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East Falls: Old Academy Players is a Piece of Community History

June 19, 2012

The historic building tucked away on Indian Queen Lane in East Falls may be easy to miss when driving down that small street, but that building now housing Old Academy Players theater is quite notable

Arts and Entertainment

University City: Local Play Questions History; Brings New Perspective to Shakespeare

March 12, 2012

West Philadelphia’s local theater, the Rotunda, hosted the premier of a new musical drama on Sunday. Judith: The Other Shakespeare, written by Kevin Stackhouse, offers a new take of the story of William Shakespeare, where

Germantown

Mount Airy: Sedgwick Theater Stands the Pressures of Time

December 9, 2010

Serving the community as a movie palace in the neighborhood known today as Mount Airy, the Sedgwick Theater has become a local historic site. Since its opening in 1928, this theater is one of the

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