For the Washington Stage Guild's final production of its 2022-2023 season, the Undercroft Theater has been dressed up in dark wood, Civil War maps, and American flags. It is the office of a Union Army ...
Ben Butler now playing at North Coast Rep through November 21st is based on a true historical event from the Civil War. Instead of rifles, this play takes on this historical battle with witty repartee ...
When an escaped slave shows up at Fort Monroe demanding sanctuary, General Benjamin Butler is faced with an impossible moral dilemma—follow the letter of the law or make a game-changing move that ...
Did someone say Civil War comedy? Yes! Ben Butler, a battle of wit and wordplay by Richard Strand, will be staged by Florida Repertory Theatre in Fort Myers as part of its 27th season. The production ...
One of the seminal moments in the movement to end slavery occurred in the early stages of the Civil War, two years before the Emancipation Proclamation. The First Confiscation Act of 1861, signed by ...
North Coast Repertory Theatre continues its wholly live Season 40 by shining a light on a little-known chapter of the Civil War. Written by Richard Strand, BEN BUTLER is part comedy, part history and ...
Back around 2015, North Coast Repertory Theatre artistic director David Ellenstein got his hands on the script for Richard Strand’s play “Ben Butler.” Three pages in, Ellenstein was hooked. But it ...
Why do people here hate Union Gen. Benjamin Butler? Didn't he fight for New Orleans? Dear Reader, More than 150 years after Benjamin Butler came and left, New Orleanians still tell stories of the ...
On the page, Richard Strand’s play “Ben Butler” has an audacious plot. It’s a sometimes wacky comedy about a runaway slave negotiating for his life with a Union Army general at the dawn of the Civil ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The plot follows Major General Benjamin Butler of the Union Army as he faces an ...
North Coast Repertory Theatre continues its wholly live Season 40 by shining a light on a little-known chapter of the Civil War. Written by Richard Strand, BEN BUTLER is part comedy, part history and ...
BEN BUTLER is part comedy, part history and completely captivating. When an escaped slave shows up at Fort Monroe demanding sanctuary, General Benjamin Butler is faced with an impossible moral dilemma ...
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