesame Street Live! Say Hello


Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, and their friends from Sesame Street are coming to your neighborhood to say hello! At Sesame Street Live! Say Hello, ...

DEAR EVAN HANSEN


“Dear Evan Hansen,” declared “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theatre history” by The Washington Post, takes a groundbreaking look—from the point of ...

A Year with Frog and Toad
A Year with Frog and Toad
4/4 - 4/6/2025


Music by Robert Reale Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale Based on the books by Arnold Lobel Direction and Choreography by Jessica Bostock Musical Direction ...

Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile


ANN TALMAN brings her award-winning show  Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile  to Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, PA! Ann shares hilarious and touching stories ...

In the Heights
In the Heights
3/25 - 4/27/2025


Winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical, In the Heightstells the story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood – ...

Mystic Rapture
Mystic Rapture
4/25 - 4/27/2025


Mystic Rapture Created by Jaime Jarrett, Julissa Mishay Norment and Megan Nicole O'Brien Book & Lyrics by Julissa Mishay Norment Music by Jaime Jarrett Directed ...

Beehive: The 60s Musical
Beehive: The 60s Musical
4/17 - 5/11/2025


Get ready for a vibrant celebration of powerful female voices from the 1960s! This electrifying show takes you on a nostalgic journey through timeless hits ...

Beehive: The 60s Musical
Beehive: The 60s Musical
4/17 - 5/11/2025


Get ready for a vibrant celebration of powerful female voices from the 1960s! This electrifying show takes you on a nostalgic journey through timeless hits ...

Disenchanted!
Disenchanted!
4/25 - 5/11/2025


Disenchanted! Our 546th Production By Dennis T. Giacino  Directed by Annie Hnatko  April 25th, 26th; May 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 2025  Friday and Saturday at ...

RENT
RENT
5/15 - 6/8/2025


At the end of the millennium, a group of bohemians in the East Village struggle with love, loss, and gentrification amidst the AIDS crisis. In ...

Promises, Promises
Promises, Promises
6/6 - 6/22/2025


 In New York City in the 1960s, an ambitious accountant named Chuck Baxter lends out his apartment to his supervisors, who need a discreet place ...

Small Ball
Small Ball
6/6 - 6/29/2025


Philadelphia loves sports, so why not a sports-themed musical? Step into the surreal, magical world of Small Ball, where melancholy journeyman basketball player Michael Jordan ...

The Rise and Fall of Miss Fannie's Biscuits


Mysteries have a way of following Fannie Miller. When she makes it to the finals of a baking contest and contestants start disappearing, she calls ...

Stolen
Stolen
8/12 - 10/22/2025


A small Pennsylvania town is shaken when Zack Fisher, the infant son of a prominent Amish family, is kidnapped. Accusations fly. Although everyone comes under ...

Christmas in Perfect Harmony
Christmas in Perfect Harmony
11/10 - 12/21/2025


Christmas in Perfect Harmony November 10-December 21, 2025 An original concert experience that is sure to be an unforgettable part of your holiday season! Half-part ...

The Christmas Candy Caper
The Christmas Candy Caper
10/30 - 12/27/2025


Candy store owner Sadie Graber is a long-time prankster, so when two men try to steal her coveted candy recipe and kidnap her instead, no ...

Finding a theatrical stage play writer. By Lisa Montalto


Finding a theatrical stage play writer. By Lisa Montalto     Writing a stage play is different from writing a screenplay. While they are similar, ...

The Nursery by Clifford Odets


Point 5 Collective, in collaboration with The Lee Strasberg Creative Center, to present the first staging of the unpublished Clifford Odets one-act, THE NURSERY at ...



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