REVIEW: ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ at Music Mountain
(Photo: Kasey Ivan) By John Dwyer It was one of those things. I never had a desire to see “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” It was a David Cassidy/Donny Osmond vehicle, which prejudiced me toward it being way too bubble gum and cute. Years later, I used to talk to Donny Osmond at the ops desk at QVC, when with my other half, we did More...
Mamma Mia! Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope announces 2019 season
Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope on Wednesday announced titles and creative teams for the theater’s 80th anniversary season, which will launch May 17. The 2019 season kicks off with the nail-biting thriller “Dial More...
Hal Linden of TV’s ‘Barney Miller’ headlines ‘In the Mood’ at Bucks County Playhouse
Hal Linden, star of the classic TV sitcom series “Barney Miller,” will join the cast of “In the Mood,” a 1940s musical revue running at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope starting April 23. Linden More...
Ralph Malph joins cast of “Middletown” at Bucks County Playhouse
Actor Don Most, best known for his role as Ralph Malph in the popular 1970s TV show “Happy Days,” will join the all-star cast of the new play “Middletown” coming to Bucks County Playhouse More...
NPR’s Ophira Eisenberg performing at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope
Storyteller and comedian Ophira Eisenberg (host of NPR’s “Ask Me Another”) returns to Bucks County Playhouse for a one-night only performance on April 6 at 8 p.m. “Leaving A Mark” will also feature cameo More...
‘Guys and Dolls” is musical comedy perfection at Music Mountain Theatre in Lambertville
Adelaide and Nathan (Photo: Kasey Ivan) By John Dwyer “For the people all said ‘Sit down!'” is one of the lyrics of this musical. But the audience wasn’t paying attention as it rose to its feet More...
Guaranteed laughter and tears with ‘Steel Magnolias’ at Music Mountain Theatre in Lambertville
Photo: Kasey Ivan By John Dwyer “Steel Magnolias” is a play and a movie that one can come back to time and again, and it works its magic. You laugh and laugh at these iconic Southern ladies as they get More...
With the Oscars Near, Here are some Underrated Films at Your Local Library
Parts of The New Hope-Solebury collection (left) and Lambertville’s (right) The 91st Academy Awards are Sunday night, February 24. Theaters are quite far away from us, although On Demand options have made More...
‘Buddy’ at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope shakes the rafters with rock n’ roll
(L to R) Matt Cusack, Andy Christopher, Zach Cossman and Maximilian Sangerman (Photo: Mark Garvin) By John Dwyer One of the most iconic powerful cultural statements: “The day the music died.” This reference More...
Stellar Performances in ‘Aida’ at Music Mountain Theatre in Lambertville
By John Dwyer Ben Brantley is a jerk! Oh, I am sorry. That was a moment of Tourette’s for me. If you are not familiar with the name, he is unarguably the most important theater critic in America and writes More...
