Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre
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The Open Air Theatre in Washington Crossing State Park
in the City of Titusville, NJ, is a permanent venue with a three-month summer season. Several performing companies put on shows at the Theatre, with each show generally running for one or two weeks. Shows are often family classics and are usually Broadway revivals. The Theatre often runs favorite shows every few years; in 2007, such shows include The Wizard of Oz
, The Sound of Music
, and The King and I
.
Washington Crossing State Park
Washington Crossing State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is part of Washington's Crossing, a U.S. National Historic Landmark area. It is located in the Titusville section of Hopewell Township in Mercer County, north of Trenton along the Delaware River...
in the City of Titusville, NJ, is a permanent venue with a three-month summer season. Several performing companies put on shows at the Theatre, with each show generally running for one or two weeks. Shows are often family classics and are usually Broadway revivals. The Theatre often runs favorite shows every few years; in 2007, such shows include The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (adaptations)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum, which has been adapted into several different works, the most famous being the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland...
, The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
, and The King and I
The King and I
The King and I is a stage musical, the fifth by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The work is based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon and derives from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, who became governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in...
.