Bucks County Playhouse I
by Kristia Adams
Title
Bucks County Playhouse I
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Kristia Adams
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Photograph - Photograph
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Bucks County Playhouse is located in New Hope, PA, right across the river from Lambertville, NJ. It is located at the site of a former gristmill that was built in 1790 by Benjamin Parry. The structure was facing demolition in the 1930's when a band of artists got together and rallied the local community to save the building. The Bucks County Playhouse was born. It had its first performance in 1939 and has been going ever since. BCP became "America's Most Famous Summer Theater" and has been graced with performances by many famous actors and actresses including Kim Hunter, Helen Hayes, Kitty Carlisle, George C. Scott, Colleen Dewhurst, Shirley Booth, Lillian Gish, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, James Daly, June Lockhart, Grace Kelly, Alfred Drake, Bert Lahr, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Leslie Nielsen, Bea Arthur, Walter Matthau, Bob Fosse, Richard Kiley, Angela Lansbury, Jack Klugman, Zero Mostel, Dick Van Dyke, Robert Redford, Howard Keel, Bernadette Peters, Rob Reiner, Alan Alda, Tyne Daly, Mike Nichols, Liza Minnelli, John Lithgow, James Whitmore, Jessica Walter, Kevin Kline, Andrea McArdle, George Segal, Audra McDonald, and many more.
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March 29th, 2015
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