Fords Theatre Announces New Initiative On Tolerance
Charleston Daily Mail › April 28, 2011
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WASHINGTON - Ford's Theatre, where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, has announced a five-year project to mount one play each season with themes of tolerance, equality and other social issues and pair them with a month of weekly dialogues.
"The Lincoln Legacy Project," a new initiative, will start in the fall with the musical "Parade," the theater announced Tuesday. The play follows the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager in early-20th-century Atlanta, who, after being accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl, was lynched by a mob. The play's themes about religious intolerance, racial tension and injustice will be discussed in town hall meetings and scholar and activist panels on successive Mondays in October at Ford's.See the full content of this document
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Fords Theatre Announces New Initiative On Tolerance
"Parade" was first produced in New York in 1998, ran for 85 performances and won two Tony Awards. "I wept. I was so moved and couldn...
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