October Events Announcements At The Bucks County Playhouse

NEW HOPE, Pa. - Sept. 28, 2015 - PRLog -- PRESS/MEDIA Contact:

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OCTOBER EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE

Rodgers and Hammerstein Film Festival

And Fall Events for the Whole Family

New Hope, PA (9/28/15) – (BCP):– Bucks County Playhouse proudly announces its calendar of fall festivities that make New Hope the place to be this October. The inaugural Rodgers and Hammerstein Film Festival October 2-3 will honor the legacy of legendary composer and Bucks County native Oscar Hammerstein. The revelry will continue all month long starting with a Beer Garden on October 3in the Playhouse Courtyard, pumpkin painting and carving in the middle of the month, and an all new Halloween drag show hosted by the fabulous Miss Pumpkin.

The Rodgers and Hammerstein Film Festival will feature three favorites from the movie musical canon: THE KING & I on October 2 at 3pm, OKLAHOMA on October 3 at 3pm, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC on October 3 at 7:30pm. The series of beloved classics promises fun for the whole family.

October 3and 4 kick off the season of special fall events with a Fall Festival Beer Garden, serving fall beers, hot and cold cider, and pumpkin martinis. This October-festive Beer Garden will take place in the Playhouse courtyard overlooking the beautiful Aquetong Creek.

October 10, 11, and 18 will be $5 pumpkin painting for all ages. This will be from 12pm to 4pm each day. For pumpkin lovers over the age of 21, October 17’s pumpkin carving will be from 2pm-6pm and will feature drink specials at the Riverview Café. The best voted pumpkin will win a $25 Bucks County Playhouse gift card and a Bucks County Playhouse merchandise gift basket.

Drag queens from near and far will descend upon the Playhouse on October 27 for the “It’s The Great Pumpkin: A Halloween Drag Spook-tacular,” hosted by none other than the local icon Miss Pumpkin herself.  The show will start at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15 for presale general admission, $25 general admission at the door, and $50 for cabaret seating, which includes a split of champagne and a Halloween mask.

For more information, or to purchase tickets to the Rodgers & Hammerstein Film Festival or any of the Buck County Playhouse special events, please visit: www.buckscountyplayhouse.org.

ABOUT THE BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE

Bucks County Playhouse, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, is the oldest and largest professional Equity performing arts center in Bucks County, and provides the finest theatrical entertainment for visitors and residents of New Hope, Doylestown, Lambertville and the Delaware Valley.  Under the direction of Tony Award-winning Producers Alexander Fraser and Robyn Goodman, its mission is to present first class professional entertainment and regain the Playhouse’s historic place in the national theatrical landscape; and to stimulate, support, inspire and celebrate the performing arts via community programs, partnerships and arts education.

Located between Philadelphia and New York, Bucks County Playhouse opened in 1939 in a converted 1790 gristmill after a group of community activists, led by Broadway orchestrator Don Walker and playwright Moss Hart, rallied to save the building.  The Playhouse quickly became one of the country’s most famous regional theaters, featuring a roster of American theatrical royalty including Helen Hayes, Kitty Carlisle, George S. Kaufman, Grace Kelly, Robert Redford, Bert Lahr, Walter Matthau, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Alan Alda, Tyne Daly, Liza Minnelli and Audra McDonald and remained in continuous operation until December 2010. In 2012, the Playhouse re-opened thanks to the efforts of the Bridge Street Foundation, the nonprofit family foundation of Kevin and Sherri Daugherty, and Broadway producer Jed Bernstein.

Since its renovation, significant productions include Terrence McNally’s Mothers and Sons starring Tyne Daly which moved to Broadway and was nominated for two Tony Awards; Misery by William Goldman based on the Stephen King novel which opens on Broadway in fall, 2015, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, starring Marilu Henner and playwright Christopher Durang, and this summer’s hit production of Company starring Justin Guarini, which the Wall Street Journal claimed “borders on the miraculous.  The Playhouse is surely headed back into the spotlight.”

Visit the box office Tuesdays-Saturdays, 12pm to 5pm, Sunday, 12pm to 5pm, or call (215) 862-2121.