We’ve seen many a great all-ages play and musical at the Arden Theatre in Old City Philadelphia, with many a great actor [waves hi to Ben Dibble & Alex Keiper & Jeffrey Coon & Rachel Camp!] gracing the stage, but the Arden’s Snow White cast of two, Nastassja Whitman & […]
The first time my wife and I ventured into the swamp with Arnold Lobel’s Frog & Toad we had my niece with us. She was 6 years old, wide-eyed, and entranced by Ben Dibble’s Toad and Jeff Coon’s Frog. That niece of mine is wrapping up her first semester at […]
As is customary once the curtain closes on most all children’s stage productions, the cast and crew of the Arden’s Stinky Cheese Man (their latest gem in the crown of Philadelphia’s family theater scene) made themselves available for questions from wide-eyed kiddos who maybe had just gotten their first ever […]
Philadelphia area families can choose from a trio of theatrical treats in and around the city this holiday season. Here’s a rundown of what’s worth seeing on stage in Philly with your kids now and through the beginning of 2015. Murray the Elf and the Case of the Stolen Sleighbells […]
Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre is not messing around this season. Often, the city’s finest venue for top-notch family theater will throw a curveball into the mix, a Flea and the Professor for example. But for the 2014/15 season, it is all fastballs, high and tight. Leading off the duo of children’s […]
The Arden Theatre’s current production of Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat (on stage through 6/29) is a surrealist dream in a frame hung low enough on the crooked wall allowing a child to stare directly into it with wide eyes and an even wider smile. With an opening […]
Based on the books by Louis Sachar, the Arden’s Sideways Stories from Wayside School is a trippy scholastic rabbit hole well worth falling into with your kids.
The Arden, the gem in the crown of Delaware Valley children’s theater scene, has announced their two ’13/’14 family productions and annual Drama School Open House. First the new season: Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Adapted by John Olive from the books by Louis Sachar, will run from December 4, […]
