{"id":606458,"date":"2026-02-21T19:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/606458\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T19:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:13:13","slug":"unlikely-romance-turns-messy-in-cant-forget-about-you-u-s-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/606458\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlikely romance turns messy in \u2018Can\u2019t Forget About You\u2019 U.S. premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inis Nua Theatre Company will present the American premiere of David Ireland\u2019s romantic comedy \u201cCan\u2019t Forget About You\u201d from March 18 through April 5 at the Drake Theatre in Center City.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Artistic Director Kathryn MacMillan, the play centers on a lust-at-first-sight encounter between Stevie, a man in his 20s, and Martha, a woman in her 40s. Their steamy connection quickly evolves into a deeper relationship that sparks fierce backlash from Stevie\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p>Known for its irreverent humor and explicit edge, the comedy pairs rom-com heat with sharp commentary on generational conflict and Belfast\u2019s complicated past.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1253\" data-start=\"1088\">The cast includes Genevieve Perrier, Adam Howard, Megan Bellwoar, Alice Yorke and Madeleine Garcia. Ticket information is available through <a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/inisnuatheatre.org\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inisnuatheatre.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Can&#8217;t Forget About You&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"demoTitle\">March 18 &#8211; April 5<br \/>Drake Theatre<br \/>302 S. Hicks St.<br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19102<\/p>\n<p class=\"demoTitle\">This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inis Nua Theatre Company will present the American premiere of David Ireland\u2019s romantic comedy \u201cCan\u2019t Forget About You\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":606459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,80076,1448,2830,22220,1311,9454,21179,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-606458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-america","tag-drake-theatre","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-performances","tag-philadelphia","tag-romance","tag-theatre","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116110216863700258","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}