Theater: New and Noteworthy
New This Week As You Like It (Ignoble Shakespeare Company, southwest end of Knight Park, Collingswood). Locals put on a free rendition of the likable Shakespeare comedy. Friday and Saturday at 6:30.
New This Week
As You Like It
(Ignoble Shakespeare Company, southwest end of Knight Park, Collingswood). Locals put on a free rendition of the likable Shakespeare comedy. Friday and Saturday at 6:30.
The Fifth Folio: Improvised Shakespeare (PHIT Comedy, 2030 Sansom St.). PHIT's newest house teams try their improv chops on the meatiest playwright of them all. 7:30 p.m., Wednesday.
Million Dollar Quartet (Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven, N.J.). Musical reenactment of a recording session with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Tuesday through Sept. 10.
Storyboard: Treasure Island (Hedgerow Theatre, Rose Valley). Storyboard rendition of the Stevenson classic, assisted by a local graphic artist. Friday through Sept. 17.
Which Reminds Me (Act II Playhouse, Ambler). The tireless Tony Braithwaite's one-man show based on theater stories, letters from patrons, and much more. Friday through Oct. 1.
Continuing
Reviewed by Hugh Hunter (H.H.) and John Timpane (J.T.).
Ah, Wilderness! (East Lynne Theatre Company, Cape May). Eugene O'Neill in a comic vein. A charming production, with good actors who evince a familiar world now much in the past. Ends Saturday. - H.H.
The Gin Game (Cape May Stage). The enduringly popular 1978 Pulitzer Prize winner, about a friendship at a nursing home. Through Sept. 22.
Godspell (Media Theatre, Media). This version features a cast of all ages and backgrounds. Ends Sunday.
Hairspray (Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven, N.J.) 1962 Baltimore is the setting for a crazy musical about dancing, family, and racial segregation. Lots of sparkle, energy, and personality in this production. Ends Sunday. - J.T.
Hero School (Theatre Horizon, Norristown). Interactive theater event between kid actors and audience of all ages, in a quest to achieve superhero status. Ends Sunday.
Other Desert Cities (Bucks County Playhouse). Brooke comes home for Christmas, thinking she has big news - but her parents have some of their own. Celebrity cast in a much-praised play. Ends Saturday.
Wreck of the Spanish Armada (Aerodrome, Cape May Airport). Bill Sterritt's love story/adventure. Monday-Thursday until Labor Day; then Friday-Sunday through mid-October.