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March 19, 2008

The Value of Nothing: This Week in Philadelphia Theatre

OSCAR WILDE - MERRION SQUARE

This week's quote comes from Oscar Wilde, who penned The Importance of Being Earnest, opening tomorrow at the Ritz Theatre Co. It runs in full: "A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. " Now, on with the listings!

Going to See the Elephant - What about the lions and tigers? March 28-April 12. Ticket information online.

The Importance of Being Earnest - And loyal, and hard-working... March 20-April 20. Tickets online.

Pericles - Time is the king of men; Pericles is the Prince of Tyre. March 26-May 18. Tickets online.

Quartet - It's not a barbershop. March 25-April 13. Tickets online.

Third - Strike, you're out. March 21-April 20. Tickets online.

Annie - Tomorrow, tomorrow. March 21-23. Tickets online.

Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead - Umm... Ouch? Through March 30. Tickets online.

Romeo & Juliet - Wherefore art thou? Through May 17. Tickets online.

Brothers-in-Law - Certainly preferable to mothers-in-law! Through April 6. Tickets online.

Copenhagen - BOOM. Through March 30. For tickets, call 215.785.0100.

The Lonesome West - But the east is simply too crowded. Through April 13. Tickets online.

The Odd Couple - Oh come on, people. You know you're humming the theme song, too. Through April 27. Tickets online.

Smoke on the Mountain - Fire in the sky. Through April 13. Tickets online.

Steel Magnolias - They look great in arrangements with titanium peonies. Through March 29. Tickets online.

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story - And you're Mary Tyler Moore. Through March 30. Tickets online.

Getting Out - It's not as shocking as coming out. Through March 30. Tickets online.

Have a Nice Life - Thanks! You too! Through March 23. Tickets online.

The Piano Lesson - Do you start with "Chopsticks" or "Heart and Soul"? Through April 6. Tickets online.

Six Degrees of Separation - Here's one: Kevin Bacon and Judi Dench. Go. Through March 22. Tickets online.

Twelfth Night - If music be the food of love, play on! Through March 22. Tickets online.

West Side Story - Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Manhattan where we lay our scene? Through May 18. Tickets and reservations at 302.475.2313.

Something Cloudy, Something Clear - Something borrowed, and something blue. Through March 22. Tickets online.

The Glass Menagerie - Stone-throwing not allowed. Through March 22. Tickets online.

Wittenberg - Site of the 95 theses. Through March 23. Tickets online.

ComedySportz - You know Whose Line Is It Anyway? Yeah, it's kinda like that. Open run. Tickets online.

The N Crowd - More local improv. Open ended run. Tickets and information online.

Tony n' Tina's Wedding - It's like My Big Fat Greek Wedding for a South Philly audience. Open run. Tickets and information at 1.800.660.TINA.

Menopause: The Musical - The name says it all, doesn't it? Open run. Tickets online.

If you've got a theater listing in the Philadelphia area, let us know! Also feel absolutely free to post other listings on the comments page!

Photo by Flickr user infomatique. The accompanying caption reads: "In Merrion Square, inside the north west corner gateway, there's a gaudy statue of Oscar Wilde composed of different coloured stone, sitting on a large granite boulder. This has been called at least once The Queer with the Leer, The Fag on the Crag or The Quare in the Square ('quare' being a dialectal Irish pronunciation of queer)." How could we not share that tidbit?


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