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Colonial Philadelphia Furniture--The Chinese Friendship Gate--Sound Design in Theater

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Jason Peifer
Published August 16, 2008 at 2:16 PM EDT
Detail from the Friendship Gate in Philadelphia's Chinatown
Detail from the Friendship Gate in Philadelphia's Chinatown

Jim Cotter takes a walk through The Fix on Colonial Philadelphia Furniture: A Secret Guide to Cabinetmakers' Prices at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Susan Lewis considers the significance of Philadelphia's Chinese Friendship Gate, now being repainted and restored. 

In our continuing series on what it takes to bring theater to life, Jason Peifer examines the role of the sound designer.

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Arts & Culture Colonial Philadelphia FurnitureChinese Friendship GateSound DesignPhiladelphia Museum of Art (PMA)
Susan Lewis
Susan writes and produces stories about music and the arts. She’s host and producer of WRTI’s TIME IN online interview series, and contributes weekly intermission interviews for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series. She’s also been a regular host of WRTI’s Live from the Performance Studio sessions.
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