Two Philadelphia area women begin the arduous process of bringing the skeptical Philly audience a non-profit theater. Andre Gregory becomes the theater's first Artistic Director
Seven short and light vignettes from the history of Philadelphia theater - all of which took place in the city during the Holidays, from various theatrical seasons over the past 150 years.
The root causes of Thomas Dixon's political obsessions - and about his need to express himself in the world of the theater. Also: the two Philadelphia theatrical producers who were members of The Theatrical Syndicate.
We begin the harrowing and alarming story of "The Clansman" in Philadelphia. Although known as the progenitor to the 1915 D.W. Griffith film "Birth of the Nation," few are aware of its early controversial history.
A mob is gathering outside the Chestnut Street Theatre, while inside the rehearsals for the scandalous play "The Quaker City" go on! Will it all end in a deadly riot? The suspense is building . . .
George Lippard's novel "The Quaker City, or the Monk's of Monk Hall" is made into a new play. The excitement about it builds in Philadelphia, just as the national election of 1844 roils the city.
Philadelphia in the early 1840s was a city under constant threat of political violence and civil disruption. We learn about the violent crime that would one day inspire a VERY controversial play.
Jasper Deeter formed Philadelphia's oldest repertory company - the Hedgerow Theatre - in 1923. His work as a director, actor, visionary and longtime acting teacher would have a profound affect on shaping Philadelphia's - and America's - theater for years to come.
Like the ghost of Hamlet's father, John Barrymore wouldn't stay still and kept showing up! A chapter about Philadelphia's most famous acting family, from Wicked Philadelphia, a book by Thomas H. Keels.
Six stories of 19th century Philadelphia theater. We discuss Alexander Reinagle, Joseph Jefferson III, James Murdoch, Matilda Heron, John McCullough - as well as two stagehands at the Walnut Street Theater you likely never heard of before, but may never forget!
The history of the Philadelphia "Negro Unit" of the Federal Theatre Project in the 1930s - specifically the history of three plays produced by the FTP at the Walnut Street Theatre.
