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Program from The Life (and Death) of Harry Houdini

For anyone interested, here’s the program from EgoPo theater company’s The Life (and Death) of Harry Houdini, a play that ran at the Plays and Players Theatre in Philadelphia from March 27 through April 7, 2013. Thanks to my niece, Robin, for … Continue reading

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The Great Houdini Script, by Alan London and Stacy Tanner

By Tom Interval It’s the fourth of November, 1926, in Detroit, where Harry Houdini died only four days earlier. Behind the Garrick Theater, 11-year-old George scrambles to find a hiding place. He’s way too young to be running from a … Continue reading

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Houdini Play Opens in Philly this Friday

By Tom Interval The last time Harry Houdini was in Philadelphia, he played a three-week engagement at the Chestnut Street Opera House. That was in 1926. Eighty-seven years later and only a mile from where the opera house once stood, … Continue reading

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