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Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia

Bringing you the best stories from the deep and fascinating history of theater in the city of Philadelphia.This is the podcast for all lovers of theater, students of history - or anyone who enjoys great stories with lots of drama!

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42:30

Theatre of the Living Arts: A Beginning

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2023/05/29

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38:55

Philadelphia Theater Scandal!

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2023/05/12

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32:21

The Walls of Walnut Street

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2023/04/28

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30:21

Banned in Philadelphia

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2023/04/14

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38:50

Stop Those Swinging Girls!

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2023/03/31

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37:46

Bernhardt and the Playboy

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2023/03/17

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39:52

Hammerstein's Opera House, Part Three

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2023/02/24

The last installment of the saga of Oscar Hammerstein in the "Opera Wars" - and the grand Philadelphia theater he left behind, when the war was over.We also meet the New York banker Otto Kahn - the power behind the rival Metropolitan Opera - and how that name gets transferred to the Philadelphia building.Despite many transformations, over the years it has remained a grand temple of Music, Art and Faith on North Broad Street. We follow the musical trail from 1910 - all the way to the

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38:16

Hammerstein's Opera House, Part Two

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2023/02/10

February 1909: The opera "Salome" at Oscar Hammerstein's new Philadelphia Opera House needed to be stopped, as a matter of public decency, declared hundreds of clergymen and civic leaders.Meanwhile, the impresario himself was threatening to take his newly-founded opera company back to New York, and set up the enormous theater as a vaudeville house instead! What was going on? This is the second part of three-part series on the impresario Oscar Hammerstein and his venture into the

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38:27

Hammerstein's Opera House, Part One

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2023/01/27

November 17, 1908 : The magnificent new theater in North Philadelphia was ready for its first opera! It was "as if some master magician's wand had called it into being," wrote one admiring journalist. Everyone in the city, especially its most wealthy and socially prominent citizens, could hardly wait to get inside to see the show. But first they had to make their way through the crowd of ten thousand people out on the streets gathered just to see them all dressed up in their finest

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34:01

The Fight Against The Clansman, Part Three

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2023/01/13

1906: A coalition of African American men attempt to stop Thomas Dixon Jr.'s play The Clansman from being performed in Philadelphia. After leading a public protest in front of the Walnut Street Theatre, the whole matter ends up in City Hall, at a hearing before Mayor John Weaver. There is a blog post on our website, which has additional information and images about the historical characters in this episode! See: "The Learned Professions":

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26:31

Holiday Show - 2022

Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia ·

2022/12/30

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The Fight Against The Clansman, Part Two

Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia ·

2022/12/16

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32:58

The Fight Against The Clansman, Part One

Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia ·

2022/11/25

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Encore Episode: "I Fear No One" - Native American...

Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia ·

2022/11/11

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The Quaker City: The Forbidden Play of 1844, Part Three

Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia ·

2022/10/28

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The Quaker City: The Forbidden Play of 1844, Part Two

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2022/10/14

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The Quaker City: The Forbidden Play of 1844, Part One

Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia ·

2022/09/30

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8:40

Season Two: Drama is Conflict

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2022/09/23

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61:46

Jasper Deeter and the Hedgerow Theatre

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2022/09/16

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56:25

The Paul Robeson House

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2022/07/29

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