Ben Platts long-awaited return to Broadway got off to a troubling start this week as incoming theatergoers were accosted by members of a far-right, neo-Nazi hate group. A video posted to Twitter by journalist Jake Wasserman of the Forward shows a masked man representing the National Socialist Movement distributing antisemitic flyers outside of the Bernard B
Its been over a 100 years since Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old Atlanta pencil factory worker, was horrifically murdered. Leo Frank, the Jewish man who managed the factory, was convicted of the crime and sentenced to death.
Franks trial unleashed a wave of antisemitic rage.
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Loralee Songer (left) as Lucille frank and Joe Wetrich as Leo Frank star in Revival Theatre Companys 2015 presentation of Parade. Revival Theatre is bringing back the musical drama in April, with Songer and Wetrich in their leading roles, to launch the Cameron Sullenberger Overture Series. This annual fundraising production honors the legacy of the late Sullenberger, co-founder and musical director for the professional troupe based in Cedar Rapids
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Antisemitism exists on the left and the right, New York columnist Jonathan Chait informs his readers in a piece headlined Republicans Have an Antisemitism Problem. The Democratic Party Doesnt.
Broadway shows come and go, but their impact can stay with us forever. Even if a show closed early, that doesnt mean its not still one of the best of the year.
This weekend, honour our veterans at the Remembrance Day parade and service, shop at local harvest markets, enjoy 'girls day out' at the National Women's Show, and Ladies Night with '90s trivia supporting kids with cancer Wavestage TheatreCompany's 26th season musical production of Parade, Nov. 9 to 12:Paradetells the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man in Atlanta wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of his 13-year-old employee in 1913. Because the trial was replete with faulty testimony and lacked any clear evidence, Georgias governor eventually commuted his sentence from death to life imprisonment