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8 unusual facts about Walnut Street Theatre


Gregory Michael

At a young age, Michael was active in community theater, portraying lead characters in the musicals Blood Brothers, The Music Man, and Damn Yankees, which were performed at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Laurie Beechman

This was quickly followed by a new production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia.

Michael Bamberger

Bamberger's play Bart & Fay, about the longtime relationship between Bart Giamatti and Fay Vincent, was performed in 1996 at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia.

Paul Schoeffler

He has also acted on stages such as Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre, portraying characters such as Don Quixote from Man of La Mancha, Javert from Les Mis, and Captain Hook from Peter Pan; and Sweet Charity among others.

He originated the role of the German developer, Hertz, in the Broadway cast of Rock Of Ages and will return to the role on October 26, 2009, following a 3-month absence where he played Lawerence Jameson in the Walnut Street Theatre production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Musical.

Susan Webb Cushman

In 1842 Susan was a member and Charlotte a stage manager of the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, where Vandenhoff performed for six nights for $180.

Walnut Street Theatre

Edwin Booth and John Sleeper Clarke purchased the theatre in 1865, and then the theatre became part of The Shubert Organization in 1941.

William Rufus Blake

He was, at different times, stage manager of the Tremont Theatre, Boston, joint manager of the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and stage manager of the Broadway Theatre, New York.


Cape May Stage

In 2008, the theatre’s production of Arthur Miller’s “The Price” which starred Robert Prosky and his two sons, transferred to The Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, the nation’s oldest theatre, and then to Theatre J in Washington D.C. to be part of a national Miller celebration.

Lynne Wintersteller

She has also appeared in Regional theatre productions at such theatres as the Kennedy Center, the Walnut Street Theatre, the Alley Theatre, the Goodspeed Opera House, and Syracuse Stage to name just a few.


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