2 Best Performing Arts Venues in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Opened in 1939, this regional theater in an 18th-century mill by the Delaware continues a long tradition of staging musicals (Broadway revivals and new works, with top-quality performers) and plays. Performances are year-round, with the main shows generally staged May through December. The Deck Restaurant and Bar at the Playhouse ( playhousedeck.com), with fabulous river views, is open whether or not a performance is scheduled.

One of those independent throwbacks of which Doylestown residents are so proud, the nonprofit, community-based County Theater is an Art Deco movie house that screens foreign and independent films.