Grammy Award winner Cedric Gervais will DJ Halloween show at The Leonard in Scranton on Oct. 31
From a press release: It was announced today that Grammy Award-winning French DJ and producer Cedric Gervais will be spinning tracks during a Halloween show at The Leonard Theater in downtown Scranton on Monday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. Presented by DamnMillennial! Promotions, the event is 18+ and costumes are encouraged. Tickets, which are $30 […]
EXCLUSIVE: Rock band Trapt will perform at The Leonard Theater in Scranton on Dec. 11
From a press release: Southern California post-nu-metal quartet Trapt will perform at The Leonard Theater in downtown Scranton on Sunday, Dec. 11. The band which formed in 1998 has been a fan favorite since their hit “Headstrong” hit No. 1 number on the modern rock charts and cracked the Billboard 200 Top 20, peaking at […]
Boss Ladies of NEPA gathers women entrepreneurs for Scranton costume mixer on Oct. 14
From a press release: Network on Friday, business on Monday. Boss Ladies of NEPA is a group of motivated female entrepreneurs working quarterly to connect women in a casual atmosphere. They will be hosting a costume party mixer at The Leonard in downtown Scranton on Friday, Oct. 14 from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. that will spotlight […]
‘Toast!,’ a play composed of online reviews, comes to Scranton Oct. 1-2 and Wilkes-Barre Oct. 6-9
From a press release: Gaslight Theatre Company continues its 2016-17 season with its original production of “Toast!,” which premieres at the Scranton Fringe Festival on Saturday, Oct. 1 and Sunday, Oct. 2 and continues for a second weekend Oct. 6-9 at Gaslight Theatre Company in Wilkes-Barre Township. Conceived by local author, playwright, and director David Parmelee, the play is composed entirely of online reviews of products purchased on a popular shopping site. Not a word has been added – […]
NEPA Art Fair showcases art with music and comedy for free at The Leonard in Scranton April 1-2
From a press release: Art, music, and comedy – you’ll find all three at the NEPA Art Fair on Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2 at The Leonard in downtown Scranton. The NEPA Art Fair is an art exhibit created to showcase the work of prominent artists from the region who are locally, nationally, […]
Macabre musical ‘Presenting the Spectrettes’ mixes death with ’60s pop music
The show premieres at the Scranton Fringe Fest this weekend
Get out your avocado green Koss headphones you bought on eBay and spin your vintage LP of The Supremes in preparation for “Presenting the Spectrettes,” a 1960s-inspired musical that premieres during the Scranton Fringe Festival on Friday, Oct. 2 and runs through Sunday, Oct. 4 at The Leonard Theater. Set in the early ‘60s, the […]
‘Intimate Moments’ of speed dating unfold in new comedy at the Scranton Fringe Festival Oct. 2-4
From a press release: Dating and finding the right partner to spend your life with isn’t easy, so sometimes you’re willing to try anything – even speed dating! In “Intimate Moments,” a new play that will premiere at the Scranton Fringe Festival on Oct. 2-4 at The Leonard Theater, Sean decides to take his chances […]
Meet Thaz Whalen, general manager of the Scranton scene’s new hope, The Leonard Theater
Dunmore man scores his dream job, but feels the pressure to help revive a struggling area
efore it can ever be brought up, Thaz Whalen cuts to the chase and addresses the elephant in the room or, in this case, the theater – his next few moves could help make or break the Scranton arts and entertainment scene for many years to come. It may sound like hyperbole, but his responsibility […]
Scranton Fringe Festival lineup for The Leonard Theater announced
From a press release: The schedule/line-up for the inaugural Scranton Fringe Festival, a new four-day event set for Oct. 1-4 that will feature all types of performance artists across multiple locations in the city, will be announced over the next two weeks venue by venue. The first schedule announced is for The Leonard Theater (335 […]
12 questions with Johnny Cash tribute artist David Stone
Stone performs this Saturday at The Leonard in Scranton
Like an old record collection that has been rediscovered, The Leonard in downtown Scranton is being dusted off and given new life, starting this year with “David Stone: The Johnny Cash Experience” on Saturday, June 6. It’s appropriate, then, that the venue’s newly named General Manager Thaz Whalen owns “a ridiculous Johnny Cash collection.” “I’ve […]
