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If These Walls Could Talk: The Historic Academy Theatre
Clip: Season 29 Episode 11 | 24m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn how this theatre survived fire, weather damage, segregation, & hard economic times.
Find out how this theatre withstood fire, weather damage, segregation, and hard economic times, but eventually closed for 60 years deteriorating from the inside out. Hear the gripping history of the theatre from Geoffrey Kershner, Executive Director of the Academy of the Arts, and how it has been fully renovated to be a jewel in the crown of downtown Lynchburg.
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Virginia Currents
If These Walls Could Talk: The Historic Academy Theatre
Clip: Season 29 Episode 11 | 24m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Find out how this theatre withstood fire, weather damage, segregation, and hard economic times, but eventually closed for 60 years deteriorating from the inside out. Hear the gripping history of the theatre from Geoffrey Kershner, Executive Director of the Academy of the Arts, and how it has been fully renovated to be a jewel in the crown of downtown Lynchburg.
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