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The Canary [Der Kanarienvogel]
Author(s): Steven Carl McCasland
Soprano Anna Kirkland starred as legendary soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, long believed to have been a Nazi sympathizer. The play with music explores her affair with Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels and her connections with the inner sanctums of The Third Reich.
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Performed at The Clarion Theatre, New York City, in May 2015.
Performed at The Clarion Theatre, New York City, in May 2015.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
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Experience(s) Chronicled: Theater During Holocaust
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Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Jewish Theater Foundation presented its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Alfred Uhry. The presentation took place as part of the Lincoln Center Library event on January 27th 2025 in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Lifetime Achievement Award
On September 30, 2024, French playwright, Mr. Jean Claude Grumberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented by NJTF HTII President, Arnold Mittelman with Dominique Trimbur, PhD-Manager for the History of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Teaching of the Holocaust of Fondation Pour La Memoir de la Shoah Project.