Stage Struck
Tickets and Information
SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 31, 1969
Closed Sep 8, 2002
Opened Dec 31, 1969
Closed Sep 8, 2002
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
R. J. Lewis' Stage Struck is a backstage tour, led by Lewis, of the once grand Genesis Theater. The writer/performer plays a bored security guard named Simon who rediscovers his love for theater through his exploration of the many stage trunks strewn about the dusty stage.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Society Hill Playhouse
507 S 8th St
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Society Hill Playhouse has the unique distinction of being Philadelphia's oldest professionally operated off-Broadway type theatre. Housed in the historic Garrick Hall, just one half-block off South Street, Society Hill Playhouse features two theatre [...] Read More
507 S 8th St
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Society Hill Playhouse has the unique distinction of being Philadelphia's oldest professionally operated off-Broadway type theatre. Housed in the historic Garrick Hall, just one half-block off South Street, Society Hill Playhouse features two theatre [...] Read More
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The recipe for the phenomenal success of vaudeville in the late 1890s to mid-1930s was simple: a full evening of diverse entertainment for the entire family at a cheap price. In R. J. Lewis' Stage Struck, the prices may have gone up, but the rest is vintage vaudeville.
More an ode to the old form than an example of the innovative style popularized by Bill Irwin and others, Stage Struck is a backstage tour, led by Lewis, of the once grand Genesis Theater. Portraying a bored security guard named Simon (who is referred to by his disembodied supervisor as number 21528), he begins to investigate the many trunks strewn about the dusty stage. From one of the old steamers springs Wilson, a w[...]