For more than half a century, Dan Flynn played dozens of leading men at theaters across the Lehigh Valley.

Among his many roles, Flynn was Sky Masterson in “Guys and Dolls,” Harold Hill in “The Music Man,” Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady,” Emile de Becque in “South Pacific,” Billy Bigelow in “Carousel,” Captain von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,” and Cornelius Hackl and Horace Vandergelder in “Hello Dolly!”

Flynn, who died at 93 in February, will be remembered with “Fifty-Six Years of Flynn: The Man, The Myth, The Legend,” 7 p.m. July 10 and 11, Pennsylvania Playhouse, 390 Illick’s Mill Road, Bethlehem.

The memorial performance, part of the Playhouse cabaret series, includes songs from Broadway musicals presented by performers who appeared on stage with Flynn.

Flynn, who was often referred to as “The Legend” by fellow actors, was well-known in Valley community theater for his acting skills and beautiful voice, says Rody Gilkeson, Pennsylvania Playhouse Administrator.

“He is missed,” Gilkeson says.

The Phillipsburg, N.J., native, a life-long member of Pennsylvania Playhouse and MunOpCo Music Theatre, Allentown, was the ringmaster for the Lions Club Circus.

Flynn first appeared on stage in 1956 at Easton’s Chansonnette Theatre where he became a board member. He was a regular performer at Guthsville Playhouse, Percy Brown’s Dinner Theater, Notre Dame Summer Theatre, and assisted the director of the Freedom High School Theater Program.

Flynn was also known for his skills as an artist. His caricatures graced many area theaters’ program covers over the years.

Attendance for the cabaret, to be presented inside the Playhouse, is limited to 70. The performance is general admission. Theater-goers who are not fully-vaccinated are to wear a face mask during the performance.

Tickets: www.paplayhouse.org/events

“Scoundrels” in The Pines”:

Two con-men competing to swindle an heiress is the summer musical, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” through Aug. 22, The Pines Dinner Theatre, 448 N. 17th St., Allentown.

The sophisticated musical, with a dash of mischief, is based on the 1988 MGM film starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine.

The Pines production follows suave con-man Lawrence Jameson (Sean Carroll), who makes his living by talking wealthy women out of their money.

A small-time American hustler Freddy Benson (James Ofalt) also swindles women, but by playing on their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother’s failing health.

After meeting on a train in the French Riviera, they try to work together, only to find that the town isn’t big enough for the both of them. They agree that the first one to get $50,000 from heiress Christine Colgate (Abigail Garrigan) wins, with the loser having to leave town. It’s a battle of the cons with a twist ending.

The Pines’ cast includes Kristofer Wills, Jennifer Wills and Jolene Oakes.

“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” premiered on Broadway in 2005 and was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, including best musical, receiving one Tony.

“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” is written by Jeffrey Lane with music and lyrics by David Yazbek.

Yazbek’s jazzy score with orchestrations by Harold Wheeler features the songs, “Great Big Stuff,” “Give Them What They Want,” “Ruffhousin’ Mit Shuffhausen” and “Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True.”

The show is recommended for ages 13 and over.

Appetizers, entrees, desserts and beverages are available for purchase ala carte. Entrees include barbecue chicken, pot roast, striped Pangasius, grilled shrimp skewers, filet mignon, fettuccine Alfredo with broccoli and butternut squash ravioli.

Dinner is served before the show. Theater-goers are welcome to BYOB.

The schedule is: dinner, 12:30 p.m.; show, 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and dinner, 6:30 p.m.; show, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Tickets: www.pinesdinnertheatre.com

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival virtual reading:

As part of Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF), which is being presented both in-person and virtually, four actors will take part in a filmed reading of Karen Zacarias’ “Native Gardens,” available for streaming only at 8 p.m. through July 18.

PSF, celebrating its 30th anniversary, runs through Aug. 1, DeSales University, Center Valley.

In the 2019 comedy, “Native Gardens,” a fence separating rival gardens symbolizes the clash of cultures.

When a rising Chilean attorney Pablo (Joseph Castillo-Midyett) and his pregnant doctoral candidate wife Tania (Gisela Chipe) buy a home next to a well-established Washington, D.C., couple, an innocent disagreement over a long-standing fence turns into an all-out border war.

Real-life husband and wife Greg Wood and Susan Riley Stevens play the power couple Frank and Virginia.

Discussions about class, ethnicity, taste and privilege ensue in what critics call a “biting, perceptive and ultimately hopeful” play.

The PSF production is directed by KJ Sanchez.

Tickets: www.pashakespeare.org; 610-282-9455

“Curtain Rises” is a column about the theater, stage shows, the actors in them and the directors and artists who make them happen. To request coverage, email: Paul Willistein, Focus editor, pwillistein@tnonline.com