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Lane Savadove and EgoPo

We interview director Lane Savadove about his lifelong journey that has taken EgoPo Classic Theater around the world - and back again.Visit EgoPo's own website here: https://egopo.org/ A great article about the production of The Ramayana that we discuss in the episode can be found at the Broad Stre…

ENCORE EPISODE: Americana Jubilee - 1976

In honor of the 250th anniversary of American Independence, we bring back this episode about Philadelphia theater during the Bicentennial year!A blog post with images and more information about the stories we talk about in the episode can be found on our website! https://www.aithpodcast.com/blog/bi…

ENCORE EPISODE: "Guys and Dolls" in Philadelphia

A Summertime Treat! We bring out again one of our most popular and beloved episodes of the podcast . . .  the story of how Philadelphia saved the pre-Broadway tryout run of the most New York shows ever!For a blog post on our website with additional information and images, go to: https://www.aithpod…

ENCORE EPISODE: Banned in Philadelphia

During the Great Depression years of the 1930s, some touring Broadway shows got into trouble in Philadelphia. "The People's Mayor" S. Davis Wilson had his limits when it came to what he would allow in the city's theaters, and plays such as Tobacco Road, New Faces of 1936, and Langston Hughes' Mulat…

ENCORE EPISODE - Forrest of Philadelphia, Part Three (NEW and IMPROVED!)

A newly-revised and improved edition of our examination of the final two decades that Edwin Forrest spent in Philadelphia - and his lasting legacy in the city.For photographs and additional commentary about this topic, see our website's blog post!https://www.aithpodcast.com/blog/Episode-15-See-The-…

Mary Martello is Always Right

Our interview with the great Philadelphia actress Mary Martello. Join us as she shares the fascinating story of her life and her career.To see photos and images of Mary some of the many roles she had performed over her career, see this blog post on our website: https://www.aithpodcast.com/blog/mary…

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

An interview with Jen Childs and Pete Pryor, the founders of 1812 Productions, the only Philadelphia theater company dedicated to comedy.A blog post with images from this episode can be found HERE.A full pictorial history of 1812's past shows can be found on their website, HERE. The song "Daddy Lon…

Mark Lord, Part One

We begin our conversation with the innovative Philadelphia director, teacher and  scholar Mark Lord, for many years a distinguished theater professor at Bryn Mawr College in the Philly suburbs.Mark's life story starts us on a journey we are taking on the podcast, during which we will meet many of t…

Mark Lord, Part Two

We complete our conversation with the innovative Philadelphia director, teacher and dramaturg Mark Lord.In this episode we touch on many of Mark's productions that he staged with the Philly performance groups Potlatch, Big House and Headlong Dance Theatre. The cover art from this episode is a photo…

Whit MacLaughlin Finds His Utopia

The Artistic Director of the Philadelphia theater troupe New Paradise Laboratories talks with us about his early life and education, about his midlife journey from Bloomsburg, PA to Blacksburg, VA - and about how he is finds his new Home in Art in the "failed Utopia" of Philadelphia.There blog post…