Performance and classical music listings
Theater
Professional/semi-professional
1812 Productions: This Is The Week That Is Annual show poking fun at local national current events. Closes 11/4. Plays Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Pl.; 215-592-9560. 1812productions.org. $22-$38.
Bread Puppet Theater: The Complete Everything Everywhere Cabaret Giant puppets, storytellers stilt dancers deliver this distillation of political issues, reflections on daily life sheer silliness. Closes 9/29. Bryn Mawr College – Goodhart Hall, 101 N. Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr; 610-526-5210. breadandpuppet.org. $20; $10 students; $5 under 12.
Cape May Stage: Time Stands Still Play by Donald Margulies. Closes 10/13. Robert Shackleton Playhouse, Bank Lafayette Sts., Cape May; 609-884-1341. $35; $30 seniors; $15 students.
Childe Byron An ill Ada Byron Lovelace engages in a revelatory imagined conversation with her dead father, Lord Byron. Closes 10/13. Allens Lane Art Center, 601 W. Allens Ln.; Box Office: 215-248-0546. $18 advance; $20 day of show.
Cooking With The Calamari Sisters: Mangia Italiano! ‘Live broadcast’ of a cable channel cooking show hosted by 2 colorful Italian sisters. Closes 11/4. Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th St.; Reservations required: 215-923-0210. www.thecalamarisisters.com/cooking.html. $45.
East Lynne Theater Company: It Pays to Advertise Madcap comedy about advertising. Closes 10/13. First Presbyterian Church of Cape May, 500 Hughes St., Cape May; 609-884-5898. www.eastlynnetheater.org. $30; $25 seniors; $15 students.
Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Actors’ NET of Bucks County presents biting political comedy. Closes 10/7. Morrisville Heritage Center, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville; Reservations required: 215-295-3694. www.actorsnetbucks.org. $20; $17 seniors; $10 under 12.
Gutenberg! The Musical 2 aspiring playwrights try to get backers for their new work, a musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. Closes 10/6. Montgomery Theater, 124 N. Main St., Souderton; 215-723-9984. $25-$37.
Hairspray A teenager wins a spot on a TV dance program, then launches a campaign for social justice. Closes 11/4. Media Theatre for the Performing Arts, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100. $49; $44 seniors; $27 children.
Leading Men Don’t Dance Musical revue featuring John D. Smitherman. Closes 9/29. Hedgerow Theatre, 64 Rose Valley Rd., Media; 610-565-4211. $32.
Love Story The tale of the romance between a man a woman from different worlds. Closes 10/21. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550. $10-$95.
Luv Comedy about life, friendship neuroses. Closes 10/6. Ritz Theatre Company, 915 White Horse Pike, Oaklyn; 856-858-5230. $25-$35.
Miss Minnie Mae’s Goin Home Party Presented by Expressions Performing Arts Company. Closes 9/29. SS Neumann-Goretti High School, 1736 S. 10th St. $20.
New Jerusalem – The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656 A small Jewish community living in Amsterdam comes into conflict with various political forces. Closes 9/30. Lantern Theater at St. Stephen’s Theater, 10th Ludlow Sts.; 215-829-0395. www.lanterntheater.org. $30-$38.
Next to Normal Pulitzer-winning drama about a family in crisis. Closes 11/4. Arden Theatre, 40 N. 2d St.; 215-922-1122.
Oleanna David Mamet drama about a college professor who finds himself accused of sexual harrassment. Closes 10/14. Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe St., Bristol; 215-785-0100.
Seven Guitars Several friends get together at an apartment complex after the untimely death of an acquaintance. Closes 10/7. People’s Light Theatre Company, 39 Conestoga Rd., Malvern; 610-644-3500. $25-$45; $25 children 17 and under.
Sex and Violence A sword fighting burlesque show. Closes 10/5. Plays Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Pl. www.gdpproductions.com. $10.
Sherlock Holmes the Crucifer of Blood A missing soldier’s past harbors a mysterious secret in this stage adaptation of ‘The Sign of the Four.’ Closes 11/25. Hedgerow Theatre, 64 Rose Valley Rd., Media; 610-565-4211. $20; $10 students and children.
Steel Magnolias The story of the close friendship of 6 very different Southern women. Closes 10/7. Surflight Theatre, Beach Engleside Ave., Harvey Cedars, NJ; 609-492-9477. $36-$54; $18-$27 children 12 and under.
The Assassination of Jesse James Part of the American Vaudeville Festival. Presented by EgoPo. Closes 10/28 Plays Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Pl.; Reservations required: 215-735-0630 or 1-800-595-4849. $20-$50.
The Berserker Residents: The Giant Squid Comedic take on a science ‘lecture’ that takes viewers into the depths of the ocean. Closes 9/29. Annenberg Center – Harold Prince Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900. berserkerresidents.com. $20 and up.
The Edge of Our Bodies A young woman’s intimate journey. Closes 9/30. Theatre Exile – Studio X, 1340 S. 13th St.; 215-218-4022. www.theatreexile.org. $20-$22.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Musical mystery based on the unfinished Charles Dickens book. Closes 10/7. Broadway Theatre of Pitman, 43 S. Broadway, Pitman; Box Office: 856-384-8381. $25.
Vanya Sonia Masha Spike Comic twist on a Chekhov story. Closes 10/7. Princeton University – McCarter Theatre, 91 University Pl., Princeton; 609-258-2787. $20-$75.
