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    A delightful place To enjoy the evening in new hope
    Miche

    We're here to see "she loves me" They're very well organized! We came to get our tickets before the show started! Very wonderful staff helping us! Lots of wonderful staff have taken care of everything! Everyone did her job so well. This play was filled with excitement every second ! Such wonderful entertainers. The dancing was so magnificent! It was everything that you've loved in old movies! All the wonderful characters you get attached to!! The singing was so dreamy and so delightful!! Such wonderful entertainment again ! Thank you all for all your hard work. I had such a magnificent time in your hands.... (Jazz hands).

    Deborah W.

    Went today to see the show, She Loves Me. Very entertaining and laughs. Can't beat the beautiful location of this playhouse, in Bucks County, New Hope, Pa. Surrounded by water and a very nice restaurant attached to the theatre. The restaurant, The Playhouse Deck was conveniently located with the theatre. The food was a preset menu due to the fact that we were 45 people. We had a spring salad, surf and turf and a mousse dessert. Service was excellent and food, in my opinion, was fair. But, the day was sunny and the show was very good. A cute town to visit, with colorful stores and food choices. Great time of year to visit.

    Ten minutes before the start of Always...Patsy Cline
    Christopher C.

    Time once again for another brief update: The old lady and I like to meander down to New Hope every so often so see a show here because it brings back a lot of memories from this place's squirrely days 15-20 years ago. Totally different world back then in terms of the types of shows offered, the quality of the sets and the most definitely the ticket prices. Fast forward to today and everything is a million times more professional. We came down for the Saturday night performance of Always...Patsy Cline. Completely not my type of show but it makes the old lady happy, so whatever. The show is only two characters which in this case were Sally Struthers, of All in the Family fame, and Carter Calvert. Struthers narrates the true story of how early in Cline's (played by Calvert) career she runs into a superfan (played by Struthers) at a show in Houston and through a chance encounter spends the night at the fan's house and they remain friends until Cline died a few years later in a plane crash. The story is kept light and fluffy by Struthers who did her best to inject a fair amount of physical comedy and corny puns into it which is good because you could interpret a lot of Cline's life to be less than ideal and the show could be very sad if things were played differently. Calvert pops out in several costume changes and sings 25+ songs during the show. The songs mostly bear little meaning to what's going on in the show but her voice is very impressive as is the six piece live band on stage with them. Just to expound a bit about the band. To me they are actually the stars of the show. Most of the songs fall into the same rhythm, tempo and key but they are well played and they sound fantastic. The two main criticisms about the show would be that during several songs Calvert and Struthers get the crowd to clap along with the song. The problem with that is the band and the clapping is so loud that you can't hear Calvert's vocals. Whether that's an issue with the guy mixing the sound or if she had a sore throat and couldn't go any louder I don't know, but either way she was inaudible at times. The other issue is of course the ticket prices. While I certainly understand that this place has come a long way from the prior owner and his $20 el cheapo shows, $75 a ticket for this one I think is a bit much. While I have no idea how the shows for this run are selling, the one we saw was maybe 3/4 full and we scored 2nd row seats day of without issue. If you go: Don't forget that parking in town especially on weekends is a disaster. Their website does let you purchase valet in advance or you can pay the $20? to park in the theatre's lot if you can get there early enough or you can do the smart thing and park five minutes away in the huge lot at the Union Square shopping area for $4 for the entire night. The seats are comfortable but quarters are definitely on the tighter side. There really are no bad seats in terms of sight lines unless you are maybe in the first two rows on the sides up against the wall. The restrooms were mercifully updated when the theatre reopened but there are still lines before the show and during intermission due to the lack of capacity (i.e. one tiny stall on the men's side with an institutional latrine handling the rest.)

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    Piper H.

    Such a cool area and the playhouse stands as a great staple for theatre culture. The inside is beautiful as well and I wish I took pictures of it.

    The theater friendly cups they sell at the bar outside (very pricey). Mine is the glowing one - a themed cocktail called Sweet Transvestite
    Veronica K.

    I experienced my first play here at age 13, when I was just a sullen kid who would rather do anything other than see the production of Footloose I was dragged to. Though the past fourteen years have made my memories from that trip a bit foggy, there are certain things I remember. I remember that I actually enjoyed the performance, which was more than I expected from the trip. However, I also remember the playhouse being small and a bit run down. Back in those days it seemed most of their patrons were kids on field trips, myself included. It was small, it was kitschy, but it was also in need of renovations and revitalization. Back then it was just kind of there, a place for tourists to check off their list. After all these years I finally made my return, this time to see a musical I actually enjoy, Rocky Horror. I know that it's been running at the playhouse for quite some time and had always wanted to catch a show. This production was an interesting take on the source material - the set and costumes look more like they come out of Bioshock or Fallout than it's more glam rock roots. Personally I really liked this year's production and thought the performances were great. Some of the actors had truly incredible vocal range. If you're considering going, I would say you won't be disappointed. But how has the actual playhouse aged, you ask? After the renovations this is finally the venue it was supposed to be. The chairs are all newly upholstered and it seems like the floors have been re-done as well. The beauty of the smaller theater is that there isn't a bad seat in the house. Even if you're way in the back you'll still get a great view of the show. You can also purchase a variety of booze at the newly installed bars, but beware, the drinks are ridiculously expensive. Worse than theme park prices. This is mostly because they come in sealed containers for an additional one time fee, which isn't immediately obvious when you order. That being said, this theater is now actual competition for the theaters in Center City. It's just as nice as many of the theaters in the city I've been to, and it seems they are stepping up their game. I would definitely see another show here, and I'm, hoping they might do some more experimental productions in the future.

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    Great shows, lovely town to walk around and have dinner BCP has great entertainment very professional performances.

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    Me and my dear friend arranged for tickets for tonight's showing of Carole King: Home Again - Live…read moreIn Central Park. What a wonderful opportunity to see this independent film of this wonderful concert from 1973. There were too many moviegoers tonight probably because of the weather conditions outside. So there is lots of seating and opportunities to get some lovely, popcorn and drinks. The venue was very tidy . I'm really happy with the movie available tonight at something different and really enjoyable . I look forward to coming back again

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    Pretty awesome show! Came and saw The Nutcracker with my mom, sister and her boyfriend around…read moreChristmas time after winning some tickets. This theater was about 40 minutes from NE Philly, but worth the trip! We ended up getting seats up in the balcony so we had the chance to see everything, every detail of the ballet was viewed. The ballet was amazing! The dancers put on an awesome show and the production of the show was amazing as well. Everything from the music, to the concerts was well put together and I was stunned by how swiftly the dancers twirled and glided across the stage. The stage area was intimate and spacious, and surprisingly the seats were comfortable up in the balcony section.

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