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For a list of major Philadelphia venues, our mission statement and other helpful links, see our Philadelphia Theater Goers Guide The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity New and Noteworthy Flash news! Lizard alert! We thrilled to Chekhov Lizardbrain before it went to New York. Now it’s back to let you know that it can really shake ‘em down, cranially speaking. In a new version. In performance for just a short time. Arts Bank, Broad & South Sts. www.pigiron.org. Dec 10-13 only. On local stages—including holiday shows from November through January 24 Curio Theatre Co. Conor McPherson’s The Weir Calvary Ctr for Culture & Community. 2740 Baltimore Ave. Box ofc: www.vendini.com Through Nov 20 Flashpoint Theatre Company presents Boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. Something happens on a dark night in a subterranean lab. Upstairs at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom St. To Nov 21 InterAct Theatre Company brings us the World Premiere of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz. Performed at The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, 2111 Sansom St. Just up the road from the Adrienne. Through Nov 22 See review The Good Puppet of Szechwan Adapted from Brecht and directed by Stan Heleva. At Walking Fish Theatre. 2509 Frankford Ave www.walkingfishtheatre.com. Through Nov 22 Oliver Music, lyrics, book by Lionel Bart. Directed by Mark Clements. Big Show. Cast of 31, Childrens Ensemble of 40. Mary Martello and Scott Greer among cast members. Walnut Street Theatre. Through Jan 10 Hunter Gatherers, a Black Comedy by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, brought to you by Theatre Exile and directed by Deborah Block. Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom Street. The Centre Theater & Iron Age Theatre present The Life of John Henry by John Braak, Designed and directed by Doyle & Wise. The Centre Theater [Montco County Cultural Ctr] 208 DeKalb St. Norristown. www.ironagetheatre.org Through Nov 29 The Philadelphia Theatre Company has a musical from Broadway: The Light in the Piazza directed by the interesting Joe Calarco. Suzanne Roberts Theatre. Avenue of the Arts. Through Dec 6. Philadelphia Theatre Workshop presents the World Premiere of The :nv:s:ble Play by Alex Dremann, directed by Bill Felty. Walnut Street Theatre, Studio 5. philadelphiatheatreworkshop.org. Nov 21- Dec 13. On the Arden Theatre’s Arcadia Stage, Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Starring Grace Gonglewski, directed by James J. Christy. Through Dec 20. Little Shop is moving from Theatre Horizon to 11th Hour. Little Shop of Horrors directed by Megan Nicole O’Brien, 11th Hour Theatre Company. At Prince Music Theater’s Independence Studio. 1412 Chestnut St. Nov 28 – Dec 20. Also at the Arden, (Children’s Theatre) Peter Pan. Recommended for families & children 5 yrs and older. Featuring Frank X as Hook, Sarah Sanford as Mrs. Darling and Smee, Dec 2 – Jan 24 Red, White and Tuna Directed by Madi Distefano. The third installment of the continuing Tuna saga. [Greater Tuna (07) A Tuna Christmas (08)] Walnut Independence Studio on 3. Dec 3 -Jan 3 Flashpoint Theatre Company presents David Sedaris’s modern holiday standard, The Santaland Diaries. Adapted by Joe Mantello. Directed by Megan Williams. Performed at Second Stage at the Adrienne. 2030 Sansom St. flashpointtheatre.org. Dec 2 – 20. Scapin Moliere by way of Bill Irwin and Mark O’Donnell. Clowning with actors and puppets. Directed by actor, puppeteer, director, Aaron Cromie. Lantern Theater Company. St. Stephen’s Theater at 10th and Ludlow. Dec 3 – Jan 3
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