Once the most famous prison in the world, massiveEastern State Penitentiaryoperated from 1829 to 1970, housing 85,000 felons including infamous criminals Al Capone and Willie Sutton. The attraction, offering tours highlighting the prison’s history alongside modern social justice incarceration issues, ...
August Wilson. This gritty tale follows a recently released felon struggling to take control of his life in the face of a family and community struggling with his return to the real world in 1980s Pittsburgh. The production, continuing the theater’s commitment to Wilson’sAmerican Century Cycl...
Renowned Philly playwright Michael Hollinger’s world-premiere comedyHoly Grail of Memphis— winner of three Barrymore Awards for Outstanding New Play — wraps upArden Theatre Company’s first show run of the year. TheOld Citytheater’s production tells the story of Newton Stover III, a man stru...