Best Theaters & Live Shows for Kids
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Philadelphia Film Society Center
Storied venue for film & live arts shows. Old-school performance venue hosting classic film screenings plus opera, dance & other events.
Miller Theater
Sizable, elegant performing arts venue. Expansive, stylish theater for performing arts productions, including Broadway shows.
InterAct Theatre Company at The Proscenium Theatre
Thought-provoking plays in a small space. Socially conscious troupe puts on shows in an intimate 106-seat space in the Adrienne Theater.
The Wilma Theater
300-seat theater for live productions. This modern, 300-seat theater has been showcasing original productions since 1973.
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Multi-space performing arts complex. This glass & steel space is home to the city's orchestra, plus ballet, opera, drama & student works.
MacGuffin Theatre and Film Company
Children's theater with acting classes. Performing arts venue featuring drama classes & summer camps for children, plus plays & musicals.
Plays & Players Theatre
Landmark theater for emerging artists. Built in 1912, this intimate theater with a balcony now showcases emerging & local playwrights.
Forrest Theatre
Historic venue for concerts & plays. Enormous venue built in 1927 with a lengthy theatrical history hosting touring shows & musical acts.
Lantern Theater Company
Venue for classic & modern performances. Intimate facility for traditional, contemporary & original plays staged by a local theater troupe.
Walnut Street Theatre
America's oldest playhouse. Founded in 1809, this National Historic Landmark theater is the nation's oldest playhouse.
Landmark's Ritz Five
Cinema with foreign & independent films. Art-house cinema screening independent, foreign & documentary films.
Arden Theatre Company
Performance space for plays. Regional theater group stages plays in 2 separate venues along with educational & community efforts.
Theatre of The Living Arts
Midsize concert venue. Midsize, former art-house cinema hosting up-&-coming musicians of many genres.
Theatre Exile
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The Fillmore Philadelphia
Sizable concert venue with a full bar. This large, industrial-style place with a full bar & balconies showcases a lineup of music artists.
Pig Iron Theatre Company
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The Ritz Theatre Company
Local productions in a historic theater. The 472-seat Ritz hosts youth programs & Main Stage productions year-round, plus an art gallery.
Colonial Playhouse
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Storybook Musical Theatre
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Lang Performing Arts Center
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Keswick Theatre
Concerts in a renovated 1928 theater. Built in 1928 as a vaudeville/movie theater, this 1,300-seat space now hosts diverse music acts.
Players Club of Swarthmore
Venue for community theater productions. This long-running, intimate theater features a range of programming for children & adults.
Villanova Theatre
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Media Theatre For The Performing Arts
Vintage venue presenting musicals. This historic theater, built in 1927, offers musicals, shows for kids & classes.
Hedgerow Theatre
Historic backdrop for plays & classes. Professional regional theater performances & all-ages acting classes in a 19th-century mill.
Broadway Theatre of Pitman
Storied venue for musicals & concerts. Renovated 1920s-era venue hosting musical productions, children's theater & concerts.
AMC Neshaminy 24
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Archmere Academy Performing Arts Theater
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Bristol Riverside Theatre
Riverfront venue for new & classic plays. Professional theater set in a riverfront space, presenting new & enduring plays & musicals.
The Candlelight Theatre
Unique dinner theater in a red barn. Rustic spot for buffet dinners amid live performances inside a big red barn.
Frank Stephens Memorial Theatre, Arden Shakespeare Gild, Field Theatre
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AMC DINE-IN Painters Crossing 9
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Regal Brandywine Town Center
Standard venue for new releases. Theater complex with multiple screens featuring new release films, plush seating & concession stand.
Regal UA Oxford Valley
Standard venue for new releases. Theater complex with multiple screens featuring new release films, plush seating & concession stand.
Sesame Place Philadelphia
Sesame Street-themed amusement park. Big Sesame Street-themed amusement park with rides, interactive parade, water slides & Elmo's World.
The Blue Moon Theatre
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Newtown Theatre
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Wilmington Drama League
1930s venue for community theater. 1930s playhouse & performing arts venue with intimate seating hosting local community productions.
Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center
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The Playhouse on Rodney Square
Historic venue for Broadway shows & more. Broadway musicals, stand-up comedy & concerts showcased in a luxe venue at the Hotel du Pont.
Theatre N
First-run indie & foreign films. 221-seat theater in a renovated 14-story 1935 building shows first-run indie & foreign films.
The Grand Opera House
Historic arts venue with live shows. Opulent 1871 building featuring opera, symphony, ballet & other live performances.
Delaware Children's Theatre
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The Queen
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Delaware Shakespeare
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Delaware Theatre Company
Classic & modern plays in intimate venue. Professional acting group performing classic, modern & youth plays in a small riverfront theater.
Penn Cinema Riverfront 14 + IMAX
Current movies in optional IMAX or 3D. Movie theater with IMAX & 3D capability screening first-run films & classic movies occasionally.
Midnight Productions
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ActorsNET of Bucks County
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Patriots Theater at the War Memorial
Grand concert hall with performances. Stately, bi-level theater with a proscenium stage showcasing a range of well-known music artists.
Mill Hill Playhouse
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Passage Theatre Company - Venue
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Regal Independence Plaza
Standard venue for new releases. Theater complex with multiple screens featuring new release films, plush seating & concession stand.
Bordentown Performing Arts Center
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Cinemark Wilmington Movies 10
Movie theater with stadium seating. Chain of movie theaters, some with multiple screens, stadium seats & self-service ticketing kiosks.
Bucks County Playhouse
Historic local mainstay for musicals. Former gristmill is now a theater space for musical revivals, dramas, children's shows & live music.
Cinemark Christiana and XD
Movie theater with stadium seating. Theater complex with multiple screens, all-stadium seating & self-service ticketing kiosks.
Music Mountain Theatre
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The Landis Theater
Art deco venue for live music & events. Originally built as a movie palace in 1937, this 750-seat art deco theater hosts concerts & events.
Kelsey Theatre
Venue for theater, dance & music. Home to a modern dance ensemble, symphonic band & 12 resident & semi-professional theater companies.
AMC MarketFair 10
Movie theater showing new releases. Basic theater with stadium-style seating & snack bar, showing new releases & discounted matinees.
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