Walnut Street Theatre

825 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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DavidZornig
DavidZornig on May 1, 2025 at 12:25 am

Enlargeable circa 1863 & 1910 photos courtesy The Library Company of Philadelphia.

https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A100838?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ_jn5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiRUhlN3Q0ZThKemREbG9QAR4M97zUJN5aG6XBiRy_

https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A97205?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ_kIBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiRUhlN3Q0ZThKemREbG9QAR7tGugdFVwlQDxX3-LsWB0llv1Xz8E3dzfMLzSSW2YK4vum-xb2BZdPezsaOw_aem_HgX0_awV-euKGdipnzb23Q

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on March 17, 2025 at 1:07 pm

3-17-25 Philadelphia Inquirer, in print, obit of Ruth Perlmutter, 96, states that “In 1975, she cofounded with Stuart Samuels, the Walnut Street Theatre Film/Video program.” Samuels was my film history professor at Univ of Penn 1980-81.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 16, 2024 at 9:20 pm

Opened on January 31st, 1809 per ad posted in the photo section.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 6, 2024 at 7:31 pm

1812, 1820 and 1822 grand opening ads posted.

m00se1111
m00se1111 on November 6, 2024 at 1:37 pm

Frank Ferrante portrayed Groucho Marx in “Groucho - A Life in Revue” at the Walnut St Theatre in 2023, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the Marx Brothers performance of “I’ll Say She Is”