Emmy Nominee Pinter is Dolly and "Dynasty"'s Thomson is Dracula at Bucks County

By Andrew Gans
September 30, 2005

Several television stars will be headed to Pennsylvania's Bucks County Playhouse this fall.

Joyce DeWitt — best known for her work as Janet on the hit sitcom "Three's Company" — is currently starring at the New Hope theatre as Momma Rose in Gypsy. The production of the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents musical will play through Oct. 9. DeWitt has numerous stage credits, including productions of The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Noises Off, Anything Goes, Olympus On My Mind, Chapter Two, Sweet Charity, Damn Yankees, Tartuffe and The Man Who Came to Dinner.

Gypsy will be followed by the Frank Balderston play Dracula. Gordon Thomson, who was Golden Globe-nominated for his work as Adam Carrington on the hit TV series "Dynasty," will star in the production, which will run Oct. 12-23. Thomson's other screen credits include "Santa Barbara," "Ryan's Hope," "The Young and the Restless," "Sunset Beach," "Silk Stalkings" and "The Nanny."

Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly! will then run Oct. 26-Nov. 6 at Bucks County. Emmy-nominated actress Colleen Zenk Pinter, who has played Barbara Ryan on "As the World Turns" since 1978, will star in the title role of the Tony-winning musical. Her real-life husband, Mark Pinter, will play opposite her as Horace Vandergelder. Mr. Pinter has also been seen on "As the World Turns" as well as on "All My Children."

The Bucks County Playhouse is located at 70 South Main Street in New Hope, PA. For tickets, call (215) 862-2041.