Billy Penn

Ben Franklin as a rock star in ‘The Sound of America’ at FringeArts

The Who’s Roger Daltrey joins via ‘remote cameo’ for this shows alt look at Franklin’s complicated American story.

Benjamin Franklin Invented a Musical Instrument. People Said It Drove Them to Madness.

Benjamin Franklin invented the glass harmonica, inspired by the parlor trick of playing music on water-filled glasses. The ...

'Rock star' Ben Franklin, with help from Queen and Bruce Springsteen, reminds us that Philadelphia is the soul of America

We all have a mental image of Benjamin Franklin, thanks to the $100 bill: balding, middle-aged, with tiny glasses and a stern ...

Benjamin Franklin Lived in London for 16 Years Before the American Revolution. Step Inside His Only Surviving Home (Exclusive)

The Boston-born Founding Father is best known for his work in the United States, but the roots of his legacy were planted in ...
BroadwayWorld

FRANKLINLAND, a Comedy About Benjamin Franklin Will Come to the B Street Theatre

B Street Theatre has announced FRANKLINLAND, a sharp, fast-paced comedy by Lloyd Suh, a delightfully irreverent look at Benjamin Franklin. Not just as a founding father, but as a father who sets ...
WFLX

Benjamin Franklin artifact collection will go on display at Historical Society of Palm Beach County

A Palm Beach Gardens man is displaying one of the largest Benjamin Franklin artifact collections to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
National Catholic Register

How Benjamin Franklin Picked America’s First Catholic Bishop

Benjamin Franklin stopped going to church as a young man and about five weeks before he died expressed “some Doubts” as to whether Jesus is God. So how did a lapsed Congregationalist and one of the ...