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“A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” Walnut Street Theatre Opens 209th Anniversary Season of Pseudolus, a crafty slave who struggles to win the hand of a beautiful, but slow-witted, courtesan named Philia for his young master, Hero, in exchange for freedom. The plot twists and turns with cases of mistaken identity, slamming doors, and a bevy of beautiful showgirls. This unforget-
“The Marriage of Figaro” Opera on the Mall Page 8
“A House With No Walls” at Old Academy Players Page 11
New Book “Images of America: Laurel Hill Cemetery” Page 12
Celebrating 33 Years of Community News
August 23 – August 29, 2017
World Premiere of Tony Braithwaite’s “Which Reminds Me” Aug. 29 - Oct. 1, 2017 at Act II Playhouse in Ambler
Faith Sacher and Frank Ferrante in “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum” at Walnut Street Theatre. Photo/Mark Garvin
alnut Street Theatre opens its landmark 209th season with the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Directed by, and starring, Frank Ferrante, with choreography by Michelle Gaudette, this production begins previews on September 5, opens on September 13 and runs through October 22 on the Walnut’s Mainstage. This classic musical is fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest Broadway shows ever written! A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum follows the story
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table, hysterical musical comedy will have you laughing all the way to the Forum with "something for everyone, a comedy tonight!" A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum premiered on Broadway on May 1, 1962. The production won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Author of a Musical. The show has had two Broadway revivals, one in 1972, and again in 1996 starring Nathan Lane. Its West End premiere came in 1963, followed by a 1986 revival. The show had a limited-run at London’s Royal National Theatre in 2004, which was nominated for the Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production. The show also became a film in 1966 with Zero Mostel recreating his starring role from the Broadway production. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum was the first Broadway show for which Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics. Prior to Forum, Sondheim wrote lyrics for West See “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” on page 5
“A NTARCTICA : F OSSIL E XPLORATION
Act II Playhouse in Ambler is premiering “Which Reminds Me,” a brand new laugh-out-loud show from its beloved Artistic Director Tony Braithwaite, on stage August 29 October 1. Photo/Bill D’Agostino o launch its 2017-18 season, Act II Playhouse in Ambler is premiering “Which Reminds Me,” a brand new laughout-loud show from its beloved Artistic Director Tony Braithwaite, on stage August 29 - October 1. “Which Reminds Me” combines stand-up, storytelling, songs, and video to recount Tony’s favorite behind-the-scenes theatre stories. Mishaps, triumphs, and letters from patrons will make their way into these hilarious tales from Ambler’s chief raconteur. “Unlike movies or TV, which can film their bloopers and mishaps, theatre relies on such stories being passed down from ‘those who were there.’” Braithwaite said. “Over the
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Free Academy Town Square Talk September 13
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In December 2016 and into hile Antarctic ice sheets January, Daeschler, associate a re c h a n g i n g a t a n curator of vertebrate zoology, alarming rate and scijoined a team of researchers entists are racing to predict the from four universities on an continent’s future, one scientist expedition into the Transantis more interested in its past. arctic Range, a portion of the 2 Earlier this year, paleontologist Ted Daeschler of the Academy Academy paleontologist of Natural Sciences of Drexel Ted Daeschler recounts his University made the institution’s scientific expedition to first expedition to the southernAntarctica at the Academy most continent in search of eviTown Square September 13, dence of the evolution of fish 2017. Photo/John Long species related to the rise of the first limbed animals. percent of Antarctica that is not On Wednesday, September 13, covered in ice year-round. Their Daeschler will recount his extragoal was to collect fossilized ordinary adventure and scienbackboned animals that lived tific research in an illustrated there before the time of the presentation as part of the Acaddinosaurs and to try to pinpoint emy Town Square series. The centers of evolutionary change. talk, entitled “Antarctica: Fossil They came away with a trove Exploration at the End of the of 390-million-year-old fossils Earth,” is free and begins at 6:30 that are currently being curatp.m. at the Academy. Registration is requested to ensure seating. To register, visit the Academy’s website ed and studied at the Academy in Philadelphia, making the institution a cenat http://bit.ly/2wp0OTP. See “Antarctica: Fossil Exploration at the End of the Earth” Talk page 7
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