1812 Productions
1812 Productions
This Is The Week That Is
1812 Productions’ perennial smash holiday show This Is The Week That Is returns for its fifth year to give you the breakdown on local, national, and world events as only 1812 can. Stimulus packages, nuclear arms, healthcare, dog curbing in South Philly—they’re all fair game in a script that changes nightly—and sometimes even at intermission!
Let's Pretend We're Married
Let’s Pretend We’re Married, the smash hit of 1812’s 08-09 season returns for a special limited engagement! Starring Tony Braithwaite and Jennifer Childs, Let’s Pretend We’re Married features original material as well as classic cuts from Burns and Allen to The Bickersons, and is packed with songs of love by everyone from Irving Berlin to Prince! With all NEW material added for Valentine’s Day, don’t miss your chance to see what all the fuss is about!
Happily Ever After...
You’ve seen her in 1812’s smash hit BatBoy and as Ella Cherry in 1812’s world premiere musical Cherry Bomb. Now, join us as three time Barrymore Award Winner Mary Martello brings you her hilarious and moving new cabaret about the lives of aging princesses. Come spend an evening with “the most beautiful voice in Philadelphia” as she looks at the bittersweet journey from ingénue to diva.
An Evening Without Woody Allen
Come spend a cool and classy evening with the work of an American comedy master. An Evening Without Woody Allen features classic tales like The Whore of Mensa, The Kugelmass Episode, A Brief But Helpful Guide to Civil Disobedience, and Hassidic Tales, with a Guide to Their Interpretation by the Noted Scholar among many other hilarious accounts of nebbishes, yentas, and bubbalas. With three performers and one spotlight, 1812 Productions presents another exclusive world premiere comedy experience.
This Is The Week That Is
1812’s signature take on political satire is back by popular demand, shining the comedic light of truth on the new administration, local politics and the economic shake-down. With Tony at the news desk, Patsy from South Philly, and a script that changes nightly, This Is The Week That Is will be the perfect stimulus package for your holiday season.
The First Day of School
What happens in suburbia stays in suburbia. But when a group of devoted parents decide to make their childrens’ first day of school a “first” of their own, they turn their quiet little lives upside-down and give a whole new meaning to the term “physical education.”