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What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

Things will be quiet in these listings over the next few weeks, since Philadelphia’s theatre community will be all about the Fringe till mid-September. We’ll have extensive Fringe coverage here on Phillyist, but we didn’t want you to forget about the other shows going on, too. Now, on with the listings!

This week's quote comes from the late great Charles Dickens: "It is a hopeless endeavour to attract people to a theatre unless they can be first brought to believe that they will never get in." Now, on with the listings! (And don’t be dismayed—just because it’s quiet, doesn’t mean there’s not some great theatre to catch. Besides, the summer’s almost over, which means Fringe is coming!)

, the play we start our listings with – and it’s also used as the subtitle in an Edward Albee play. The quote is, of course, all about love, and goes something like this:

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free Movie in the Park: PDR Movie Night in Conshohocken-Windemere Park (3900 Conshohocken Ave) presents Lion King at 8pm. 2nd Tuesdays at The World Cafe: Local chanteuses Vanida Gail and Lili Anel perform at The World Cafe (3025 Walnut Street) at 8PM. $7 Monte Irvin: Here's a library event for you sports fan, Hall of Famer and Negro League Baseball Star, Monte Irvin, will be speaking at the Central Library (1901 Vine Strett) at 7PM.Free. At the North Star: Peter Kurie & Mad Ludwig with Matthew O'Neill / Spinning Lucy / Seizure 17 / Semi-Erotic Shapes at 8PM at The North Star (27th and Poplar). $5 Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the wealth!

First and foremost, I’d like to say that Editor Jim stole my male bovid with udder thunder. As a veterinary student, I have a unique perspective on farm animals. So, with zoological and medical authority, I can state this: this movie sucks. This movie was rotten the minute the first lines of dialogue were haltingly typed out, so there’s no way that I can ‘spoil’ it further, but you should be aware, from this point on, the review will not attempt to conceal any of the ‘surprises’ this ‘gem’ of a ‘movie’ may contain. (As my viewing companion and fellow Phillyist reader Alexis said, “Usually you don’t tell a parent he’s got an ugly baby. But in this case, we need to warn you. This is one ugly baby.)

The idea of a stage is always tempting for Phillyist, so imagine how tempting it must have been for a master of the absurd like Eugene Ionesco, who once said: “I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage, turn it into a racehorse, then into a hat, a song, a dragoon and a fountain of water. One can dare anything in the theatre and it is the place where one dares the least.” Now, on with the listings! (And don’t be dismayed – just because it’s a quiet week doesn’t mean there’s not some great theatre to catch!)

This week’s quote comes from the great Ben Kingsley. It’s actually advice to film actors, but Kingsley has acted on the stage before (and how!), and we’re sure he’d give the same advice to stage actors. The advice goes: “You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that's what the storyteller is, and I think it's important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it's all about them, when in reality it's all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen.” Now, on with the listings! (And don’t be dismayed – just because it’s a quiet week doesn’t mean there’s not some great theatre to catch!)

I think we all know what that lyric comes from. Now, on with the listings! (And don’t be dismayed – just because it’s a quiet week doesn’t mean there’s not some great theatre to catch!)

This week’s quote comes from Tallulah Bankhead, the famous actress from days of yore. The entire quote actually reads: “It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.” Now, on with the listings!

This week’s quote comes from Stella Adler, who said “The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time.” Meanwhile, we’re sorry we didn’t have any listings for you last week. If you’ll recall, we were having some server issues. But they’re better now, and here we are to catch you up. Now, on with the listings!

This week's quote has been extracted from a much longer one by Sarah Bernhardt that reads: "The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions." Now, on with the listings!

On Wednesday, Phillyist got to spend some quality time with the very successful Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, best known as the team behind GoPhila.com. The GPTMC has been around for ten years now and it's happy to be starting year eleven with a bang. The afternoon's press conference at the Bellevue marked the official launch of Boundless Philadelphia, the GPTMC's new eco-friendly tourism campaign that will emphasize all the outdoor activities that Philly has to offer, and the relaunch of the "Philly's More Fun When You Sleep Over" campaign, complete with new Pajama Man and an all-singing, all-dancing Broadway-inspired commercial, set to launch June 11, which is (coincidentally?) the night of the Tonys. Between the press conference and the birthday party that happened after, we've now heard the new jingle at least six times, and we've already got it mostly memorized. (We will warn you, however, about some accidental Ben Franklin/Liberty Bell violence.)

, this show is for you. Playing at the Prince Music Theatre, downtown, October 1-30.

- The tale of two friends who reunite and find that living their dreams isn’t as perfect as they’d thought it would be. Philadelphia premiere. September 28-October 15, Adrienne Theatre. For tickets and information, see The Flashpoint Theatre Company’s ticketing site.