An in-depth podcast about the history of American theater, with great entertainment values! We tell the stories about the fascinating world of theater in the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania over the last three centuries.
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Cartoon by Charles Bell, published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 5, 1927, showing the "All-Star Company" of Trelawny of the "Wells."Below, photographs of John Drew, Jr., and Peggy Wood, taken during the 1920s.(Both from the online collection…
An image made by the architectural firm of Hoffman-Henon as publicity for the new Erlanger Theatre on 21st and Market.Below, the newspaper ad for the first show ever done at the Erlanger, Jerome Kern's Criss Cross, next to a photo of the …
The Brothers Shubert - Jake, Sam and Lee. (Photos from the Shubert Archives, New York)First, a photo of Lionel Barrymore as a struggling young actor, about the time he first got hired by Sam Shubert in The Brixton Burglary.But since the e…