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Philadelphia is a 1993 American legal drama film directed and produced by Jonathan Demme, written by Ron Nyswaner, and starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. [2] Filmed on location in its namesake city, it tells the story of attorney Andrew Beckett (Hanks) who comes to ask a personal injury attorney, Joe Miller (Washington), to help him sue his former employer, who fired him after ...
The Suzanne Roberts Theatre is a theatre on Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts.The theater opened in October 2007 and is home to the Philadelphia Theatre Company. [1] The theater was designed by KieranTimberlake, using the principles of Universal design.
Miller Theater, originally the Sam S. Shubert Theatre and later, the Merriam Theater, is Philadelphia's most continuous location for touring Broadway shows. It is located at 250 South Broad Street within the Avenue of the Arts cultural district of Center City Philadelphia. The Theatre was built by The Shubert Organization in 1918.
Through the efforts of two Philadelphia women, Celia Silverman and Jean Goldman, the building was acquired in 1963 in order to house a new non-profit theatre company, The Theatre of the Living Arts. Architect Wolfgang Roth was hired to create a 431-seat theater space with a thrust stage.
Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia (5 P) * Demolished theatres in Philadelphia (12 P) Pages in category "Theatres in Philadelphia"
Cecil Moore was a Philadelphia lawyer that was extremely involved in civil rights, and was a close friend of Georgie Woods, and was also involved in the freedom shows. In 1963, Georgie Woods, Jackie Wilson , and Del Shields won awards at the Uptown Theater from the Philadelphia branch of the NAACP for being entertainers that were actively ...
The theatre housed the Philadelphia Drama Guild until 1981. [29] Walnut Street Theatre Company, a non-profit regional producing company, was formed in 1983 by Bernard Havard. [ 29 ] In 1984, Walnut Street Theatre School was established and over 1,200 students enroll annually, and 1986 saw the introduction of the Independence Studio on 3 series.
The Boyd was designed by Philadelphia architecture firm Hoffman-Henon and built for Alexander R. Boyd. [1] It opened on Christmas Day 1928. Boasting an opulent Art Deco lobby, extravagant marquee and ticket booth and a 2,450 seat auditorium that featured a screen advertised as 'the largest in Philadelphia', the theater became well known among several others along Chestnut Street.