This Weekend's Top Five List March 24 - 26, 2017

If you love theater, this weekend's Top 5 List is for you. Pennsylvania's Americana Region is bursting with theatrical activities. You'll find an assortment of happenings that include children's theater, community theater, movie theater showings, even something from the Big White Way. Pick your favorites from This Weekend's Top 5 List and get moving!

The Fisherman and His Wife  March 24 at 7:00 PM, March 25 at 2:00 PM, Miller Center for the Arts  - Adapted from the Folktale by the Brother’s Grimm, a kind-hearted fisherman, his wife, and an enchanted flounder are brought to life through music and interactive theater.

STOMP  March 24 at 8:00 PM, Santander Performing Arts Center - The performers “make a rhythm out of anything we can get our hands on that makes a sound,” says co-founder/director Luke Cresswell. Both household and industrial objects find new life as musical instruments in the hands of an idiosyncratic band of body percussionists.

The Laramie Project  March 24, 25 at 8:00 PM, March 26 at 2:00 PM, Steel River Playhouse - Matthew Shepard, a 21 year-old student at the University of Wyoming in 1998, was kidnapped, beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of a prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips following this to Laramie to interview 200+ citizens of Laramie, leading to this moving and touching theatrical experience.

Sensory Friendly Movies: Beauty and the Beast  March 25 at 10:00 AM, Fox Berkshire - Fox Berkshire designed sensory friendly movie experiences for children with autism to enjoy viewing films in a positive and accepting environment. The sound is low, the lights are up, and children can stand up and sing, move and shout.

Odd Squad Live!  March 25 at 3:00 PM & 6:30 PM, Santander Performing Arts Center - ODD SQUAD LIVE! is springing into action on stage in this action-packed, laugh-out-loud adventure where kids of all ages get to participate in solving a seriously strange case.

Check back weekly for ideas on where to go and what to do on This Weekend's Top 5 List.