The Bucks County Playhouse is the State Theater of Pennsylvania, and is located in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
When the Hope Mills burnt in 1790, the grist mills were rebuilt as the New Hope Mills by Benjamin Parry. (The town was renamed for the mills).
They were saved from demolition in the 1930s and purchased by a group including playwright Moss Hart. Renovations converting the building into a theatre began in 1938. The first show opened there on 1 July 1939, Springtime for Henry featuring Edward Everett Horton.
The Bucks County Playhouse became a popular summer theater. It was the starting point for many actors and became a place where plays slated for Broadway were tried out.
The Bucks County Playhouse also includes children's theater every summer.
The Bucks County Playhouse's sister theatre is the Pocono Playhouse in Mountainhome, Pennsylvania
Memorable productions
- Jenny Kissed Me by Jean Kerr (1963)
- Time Out For Ginger by Ronald Alexander (1964), with Liza Minnelli
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