Theater

A staged reading of "Spit Out the Poison" will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 29. at Touchstone Theatre.

Shows for “Ladies, How Dare You!” at Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts are this weekend, at 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10.

The four-day festival will feature performances by Kinetic Light, a disability arts ensemble and a Latin fest. It starts Thursday, Oct. 3, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 6.

"Rooted" is a collaboration between founders of Godfrey Daniels, Touchstone Theatre, Mock Turtle Marionette Theatre and the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. The public is invited to part of the filming on Saturday, Sept. 7, at Payrow Plaza.

Through this month, the symphony is offering a 10% discount on tickets to its popular Holiday Pops concert on Dec. 21 and Repertory Dance Theatre's "Nutcracker" on Dec. 7-8, both at Miller Symphony Hall at 23 S. 6th St., Allentown.

The horror-themed circus will be in town from Thursday, July 4 to Sunday, July 7.

Enjoy an array of musical and theater performances, plus children's activities starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, July 6 at DeSales University.

The free performance will take place starting at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 29 at the Rose Garden.

A feature film, "The Next Play," is set to be shot in the Lehigh Valley in July 2025. The field hockey-themed drama also touches on pressure and suicide concerns that student-athletes face.

A show about vampires and a haunted magic show, just in time for Halloween, have been announced for October presentations at Easton's State Theatre. Also announced for October are shows focused on a popular children's character and a tribute to two iconic piano men.

Considered by friends and colleagues a staple of the Lehigh Valley theater scene, 60-year-old Bill Mutimer died earlier this week. Tributes are pouring in from former students and local theater aficionados.

The musical, based off the Broadway show, debuted on Friday, Feb. 23 and runs through March 10.

The short film showcases the work of six community leaders and is streaming on YouTube.

Tickets for the 2024 summer season of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival go on sale Monday, Feb. 12.

With its workspace drastically reduced at the proposed Bethlehem Cultural Arts Center at the current site of the Banana Factory, the Pennsylvania Youth Theatre's search for a new venue continues

The Allentown Art Museum has new immersive and interactive exhibition called Restoring Petals. The artwork — which includes framed poems, resin pieces and paper flowers — reflects on the isolation of the pandemic and honors those who died from Covid-19.

Due to its lease not being renewed for 2024, the Pines Dinner Theatre in Allentown will be relocating.

The theatre, which opened in 1981, will hold its last production of “The Mad Ones.”

The Civic Theatre of Allentown is one of few venues across the Lehigh Valley showing "Our Father, the Devil," a debut that explores complex issues of vengeance and moral ambiguity via horror, inspiring dialogue amongst viewers.

WLVR's Brad Klein speaks with Mary Wright, the director of Touchstone Theatre's Festival UnBound, a five-day event that kicks off on Wednesday, Sept. 27. The festival combines theater, dance, art, poetry and music.

The five-day festival features songwriting, dance and poetry workshops, a performance by Jesse Rubens and an interactive performance about housing.

Bill George will present a solo retelling of Homer's classic Greek tale on Saturday, Sept. 16 and Sunday, Sept. 17.