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Sarah J. Gafgen portrays Broadway legend Ethel Merman in Ambler's Act II Playhouse's production of “Together Off-Broadway: Merman and Martin,” running through Aug. 7. Gafgen co-wrote the show with co-star Meredith Beck.
Actor friends celebrate Broadway legends
Act II Playhouse’s latest production is a tribute to Ethel Merman and Mary Martin,  the equivalent of royalty on the Great White Way. more
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Lafayette Hill playwright Nancy Frick's latest play, “The Joke,” is one of the offerings in Old Academy Players' annual Summer One-Act Bonanza, now through July 24 at 3544 Indian Queen Lane in East Falls.
Hill playwright's 'Joke' part of 'One-Act Bonanza'
After a two-year absence forced by COVID, the Old Academy Players' Summer One-Act Bonanza has returned with a highly-anticipated series of performances. more
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Meredith Beck (left) as Mary Martin and Sarah J. Gafgen as Ethel Merman
Homage to Broadway greats and a hint of nostalgia
There is a tinge of sadness in "Together Off-Broadway: Merman & Martin" now running at the Act II Playhouse. more
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Darrah Lashley portrays the title character in “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark,” a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, running through June 26 at The Stagecrafters Theater.
‘Vera Stark’ at Stagecrafters is ‘brazen, clever and unsettling’
"Ruined" and "Sweat," the two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays by Lynn Nottage, deal with political problems in a somber way. But Nottage has another side: "By The Way, Meet Vera Stark." more
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Jim Golden, who admits he will “never get rich acting,” is one of the stars in “Old Ringers,” now at Old Academy Players, 3544 Indian Queen Lane in East Falls, through June 26.
Lawyer/actor learned what it's like to be 'a killer'
Meet Diane, Vera, Rose and Kathy Ann, seniors who are best friends and whose friendship buoys them through life's ups and downs. That's the basic theme of  “Old Ringers,” continuing at Old Academy Players, 3544 Indian Queen Lane, through June 26. more
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Trapeze artist makes acting debut
Elena Nahrmann is making her Stagecrafters debut in “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark.” more
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Chestnut Hill’s Tiffany Bacon has been a high school drama/dance/broadcasting teacher, theater company founder, casting director, dancer, choreographer, TV producer, actress and costume designer.
Hill radio personality becomes “accidental” costume designer
While the actors do their job on stage, many others are hard at work behind the scenes of the Lantern Theater Company production which is scheduled to run through June 26 in Center City. One of those people is longtime radio news broadcaster Tiffany Bacon. more
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Juan Castellanos, former Chestnut Hill resident and Springside/Chestnut Hill Academy graduate, will perform for the Metropolitan Ballet Company's 25th anniversary gala event June 4 on the Abington Friends School campus. Photo by Rick Belden
SCH grad, professional ballet dancer, returns to perform 
Castellanos, who currently dances with the Charlotte Ballet’s second company (sort of like Triple-A in baseball), has been promoted and will be a full-time paid professional in the North Carolina troupe’s primary company next season.  more
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Philadelphia Dance Theatre is “Breaking Ground” this Saturday
Philadelphia Dance Theatre, a classic repertory dance company now located on the campus of the New Covenant Church at 7500 Germantown Ave. across from the old Trolley Car Diner, is presenting its … more
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Brie Knight as Pickles and Kellie Cooper as Ella. Photo by Josh Hitchens
Allens Lane production questions the meaning of life
A contemporary remake of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya." Director Robert Bauer's "Life Sucks" creates a show that is engaging on its own terms.  more
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Architectural rendering of a restored Sedgwick Theater facade.
More state funds for historic Sedgwick Theater 
State Sen. Art Haywood helped secure the $750,000 grant, a significant step toward the theatre group's ultimate goal of buying and restoring the entire building. more
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Lauryn Morgan Thomas had to stop acting when the pandemic began, but she overcame the unemployment by starting her own virtual voice studio to teach students around the world.
Actor and singer plays a variety of roles on local stage
Directed by Mary Carpenter, the show features an ensemble cast of four who take on multiple roles in a series of vignettes throughout the show, including Lauryn Morgan Thomas, 26, who is making her Act II debut.  more
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Tom Jones (left) wrote the book and Harvey Schmidt penned the lyrics for “The Fantastics,” now at Old Academy Players in East Falls through May 8. The show's original off-Broadway production ran 42 years until 2002 and 17,162 performances, making it the world's longest-running musical.
Carnegie Hall vet takes on a ‘Fantasticks’ role reversal
Filled with such unforgettable numbers as “Try to Remember,” “They Were You,” “Soon It's Gonna Rain” and others, “The Fantasticks” first opened in 1960 and continues to play at various venues to this day, making it one of the longest running musicals in U.S. theatrical history.  more
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Actress and musician Samantha Solar stars in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, “Crimes of the Heart,” April 8 through 24, at The Stagecrafters Theater, 8130 Germantown Ave.
Stagecrafters actress plays roles 'larger than life'
Stagecrafters' “Crimes of the Heart,” which won a Pulitzer Prize and was nominated for a Tony Award, is scheduled to open Thursday, April 14, and run through April 24. more
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Sabrina Caruso (Lenny, from left), Zoe Bentley (Babe), Samantha Solar (Chick) and Genevieve Evans (Meg) bring to life Beth Henley's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, “Crimes of the Heart,” now at Stagecrafters Theater, 8130 Germantown Ave., until April 24.
Vivid characters, superb acting in 'Crimes' on Hill stage
You want to burst out laughing, but you don't because you also feel a little bit scared. more
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Mt. Airy resident John Zak is starring in two classic plays presented by the Quintessence Theatre Group at the Sedgwick Theater. “The Winter's Tale” and “The Alchemist” run through April 17.
Former 'class clown' brings laughs to Mt. Airy stage
“These are great roles, and I'm lucky to have them,” said Zak, who admits to being 50-ish and growing up as the class clown in Collegeville. more
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Lawyer makes a strong case for acting at Old Academy 
When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated mansion, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband. more
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Angela Cooper and Omar Bullock lament their bleak work situation in a closing plant in “Skeleton Crew,” now at Stagecrafters until Feb. 20. Photo by Joanne Davis
An exploration of deindustrialization on Hill stage
Patricia Masarachia's bunker-like break room is expressive, and director Connie Norwood's dynamic cast gives this play a pulse. more
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Steven Anthony Wright as Philoctetes with Michael Liebhauser, Leah Gabriel and Eunice Akinola as Chorus.
Reworked Greek drama on Mt. Airy stage is unforgettable 
If there is a happy man in "Cure," it is Odysseus, played with resolution by award-winning actor Joseph Langham. more
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Maboud Ebrahimzadeh and Ian Merrill Peakes in Peoples Light's "A Christmas Carol."
Mt. Airy director triumphs with 'Christmas Carol'
David Bradley is currently directing People's Light's world premiere musical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” streaming a filmed version of the show from Dec. 24 through Jan. 6. more
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