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	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets Body Awareness Presented by The Wilma Theater at The Wilma Theater January 4-February 5, 2012 Director Anne Kauffman thrilled Wilma audiences in 2010 with the smash hit Becky Shaw, winning a Barrymore for Best Director. She returns to Philadelphia next season to direct ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets Motherhood The Musical Presented by Society Hill Playhouse at Society Hill Playhouse January 4-April 1, 2012 Motherhood the Musical is a funny yet loving look at being a mom at any age. It’s climbing the emotional mountain only to find that there’s laundry at the top. ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets The Mousetrap Presented by Walnut Street Theatre at Walnut Street Theatre January 17-March 4, 2012 Agatha Christie, the mistress of mystery, brings you her most popular creation, The Mousetrap. When a group of strangers are trapped together at a manor house during a ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets The Scottsboro Boys Presented by Philadelphia Theatre Company at Suzanne Roberts Theatre January 20-February 19, 2012 "From the legendary songwriting team of Kander and Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman), The Scottsboro Boys is a stirring musical that explores the infamous 1930's ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets Clybourne Park Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company - Arcadia Stage January 26-March 18, 2012 Clybourne Park tells the story of a house, a neighborhood and the people who have come and gone over five decades. This daring comedy, leasing characters and property from the 1959 ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets Of Mice and Men Presented by People's Light and Theatre Company at People's Light and Theatre Company - Main Stage February 15-March 25, 2012 John Steinbeck’s heart-wrenching tale of George and Lennie, an unlikely pair of migrant workers, who dream of purchasing a piece of land to farm and call their own. This ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets Romeo and Juliet Presented by Lantern Theater Company at St. Stephen's Theater March 1-April 1, 2012 Romeo and Juliet is beloved all over the world for the tragic romance of its star-crossed lovers. But it is the story, too, of an enduring feud between the Capulet and ...More

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Curse of the Starving Class Curse of the Starving Class Presented by The Wilma Theater at The Wilma Theater March 7-April 8, 2012 One of the most influential and celebrated American playwrights and actors of the 20th Century, Sam Shepard (Buried Child, True West) has received a Pulitzer Prize and both Tony® and Academy Award nominations for his riveting career in theater and film. The Wilma is thrilled to produce his work for the first time next season with the modern classic, Curse of the Starving Class. Here we meet the wildly unpredictable Tate family during the changing tides of the 1970s American West. ...	The Wilma Theater	03/07/12- 04/08/12	Philadelphia
Cyrano Cyrano Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company - F. Otto Haas Stage March 8-April 15, 2012 The most legendary nose in literature gets a makeover with this American adaptation of the French classic. Will Roxane fall for Christian’s dashing looks or Cyrano’s daring poetry? Find out in this play full of wordplay and swordplay that’s been an inspiration to writers and lovers for centuries!	Arden Theatre Company	03/08/12- 04/15/12	Philadelphia
God of Carnage God of Carnage Presented by Walnut Street Theatre at Walnut Street Theatre March 13-April 29, 2012 By Yasmina Reza · Translated by Christopher Hampton God of Carnage is a comedy of manners without the manners! This internationally acclaimed comedy takes you into the most dangerous place on Earth: parenthood. The play is about two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park, who meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in the evening devolving into...	Walnut Street Theatre	03/13/12- 04/29/12	Philadelphia
Fela! Fela! Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Academy of Music March 20-March 25, 2012 FELA!, the most critically acclaimed musical of the season, received three 2010 Tony Awards®: Best Choreography, Best Costume Design for a Musical and Best Sound Design of a Musical! His story inspired a nation. His music inspires the world. FELA! tells the true story of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, whose soulful Afrobeat rhythms ignited a generation. Motivated by his mother, a civil rights champion, he defied a corrupt and oppressive military government and devoted his...	Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts	03/20/12- 03/25/12	Philadelphia
The Outgoing Tide The Outgoing Tide Presented by Philadelphia Theatre Company at Suzanne Roberts Theatre March 23-April 15, 2012 In a summer cottage on Chesapeake Bay, Gunner has hatched an unorthodox plan to secure his family's future but meets with resistance from his wife and grown son, who have plans of their own. As winter approaches, the three must quickly find some common ground and come to an understanding-before the tide goes out. This new drama by Barrymore Award winner Graham hums with dark humor and profound emotion. "(Graham is) the Dean of Philadelphia playwrights." – The Philadelphia...	Philadelphia Theatre Company	03/23/12- 04/15/12	Philadelphia
West Side Story West Side Story Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Academy of Music March 27-April 18, 2012 More than fifty years ago one musical changed theater forever. Now it's back, and mesmerizing audiences once again. From the first note to the final breath, West Side Story soars as the greatest love story of all time. Directed by David Saint, using Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents' Broadway direction, West Side Story remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The new Broadway cast album of West Side Story recently won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album....	Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts	03/27/12- 04/18/12	Philadelphia
Miss Nelson is Missing Miss Nelson is Missing Presented by Walnut Street Theatre at Walnut Street Theatre for Kids March 28-April 14, 2012 Miss Nelson is the nicest teacher ever... or is she? The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears one day. Only when faced with a mysterious substitute, Viola Swamp, do they realize how much they miss Miss Nelson! Is there any possible chance of getting her back? Learn more in this musical adaptation of Harry Allard's classic children's mystery story!	Walnut Street Theatre	03/28/12- 04/14/12	Philadelphia
A Wrinkle in Time A Wrinkle in Time Presented by People's Light and Theatre Company at People's Light and Theatre Company - Main Stage April 26-May 20, 2012 “It was a dark and stormy night” begins this beloved novel by Madeleine L’Engle. Set off on an adventure through space and time via a tesseract with three children, each with a special gift and assisted by the three eccentric Mrs. Ws, to free their scientist father from the power of It. (Nothing good was ever named It!)	People's Light and Theatre Company	04/26/12- 05/20/12	Malvern
Buddy- The Buddy Holly Story Buddy- The Buddy Holly Story Presented by Walnut Street Theatre at Walnut Street Theatre May 15-July 15, 2012 Book by Alan Janes · Music and Lyrics by Buddy Holly Buddy Holly was a brilliant musician who changed the face of popular music and paved the way for the next generation of rock'n'rollers. Follow Buddy's meteoric rise to fame, from his humble country music roots to the top of the record charts and his untimely death in 1959. You'll be cheering for more, with such rousing fifties favorites as "Peggy Sue," "Oh Boy," "Maybe Baby," "That'll Be the...	Walnut Street Theatre	05/15/12- 07/15/12	Philadelphia
The Island The Island Presented by Lantern Theater Company at St. Stephen's Theater May 17-June 10, 2012 The Island is Robben Island, South Africa's notorious prison, where John and Winston are political prisoners and cellmates. After absurdly grueling days laboring under the sun, they return to their dark cell to rehearse a makeshift performance of Sophocles' play Antigone. Winston takes the part of young Antigone, who defies the laws of the state for the sake of her conscience. John takes the part of Creon, the king, who is so desperate to hold onto power that he will crush any...	Lantern Theater Company	05/17/12- 06/10/12	Philadelphia
Angels In America, Part 1: Millenium Approaches Angels In America, Part 1: Millenium Approaches Presented by The Wilma Theater at The Wilma Theater May 23-July 1, 2012 The most honored play in a generation concludes the Wilma’s 2011/2012 Season – and then returns for the 20th Anniversary of Part Two: Perestroika to kick off 2012/2013. Winner of two Tony® Awards for Best Play and a Pulitzer Prize, Angels in America melds love, hate, religion, and politics into a uniquely American epic. The year is 1985. In New York City, Roy Cohn, the politically powerful right-wing lawyer angrily denies his diagnosis of AIDS while his...	The Wilma Theater	05/23/12- 07/01/12	Philadelphia
Tulipomania Tulipomania Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company - F. Otto Haas Stage May 24-July 1, 2012 Before we had the sub prime mortgage crisis, Holland had the Tulip bulb bubble. Six strangers in an Amsterdam hash bar recall this seedy story of love, sex, money, and power. From the writer and composer of Café Puttanesca and Baby Case comes a new musical that gets high off our financial lows.	Arden Theatre Company	05/24/12- 07/01/12	Philadelphia
Reasons to be Pretty Reasons to be Pretty Presented by Philadelphia Theatre Company at Suzanne Roberts Theatre May 25-June 17, 2012 A hopelessly romantic drama about the hopelessness of romance, 'reasons to be pretty' is the final installment (following The Shape of Things and Fat Pig) in Neil LaBute's critically acclaimed trilogy focusing on America's modern day obsession with physical appearance. When a cruel off-hand remark disrupts the lives of two young couples, they confront a sea of self-deceit, treachery and their own willingness to change. reasons to be pretty has all the razor-sharp wit and insight we expect...	Philadelphia Theatre Company	05/25/12- 06/17/12	Philadelphia

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