The Fight To Keep Philly's Theater Scene Alive
Three years post-pandemic, audiences to Philly’s regional theaters haven’t returned, costs are up, and funding is down. The show must go on, but how?
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Three years post-pandemic, audiences to Philly’s regional theaters haven’t returned, costs are up, and funding is down. The show must go on, but how?
Nick Stuccio built Philly Fringe into a major cultural event with a national reputation. He will step down in April 2024.
The Cannonball Festival now hosts half of the Fringe Festival. Its model of cooperative performance could be the future of theater.
12:00 AM Les Miserables: School Edition - In nineteenth century France, Jean Valjean is released from years of unjust imprisonment, but finds nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He breaks his parole in hopes of starting a new life, initiating a lifelong struggle for redemption as he is relentlessly pursued by police inspector Javert, who refuses to believe Valjean can change his ways. Finally, during the Paris student uprising of 1832, Javert must confront his ideals after Valjean spares his life and saves that of the student revolutionary who has captured the heart of Val...