Philly’s Da’Vine Joy Randolph gets Oscar supporting actress nomination, ‘Oppenheimer’ dominates

Director Bill Nicoletti’s “The Philly Sound…Heard ‘Round the World” will screen at this year’s festival. The film documents the history of Sigma Sounds Studio.

The Art Deco movie palace cost the small theater company $2.3 million, with millions more ahead in renovations.

Fernandez Smith was a Philadelphia native who sang through the U.S. and Europe during her operatic career.