{"id":22014,"date":"2025-10-30T00:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/22014\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T00:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:29:18","slug":"a-fresh-take-on-the-snow-queen-arrives-at-the-wilma-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/22014\/","title":{"rendered":"A fresh take on \u2018The Snow Queen\u2019 arrives at the Wilma this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wilma Theater will stage a new adaptation of &#8220;The Snow Queen&#8221; this November, offering a contemporary spin on Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s enduring story. The production runs Nov. 11 through Nov. 23 at the theater on Broad Street in Center City.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Yury Urnov, the play follows a young girl named Gerda on her journey to rescue her best friend from the Snow Queen\u2019s icy realm. The story explores themes of friendship, courage and compassion, combining humor and striking visuals to reimagine the familiar fairy tale for today\u2019s audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The adaptation is based on a version by Russian playwright Evgeny Schwartz, translated by Mike Lion and Ethan Gotlieb Wilcox. It\u2019s recommended for ages 7 and up.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets start at $56, with discounts available for students, educators and groups. Preview performances on Nov. 11 and 12 are \u201cPay-What-You-Wilma,\u201d and the theater will host a relaxed performance on Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. Select shows will include open captioning and audio description.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets and showtimes are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/wilmatheater.org\/event\/the-snow-queen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wilmatheater.org<\/a> or by calling 215-546-7824.<\/p>\n<p><a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/wilmatheater.org\/event\/the-snow-queen\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Snow Queen&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Runs Nov. 11-23<br \/>The Wilma Theater<br \/>265 S Broad Street<br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19107<\/p>\n<p>This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the editorial staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wilma Theater will stage a new adaptation of &#8220;The Snow Queen&#8221; this November, offering a contemporary spin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,7955,339,122,124,123,14669,905],"class_list":{"0":"post-22014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-performances","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-queens","14":"tag-queens-headlines","15":"tag-queens-news","16":"tag-the-wilma-theater","17":"tag-theater"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}