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Category: Theater
What do we do in the time of Trump? The theater community is trying to figure out the answer.
For Adam Immerwahr, artistic director of Washington’s Theater J, it was a no-brainer. As an offering in the company’s upcoming season, he’d been mulling “Sotto Voce,” a play by the Pulitzer-winning Nilo Cruz concerning the SS St. Louis, a German ocean liner filled with hundreds of Jewish refugees, that at the start of World War II was turned away by the United States and other nations.
Today in History
On Jan. 26, 1942, the first American Expeditionary Force to head to Europe during World War II arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Hundreds of New Jersey Women and Allies March on Trenton
On Sat., Jan. 21, hundreds of women, their families, and their allies arrived in our state’s capital city to participate in the Women’s March By Pastor Bill Laky – In November, a reader asked, “How can/should one reconcile Christian faith with belonging to a political party (or even TRENTON — On Sat., Jan. 21, hundreds of women, their families, and their allies arrived in our state’s capital city to participate in the Women’s March on Trenton. The day’s events included 40 powerful speakers, musical guests, and a march to the steps of the State House.
Rock musical for kids covers history of American presidency
The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on … (more)
Footage shows woman flung to ground after being struck by LIGHTNING in Brazil
Weed belong together: Mariah Carey is pictured at a marijuana dispensary on Christmas Eve – as it’s revealed she DID do a soundcheck before ‘sabotaged’ New Year lip-sync disaster Tearful Colorado mother pleads for help finding her six-year-old boy after he ‘wandered away’ from their home on New Year’s Eve and vanished Elon Musk’s SpaceX blames a fault in helium canister for massive Falcon 9 rocket explosion that destroyed Facebook’s $200m internet satellite Will President Obama use the five-minute break between congressional sessions tomorrow to appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court? The Donald blasts Rahm Emanuel for Chicago’s bloodiest year in almost two DECADES: Trump says the mayor must ask for federal help if he can’t fix the city after a record 762 homicides in 2016 Can sugar really give you CANCER? Diet author reveals how the smallest amount can trigger health problems such … (more)
Inside the Beltway: Trump’s ‘true’ friends on Capitol Hill
It will be interesting to watch one of the world’s most canny dealmakers enter the White House. President-elect Donald Trump knows that dealmaking is an art rather than science, and wrote a best-selling book on the subject.