We are a non-profit community theater located in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. The Old Academy building was constructed in 1819 and has been our home since 1932. Both Grace Kelly and Robert Prosky started their acting careers on our stage.
3540-3544 Indian Queen Lane
Philadelphia PA 19129
215-843-1109
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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUMby |
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Starring Michael Boorse, McKeever, Susan Lonker, Ivo Becica, Jim Ludovici, Christopher Schenk, Andy Pettit, Randall Shupp, Diane Davis, George E. Beetham, Jr., Susan Triggiani, Freda Gowling, Kira Stroh, Christine Sullivan Smith, Carol Veach and Terri Bateman. After the great success of Nunsense, we had to do another musical quick! Here it is!- an exuberant bawdy, funny musical, by the most successful compose-lyricist of the last 40 years, Stephen Sondheim. It is Sondheim with his tunes at their catchiest and his lyrics at their wittiest before excess artiness came on the scene. Loosely based on plays by the Roman comedy playwrights Plautus and Terence the plot is funny nonsense set in the Rome of 200 BC. Two young lovers, a crafty slave seeking his freedom; a bombastic general; a lecherous father of one of the lovers and his henpecking wife and courtesans aplenty, all make for a hilarious group of performers. As the show says---Tragedy tomorrow---Comedy tonight.
Friday and Saturday performances are at 8:00 P.M. Call 215-843-1109 for reservations.
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