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Review: ‘Kinky Boots,’ kicking
At “Kinky Boots” the audience applauds a shoe. It happens on Broadway and also these nights at the Forrest Theatre in Center ...
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Review: ‘Kinky Boots,’ kicking
At “Kinky Boots” the audience applauds a shoe. It happens on Broadway and also these nights at the Forrest Theatre in Center ...
11 years ago
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Endless Discoveries The Catch phrase ‘Endless Discoveries’ may be paying off for Delaware. It’s ...
Air Date: May 1, 2015
Songs of prisoners sound freely in exhibit at Eastern State Penitentiary [photos]
Artist Jess Perlitz went to prisons across the country, asking inmates for the one song they want to be heard on the outside. She ...
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Review: Off ‘To the Moon,’ and riding on the ghost of Jackie Gleason
You can’t get closer to the late entertainer Jackie Gleason than on a stage in Old City, where locally-based actor Scott Greer is e ...
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Picture this — Philly museum bringing famous works to a neighborhood near you
If you cannot get to the Art Museum of Philadelphia this summer, the museum will come to you. The museum selected 60 artworks from ...
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Philadelphia Orchestra’s elaborate ‘MASS’ production requires litany of musicians
Rehearsing for this weekend’s production of Leonard Bernstein’s “MASS,” conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin had much more than the f ...
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Alluring tree sculpture becomes permanent Parkway fixture
Last year, two trees made of highly polished steel pipe were installed along the Parkway in Philadelphia, intended to be a temporary one- ...
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First for Friday, April 24, 2015
Gay Marriage Fight On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court will spend two and a half hours listening to arguments that co ...
Air Date: April 24, 2015
Philly launches bike share with more locations coming soon [photos]
After years of studies, debates, and setbacks, Philadelphia finally has a bike share program in place. On Thursday, Indego bike sh ...
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Boy devotes a year to creating stained-glass tribute to a friend at Penn hospice [photos]
A University of Pennsylvania hospital in Philadelphia has installed new stained glass windows created by a boy as a bar mitzvah project. ...
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Record Store Day celebrates vinyl and basks in growing sales
Tomorrow is Record Store Day — when vinyl devotees pay tribute to the independent shops which in a digital world manage to keep their g ...
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ListenFirst for Friday, April 17, 2015
ADA 25 This Summer marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Designed to level the playin ...
Air Date: April 17, 2015
New Fillmore hopes to be another entertainment jewel in Fishtown’s crown
The nation’s largest concert promoter is opening a new venue in one of Philadelphia’s fastest-growing neighborhoods, and city ...
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Review: Joyously unearthing ‘The Fair Maid of the West’
Don’t be surprised if you become visibly giddy after “The Fair Maid of the West” begins, and if you haven’t been ...
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