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The Queen in Purple

Arts & EntertainmentVisual Arts & GalleriesArts & Entertainment / Visual Arts & Galleries
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Indoor venueNightlifeGeneral PublicPop-upPublic
When:
September 27, 2025 ยท 6:00 PM
Where:
Philadelphia, PA
Source:
Creative Philadelphia Arts Access Calendar

In 1979, a Philadelphia-set horror movie called The Queen in Purple premiered at the TLA. While marketed as Philly's answer to Saturday Night Fever, the film put a macabre twist on the disco formula in the figure of The Purple Queen, a seductive specter with a mysterious agenda who appeared to the characters and challenged them to dance for their lives. Controversial at the time for its protagonist, a cross-dressing Italian-American mayor who couldn't help but remind viewers of Frank Rizzo, the

Bar Events & NightlifeIndoor venueNightlifeGeneral PublicPop-upPublic

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  • City coverage

    Lansdowne, PA

  • Primary source

    Creative Philadelphia Arts Access Calendar

  • Categories

    Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts & Galleries, Arts & Entertainment / Visual Arts & Galleries

  • Signals

    Bar Events & Nightlife, Indoor venue, Nightlife, General Public