Tag: AIDS

Cast members of Steel River Playhouse's 'Rent.'Events

Steel River Playhouse Opens 'Rent' Oct. 3-20

Community members have been dropping off street signs, skateboards, and even lava lamps at Steel River Playhouse for its upcycled version of Rent, which will…

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Montgomery County Towns That Were Featured in Iconic Films  

The Philadelphia region is full of locations that have served as the backdrop for iconic works of cinema. Some of them were shot on the…

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Oscar Winner ‘Philadelphia’ to Screen in Bryn Mawr, Marking 30 Years of Compelling Significance

Philadelphia — the Jonathan Demme 1993 film that was one of Hollywood’s first mainstream commentaries on the AIDS crisis, released before the outbreak proved devastatingly…

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Tony Award-Winning 'Falsettos' Slated for Feb. Run at Steel River Playhouse, Pottstown

Falsettos at Steel River Playhouse tells the story of a large, eccentric and dysfunctional — but loving — Jewish family in New York in the late 1970s…

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New York Times: Remembering King of Prussia’s Jobriath, Nation’s First Openly Gay Rocker To Be Signed To Major Record Label

Jobriath, a King of Prussia native who was often compared to David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust character due to his space alien persona and theatrical…

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Local Nonprofit Gets Students and Parents to SpeakUp! About Hard Subjects

Formed to honor the memory of Bob Gillin Jr., the Haverford School graduate who died of AIDS in 1992, nonprofit SpeakUp! is working on getting…