Performing Arts

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theater

• AS YOU LIKE IT Shakespeare in Clark Park is back for year three, this time with a romantic comedy. Set designer Dirk Durossette blended Clark Park's real trees with sculptural ones to create the Forest of Arden, and Andrew Nelson of the Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret is taking care of the music. Directed by Maria Möller. Runs through Aug. 3, FREE , Clark Park, 43rd St. & Baltimore Ave., 215-462-2115.

 

 

• THE JUNGLE BOOK Put on your loincloth and join Mowgli on his adventure, based on the book by Rudyard Kipling. Expect to encounter at least one fierce evil tiger and many meddlesome monkeys. Music and lyrics by Daniel Levy; directed by Erin Mullen. Runs through August 2. Runs through Aug. 2, $29-$46, DeSales University, 2755 Station Ave., Center Valley, 610-282-WILL.

 

 

• KING LEAR Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents the tragedy of an aging King and his family. Powerful stuff in iambic pentameter. Directed by Fontaine Syer. Runs through August 3. Runs through Aug. 3, $29-$41, DeSales University, 2755 Station Ave., Center Valley, 610-282-9455.

 

 

• PRIVATE LIVES A divorced couple remarries and winds up honeymooning in adjacent rooms. Written by Noel Coward; directed by Paul Mullins. Runs through Aug. 31, F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Ave., Madison, N.J., 973-403-5600.

 

 

• THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL Based on the 20th-century novel about the French Revolution, this musical combines action, adventure and a love story. Runs through Aug. 9, 8pm, $15-$18, the Grand Theatre, 405 Main St., Williamstown, NJ, 856-863-1775.

 

 

• SHAKESPEARE'S R&J Four young men at a strict preparatory school discover the bard's tragic love story and assume the roles of all the characters. Directed by Peter Reynolds. Runs through Aug. 23, $15-$20, Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St., 215-923-8909.

 

 

• THE SHAPE OF THINGS Neil Labute's love story with a sick twist takes place on a small-town college campus and will make you even more wary of art students. Directed by Carol Laratonda. Runs through Aug. 10, $20-$25, Plays & Players Theater, 1714 Delancey St., 215-735-0630.

 

 

• THERE GOES THE BRIDE Think "Father of the Bride" but add in a pair of senile grandparents, crazy Australian inlaws and an emotional bride-to-be. Directed by Penelope Reed. Runs through Aug. 31. Runs through Aug. 31, Hedgerow Theatre, 164 W. Rose Valley Rd., Media, 610-565-4211.

  opera

• CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA AND I PAGLIACCI The first piece, a one-act drama by Pietro Mascagni, explores the lives of a womanizing soldier, and one unhappy lady. The second, written and composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo, tells the tragic story of a traveling group of players. Through Aug. 9, $15-$20, Delaware Valley Opera Co., 1731 Chandler St.t, 215-725-4171.