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Plays & Players Presents Take Me Out
For 1/2 price tickets to see Take Me Out at Plays and Players, runs March 13 – 27 ($20/ ticket), enter promotional code “PHILACULTURATI” (all caps) when you order tickets online. Click here to purchase tickets.
Plays and Players Presents Take Me Out
Plays & Players, Center City Philadelphia’s longest continually operated theater will present the Tony Award Winning play “Take Me Out” written by Richard Greenberg and directed by Daniel Student.
Set in the world of professional baseball, “Take Me Out” looks at America’s National Pastime. How it is forever altered as Darren Lemmings, star of the New York Empires, comes out of the closet to his team, his friends, and to the public at large. As his deeply racist and homophobic teammate, Shane Mungitt, grows incensed by the news, Darren’s gay financial manager, Mason Marzac, finds a new hero, and the other players see their locker room in a whole new light, the only person who seems unaffected is Darren himself. The drama of the season unfolds on and off the field, with tragic results.
“Take Me Out” was the recipient of the Tony Award for Best Play 2003 and was nominated for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It played 383 performances on Broadway.
Featured in the show are Chuck DeLong, Bill Egan, Sam Han, Gerard Joseph, Joe Matyas, David Mason, Ted Powell, Jerry Rudasill, Dan Sanchez, Ryan Walter, and Peter Zielinski.
Performances are March 11 – 27, 2010. Showtime for Thursday-Saturdays performances are 8:00 pm. Sundays performances are at 4:00 pm. March 11th and 12th are special preview performances, and all regular priced tickets are $5 off.
Following performances on March 12, 19 and 20 audience members are invited to a new play festival “Peanuts and Cracker Jacks” which will feature baseball themed plays Tickets are $10 or free with your Take Me Out ticket stub
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door for adults, $15 student rush (one half hour before curtain), and $10 for groups of 10 or more. All performances will be given in Plays & Players Main Stage at 1714 Delancey Place (between Spruce & Pine Streets). Tickets may be purchased atwww.playsandplayers.org or by calling (800) 595-4TIX. For additional information call the theatre at (215) 735-0630.
Take Me Out contains adult language and brief nudity.
Taylor Stayton & Steven LaBrie
Thursday, December 10th – 7:00 PM
THE CONNOISSEUR SERIES:
Taylor Stayton, tenor & Steven LaBrie, baritone
at the Philadelphia Art Alliance
Philadelphia Art Alliance | 251 S. South 18th Street | Philadelphia | PA | 19103
Admission: $15
PAA Members FREE
Award-winning Academy of Vocal Arts residents Taylor Stayton and Steven LaBrie present a joint concert of solos and duets from the opera and Broadway stages. Don’t miss these two young rising stars destined for major careers in the music world.
Theatre Exile’s Hunter Gatherers
Theatre Exile’s season opens with the Philadelphia premiere of Hunter
Gatherers by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. Richard, Pam, Wendy and Tom, the “Fab
Four” since prom night 17 years ago, still find time amidst the Reiki
sessions, novel writing and organic food shopping to gather for a yearly
dinner. As the smell of their freshly killed dinner fills the room, their
culturally savvy world is threatened by the animal instincts that lurk
inside. Armed with razor-sharp language, complex characters and a stunning
sense of the theatrical, Nachtrieb takes the world of Edward Albee to the
next level. Hunter Gatherers runs Oct 29 – Nov 22 at the Adrienne, 2030
Sansom Street. Tickets are $15-$40; order at 215-218-4022 or
www.theatreexile.org. For mature audiences.
Chamber Orchestra announces All-Haydn
 The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphiaopens its 45th Anniversary Season with All-Haydn Conductor’s Podium to be dedicated in memory of Concert pair generously sponsored by Centocor Music Director Ignat Solzhenitsyn conducts; |
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| The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, a founding resident company of theKimmel Center for the Performing Arts, announces the first concert pair of its 45th Anniverary Season. All-Haydn on September 20 and 21st features Wendy Warner in Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D Major. The Orchestra will also perform Symphonies Nos. 16 and 49, with Music Director Ignat Solzhenitsyn conducting in the Kimmel Center’s intimate Perelman Theater.
Said Maestro Solzhenitsyn of the upcoming concerts: “We open our season together with the marvelous Wendy Warner, in a celebration of Josef Haydn that ranges across the inexhaustible panoply of his mercurial moods.” The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia is honored to announce the dedication of the Dr. Hubert J.P Schoemaker Memorial Conductor’s Podium during its season-opening concert. Dr. Schoemaker, a friend and supporter of Maestro Solzhenitsyn and the orchestra, was a leading biotechnology scientist and entrepreneur. Dr. Schoemaker co-founded Centocor, one of the world’s first biotechnology companies, as well as Neuronyx, a development stage stem cell therapy company. Dr. Schoemaker’s energy and inspiration catalyzed the region’s biotechnology and venture capital industries. Beyond his commitment to science, he was also a devoted patron of the arts. In appreciation of his extraordinarily accomplished life, the orchestra is proud to name the Conductor’s Podium in his memory. “Speaking, I know, for the Board, staff and all the musicians of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, we are so honored to have the opportunity to express our gratitude for the exceptionally generous support of Dr. Hubert J. P. Schoemaker by naming our Conductor’s Podium after him,” said William H. Roberts, President of the Chamber Orchestra. “Dr. Schoemaker has made a lasting impact through his generosity and enthusiasm for music, and particularly for the work of the Chamber Orchestra, and this dedication is an appropriate way to preserve the memory of his care for musical excellence and his ardent efforts to help the Chamber Orchestra achieve it.” |
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Screenplay Writing Workshop with Michael Carson
WRITTEN YOUR FIRST FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY BUT THINK IT MIGHT TOTALLY SUCK?
Michael A. Carson is facilitating a first-time screenwriter’s workshop on Saturday, August 15th, from 2pm-4pm, at Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19125. Workshop info: 215-828-7629 or cinescripts@gmail.com.
Attendees must bring the following:
TEN bucks for Walking Fish Theatre
The first TEN pages of your copyrighted spec-screenplay. note: Workshop is limited to TEN participants.
Topics covered:
Confronting your Three-Act phobia.
The bottom line on Loglines & Sluglines.
Beat-sheet beatitude.
Why managers are better than therapy or mood-altering drugs – and how to get one.
BIO Michael A. Carson is represented by Max Freedman Management (mfmanage.com) in Los Angeles and London. His latest action-adventure screenplay, “GATEKEEPER 7″, is currently in the hands of several A-list Hollywood independent producers and studios.
Philly Live Arts + Fringe PREVIEWS
On Stage Philadelphia
Philly Live Arts + Fringe Preview Nights at Plays and Players Theatre
Monday, August 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Monday, August 24, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Monday, August 31, 2009 at 8:00 PM
On Stage Philadelphia features ten minute sneak-peak performances of upcoming productions in the Philadelphia area representing a wide range of artistic disciplines. Following the performances, audiences will have an opportunity to meet and mingle with artists, and enjoy special offers to the upcoming productions at the post-show marketplace. Audiences are provided with an opportunity to see which performances are compatible to their interests, and frequently go on to attend the full versions of what they see at preview night.
Plays & Players Theatre
1714 Delancey Place
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 735-0630
Website: www.playsandplayers.org
Map & Directions
WHAT TO DO NEARBY?
As luck would have it, Plays and Players Theatre is centrally located in the Rittenhouse Sq area with lots and lots to do nearby. OnStage Philadelphia doesn’t start til 8pm, so you can hit up any of the local bars for happy hour or dinner. PhilaCulturati favorites include Tank Bar (upstairs at Friday, Saturday, Sunday), and the Black Sheep for a laid-back atmosphere with seriously good food. Rittenhouse also has some stellar window shopping opportunities. Check out all the cute boutiques and galleries, and specialty stores. Hello World, DiBruno Bros Gourmet Market, and Barney’s New York should top your list.
Bug Fest at the Academy of Natural Sciences
Can you handle the creepy crawlies of the bug world? Back for a second year, the Academy of Natural Sciences will host Bug Fest on Saturday, August 15th and Sunday, August 16th. Visitors will see more than 50 species of live insects including battle-ready stag beetles, huge rhino beetles, toe biters (giant water bugs), camel crickets, and 8-inch-long stick insects. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania will demonstrate advances in robotics with insectlike robots, and visitors interested in starting their own collection can learn how to collect and pin insects.
There will be plenty to please visitors of all ages, including dozens of live insects, bugs to eat, insect robots, roach races, entomology talks and displays, and a buggy field trip. Yes, bugs to eat! Cajun chef Zach Lemann will cook up samples of delicious creepy crawly cuisine to sample. Not sure you can stomach it? Well there’s also a Roach Race, lectures, story-telling and more.
AND it’s all free with regular museum admission. The Academy of Natural Sciences is located at 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. It is open M-F 10-4:30pm and 10-5pm on the weekends. Adults are $12 admission. Children and seniors are $10. Visit www.ansp.org or call 215-299-1000 for more information.
WHAT TO DO NEARBY?
Why not wash those bugs down with a margarita at The Mexican Post? Or take the family for some burritos for lunch. The Mexican Post is located at 1601 Cherry Street.
Also, the Academy of Natural Sciences also has a decent cafeteria if you’re making a day of Bug Fest and want to stay at the museum. The Academy is located on the Parkway, which is mainly a business district and many of the local cafes and lunch venues are closed on the weekends. Luckily, Rittenhouse is just a few blocks south from there, so if you’re looking for more things to do, we suggest walking down 19th Street towards Chestnut and Walnut Streets.