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Exploring the deep and fascinating history of theater in the City of Philadelphia
Header Image: George Tynan Crowley (left), Ian Merrill Peaks (center) and Mark Alhadeff (right) sail out into the air, during Blanka Zizka's February 2000 production of Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love. (By the way, in our NEXT episode we will …
Header image, above: Blanka and Jiri Zizka at their new theater space on Sansom Street, 1983. Above and below: Production photos from the Wilma Project's Animal Farm, 1979 - adapted from George Orwell's 1945 novel. The figure in the mask re…
September 11, 1985: "The Gospel at Colonus" had its first performance at the Zellerbach Theatre in Philadelphia. By the end of the show, the audience was on its feet, joining in with the performers. After clapping and singing along in joyful celebr…