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Curtain Rises: "Jane Austen" satire at PA Shakespeare Festival; "Gypsy" continues in NCC Bill Mutimer Summer Theatre Series
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (712+ words) Special to The Press A satire of one of the most beloved authors in British literature is premiering at PA Shakespeare Festival and Northampton Community College stages a classic musical about the ultimate stage mother. PSF's "The Complete Works of…...
Theater Review: "The Piano Lesson" hits all the right notes to open 35th season at PA Shakespeare Festival
3+ week, 4+ day ago (645+ words) What is the lesson in "The Piano Lesson? Is it learning the notes of the Treble Clef, as in Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, and Face? Is it playing the scales? Mastering arpeggios? Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer to J. S. Bach's "Jesu,…...
Curtain Rises: "Spring Awakening" at Pa. Playhouse; "As You Like It" in PA Shakespeare Fest community tour
4+ week, 2+ day ago (644+ words) Special to The Press The Pennsylvania Playhouse is staging a rock musical inspired by a banned 19th century play and the PA Shakespeare Festival kicks off its community tour that brings free performances of Shakespeare plays to area parks and libraries....
Curtain Rises: PA Shakespeare Festival production of "The Piano Lesson" to open 35th season at De Sales University
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (641+ words) Special to The Press The PA Shakespeare Festival kicks off its 2026 "Summer Theatre Series," which runs May 27 through Aug. 2 on the campus of De Sales University, Center Valley, with August Wilson's Pulitzer-Prize-winning play "The Piano Lesson," which will be directed…...
At The Movies: "SNL's "Lorne unplugged
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (904+ words) The title of the movie is "Lorne." On the movie theater screen, the opening title is Lorne with a period. In publicity posters for the movie, there is no period. The point, ahem, is that the documentary film, "Lorne," is…...
Curtain Rises: Plays premiere at Cedar Crest, Touchstone Theatre
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (482+ words) Special to The Press The premieres of two plays are on tap in the Lehigh Valley. Performing Arts at Cedar Crest College presents "53% of," a satire about women voters, March 26 through March 29. Touchstone Theatre is hosting a play reading of…...
Curtain Rises: Crowded Kitchen Players have Irish "Beauty; De Sales University Theater Act 1 spotlights "Tinker Bell
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (577+ words) Special to The Press Learn about "The Troubles" with an original Irish history play and see a re-imagined Tinker Bell in a new take on Peter Pan. Crowded Kitchen Players" "A Terrible Beauty" runs March 12 to March 15, Charles A. Brown Ice…...
Curtain Rises: Original plays debut at Touchstone Theatre, "Language of Dolls, and Shawnee Playhouse, "Steel Hearts: The John Henry Musical
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (624+ words) Special to The Press Two areal theater groups are premiering original pieces in the Lehigh Valley region. Touchstone Theatre presents "Language of Dolls," March 5 to March 8 in the Soutside Bethlehem theater. Truth and Light Media Productions, started by five singing…...