A controversial 'Virgin'.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(The Last Virgin by Jewish Theater)(Brief article)
American Theatre, January, 2007 by Gener, Randy
FRANKFURT, GERMANY: Looks like the Jewish Theater of New York has raised a considerable ruckus with its The Last Virgin, a satire about suicide bombing in the Middle East. Some Jews and some Arabs in Europe had demanded that company's touring production, which performed this past fall at the English Theatre in Frankfurt, be closed down, says the Israeli-American writer Tuvia Tenenbom, who co-wrote the play with his wife, Maria Lowy.
The good news, of course, is that the respected English Theatre did not capitulate to the protests, even as AI Jazeera showed up to film the play for ...
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