Scout's Lindsey Scannapieco is bringing the vibe of the Bok Building to Broad Street, with a new makerspace — plus affordable housing for local artists — on UArts' former campus. But how would she spend a perfect day in Philly? a very fun itinerary from @inquirer.com ⬇️

How to have a Perfect Philly Day, according to Lindsey Scannapieco, the Bok creator revitalizing UArts

Fresh off rechristening UArts' iconic Hamilton Hall as a new makerspace, Scannapieco's ideal weekend includes the Southeast Asian Market and a Bok Bar sunset.

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A sound clip from our most recent episode! The story of how, in the middle of his life's journey, Whit MacLaughlin went to get a graduate degree in Directing - at Virginia Tech. As tells us: "I literally went from Bloomsburg to Blacksburg." Find us, wherever you get your podcasts!

NEW EPISODE!!! An interview with the director Whit MacLaughlin, who talks with us about his early life and education, his midlife journey from Bloomsburg, PA to Blacksburg, VA - and how he is found a new artistic home in the "failed Utopia" of Philadelphia. www.aithpodcast.com/whit-maclaug...

135. Whit MacLaughlin Finds His Utopia

The Philadelphia director talks with us about his life's journey, and how he found his new Home in Art in the "failed Utopia" of Philadelphia.

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NEW EPISODE!!! An interview with the director Whit MacLaughlin, who talks with us about his early life and education, his midlife journey from Bloomsburg, PA to Blacksburg, VA - and how he is found a new artistic home in the "failed Utopia" of Philadelphia. www.aithpodcast.com/whit-maclaug...

135. Whit MacLaughlin Finds His Utopia

The Philadelphia director talks with us about his life's journey, and how he found his new Home in Art in the "failed Utopia" of Philadelphia.

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Farewell to Eva Marie Saint, unforgettable in "On The Waterfront" and "North By Northwest," just two highlights of a sparkling career.

Eva Marie Saint, Graceful Star of the Silver Screen, Dies at 102

She won an Oscar for her first film, ‘On the Waterfront,’ and sparkled opposite Cary Grant in ‘North by Northwest.’

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Orifice the Awebot rolled down the sidewalk across from the Betsy Ross House last Friday, striking joy, confusion, and mild terror in those who unexpectedly encountered her.

Orifice the Awebot is Philly’s ‘magical’ response to Uber Eats robots | Opinion

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Taking the Stage vs. Authoritarian Censorship: The National Museum of African-American History and Culture at 10. In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, which is one of the museums of the Smithsonian targeted for an unprecedented…

Taking the Stage vs. Authoritarian Censorship: The National Museum of African-American History and Culture at 10.

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, which is one of the museums of the Smithsonian targeted for an unprecedented ideological assault by the current administration, here is a sample of the theater-related objects and images (among the more than 45,000 objects in the permanent collection) as well as links to theater-related exhibitions, curator-written articles and news from the museum over the past decade. The most prominent permanent exhibition  is “Taking the Stage” (pictured above) from which many of the images below are taken.

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At Gloucester Stage, writes David Greenham, James Ijames’s funny, moving family fable, "Moon Man Walk" receives an engaging New England premiere, but its comforts also raise questions about what local theater should risk in a moment of public crisis. artsfuse.org/334747/theat...

Theater Review: "Moon Man Walk" Lands Gently at Gloucester Stage - The Arts Fuse

James Ijames’s funny, moving family fable receives an engaging New England premiere, but its comforts also raise questions about what local theater should risk in a moment of public crisis.

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We love this play, first produced by the playwright collective Orbiter 3 in Philadelphia. So glad to learn it is getting a new production!

The Arts Fuse@theartsfuse.bsky.social · 3w ago

At Gloucester Stage, writes David Greenham, James Ijames’s funny, moving family fable, "Moon Man Walk" receives an engaging New England premiere, but its comforts also raise questions about what local theater should risk in a moment of public crisis. artsfuse.org/334747/theat...

In 'Horsegirl & Cowdaddy,' new co-production between the Wilma Theater and Soho Rep, playwright DJ Hills takes inspiration from their upbringing in Appalachia in this world premiere tackling the intersections among queerness, transness, class, and geography www.americantheatre.org/2026/09/21/r...

Rural Tenderness in ‘Horsegirl & Cowdaddy’

DJ Hills takes inspiration from their own upbringing in rural Appalachia in this world premiere tackling the intersections among queerness, transness, class, and geography.

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Seeing last night of “Holy Fool” by Ninth Planet at Impact Services in N. Philly. This is exactly the sort of amazingly unexpected and stunning performance venues that seem to spring up out of the urban fabric for Philadelphia Fringe Festival events.

A sound clip from our new episode! - in which we complete our conversation with the #Philadelphia #theater director, teacher and dramaturg Mark Lord. Find us, on whatever app you use or wherever your like to listen to your podcasts. Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Overcast - we're on it!

A sound clip from our new episode! - in which we complete our conversation with the #Philadelphia #theater director, teacher and dramaturg Mark Lord. Find us, on whatever app you use or wherever your like to listen to your podcasts. Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Overcast - we're on it!

In this feature, Lucie Tiberghien, the founding Executive Director of Molière in the Park imagines a world where arts and culture are invested in as public goods, much like parks. www.americantheatre.org/2026/09/18/w...

What If We Valued Theatre Like We Value Parks?

Imagine if we made arts and culture as free and accessible—and as beautiful—as places like Prospect Park.

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A sound clip from our new Episode! Innovative Philadelphia director Mark Lord tells us about the first piece of theater he ever 'devised' - a grade school play! This is the first of our two-part interview with Mark, a distinguished theater professor at Bryn Mawr College in the Philly suburbs.

Make a band edible: Mild Chili Peppers

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A sound clip from our new Episode! Innovative Philadelphia director Mark Lord tells us about the first piece of theater he ever 'devised' - a grade school play! This is the first of our two-part interview with Mark, a distinguished theater professor at Bryn Mawr College in the Philly suburbs.

Brett Bernardini, in response to Oskar Eustis’ declaration this summer and culling from 30-plus years as a theater maker in small town rural America, writes about the intricacies of nonprofit funding and how their very structure led to their downfall. www.americantheatre.org/2026/09/08/t...

The Real Movement Was Where We Weren’t Looking

We shouldn't mistake the end of a funding arrangement for the end of the culture that funding once carried.

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Happily doing script preparation - for a gig as a Dialect Coach. (“This Much I Know,” by Jonathan Spector. Interact Theatre, Philadelphia)

September highlights include theatre reopenings after national emergencies—9/11 and the Covid-19 pandemic—plus the African Company’s beginnings, and a troupe’s return to the states after foreign imprisonment.

This Month in Theatre History

September highlights include two theatre reopenings after national emergencies, the African Company's beginnings, and a troupe's return to the states after foreign imprisonment.

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September 1, 2026: We just released a new Bonus Episode on Patreon! Hilarious behind-the-scenes stories of three Marx Brothers stage musicals that tried out in Philadelphia during the 1920s: "I'll Say She Is," "The Cocoanuts," and "Animal Crackers." patreon.com/AITHpodcast

Hear me out: The John F. Kennedy and Dolly Parton Memorial Center for the Performing Arts

New Episode!!! Our interview with these two beloved figures of the Philly Theatre world. "Funny How We Got Here - 1812 Productions, with Jen and Pete" is now available wherever you get your podcasts!

132. Funny How We Got Here - 1812 Productions, with Jen and Pete

Jen Childs and Pete Pryor, the founders of 1812 Productions - the Philadelphia theater company entirely dedicated to comedy.

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New Episode!!! Our interview with these two beloved figures of the Philly Theatre world. "Funny How We Got Here - 1812 Productions, with Jen and Pete" is now available wherever you get your podcasts!

132. Funny How We Got Here - 1812 Productions, with Jen and Pete

Jen Childs and Pete Pryor, the founders of 1812 Productions - the Philadelphia theater company entirely dedicated to comedy.

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Very proud of our discovery today about the show "To Hell With Orpheus" - which premiered on August 18, 1953 at a New Jersey Summer Theatre. A young Jo Sullivan was in the cast. (The whole story is on our Facebook page, since it's a long essay. I've put most of it in the Alt Text.)

It's the 87th anniversary of the day they demolished the New York Hippodrome. Here's something I wrote about it a few years back: www.gothamcenter.org/blog/hippodr...

Let’s have more fun Bluesky threads like this, please. #wordnerds

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I've just stumbled upon the assertion, which somehow never occurred to me, that the reason we refer to Alexis de Tocqueville as Tocqueville and to Guy de Maupassant as Maupassant but to Charles de Gaulle as de Gaulle is... Any takers...?

McKellen on the Henrys: 'The best parts in Shakespeare. There's a throne. You get to sit on it. Often a chap comes in with a piece of paper, it has your part on it.'

As a warming climate intensifies the region’s weather patterns, officials and experts say the municipal mosaic of Philly's suburbs faces unique challenges when it comes to planning for the future.

Intensifying summers are putting the Philly suburbs’ aging infrastructure to the test: ‘We get a 100-year storm every year’

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@tcmparty.bsky.social That final line of “The Blob” - “As long as the Arctic stays cold!” - is more terrifying nowadays than the whole rest of the movie.