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Year 32, No. 37
Celebrating 32 Years of Community News
Andrea McArdle to Appear at The Rrazz Room ndrea McArdle, Philadelphia’s own Tony Award nominee and star of Broad way’s “Annie,” has had a long and impressive career in theater, television and cabaret since her Broadway stint as “Annie” in 1977. McArdle, the youngest performer in history ever to be nominated for a Tony Award,
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May 17 – May 23, 2017
Quintessence Theatre Group Presents Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”
Andrea McArdle is bringing her show to The Rrazz Room at The Prince on Saturday, May 20 at 8 p.m.
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is bringing her delightful show to The Rrazz Room at The Prince on Saturday, May 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets range in price from $35 to $64 and are available via www.princetheater.org/therrazzroom and/or 215-422-4580. The Rrazz Room at the Prince is on 1412 Chestnut Street in Center City Philadelphia. Her extraordinary, post“Annie” credits include starring on Broadway in “Les Misérables,” as well as national touring appearances in “Jerry’s Girls,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Starlight Express,” “Meet Me In St. Louis,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “They’re Playing Our Song,” and another celebrated Annie in Irving Berlin’s classic, “Annie Get Your Gun.” And just last year, she starred as Reno Sweeney in Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” which also featured Sally Struthers. McArdle loves doing her cabaret show and the intimacy of it. “Cabaret is so incredibly appealing,” she says, and “it took me years to feel comfortable with it. You deal with the people and their energy, and once you face it, it’s liberating. Now I have so many great stories and I can chat with the audience.” She still loves theater. In theater, she explains, “You do it for the love of it. And I love what I do.”
Steven Wright, one of Philadelphia’s finest comedic actors, makes his Quintessence debut as Uncle Vanya. uintessence Theatre Group concludes its 7th season of progressive classic theatre with Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” in the Philadelphia premiere of a new version by Annie Baker. “Uncle Vanya” plays May 31 - June 18. Special Pay-What-You-Can preview will be presented on Wednesday, May 31 at 7 p.m. Opening night is Saturday, June 3, at 8 p.m. Post-show talkbacks with the cast and
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