"It Can't Happen Here" Nationwide Readings

[Bennyboy]

October 24th. Free.

On October 27, 1936, "It Can't Happen Here" opened in 22 theaters in 18 cities across the nation. The play, which was adapted by Sinclair Lewis from his best-selling novel of the same name, eventually ran for a total of 260 weeks and was seen by more than 316,000 people.

Hallie Flanagan, director of the Federal Theatre Project - a program of the WPA, and the only National Theatre the U.S. has ever had - said this about the play:

"We want to do 'It Can't Happen Here' because it is about American life today, based on a passionate belief in American democracy. The play says that when dictatorship comes to threaten such a democracy, it comes in an apparently harmless guise, with parades and promises; but that when such dictatorship arrives, the promises are not kept and the parade grounds become encampments."

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[postulater]

1. Damn, I was thinking Zappa.

[Bennyboy]

2. Here ya go..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKITpVovTAE

[postulater]

7. One of my first albums.

I used to lie on the floor in my parents living room with my head in between the speakers.

Memorized every line from that album.

Sadly the album was ruined when my apartment flooded in 1982.

My daughters call those 'the big CDs'.

Brown shoes don't make it.

[NBachers]

3. Yup, that was my first thought - but the Sinclair Lewis play sounds pretty good, too

[PETRUS]

4. K&R nt

[Zookeeper]

5. I read the novel last year. It's amazingly pertinent to today...

It's also a free download on some bookreading apps (Aldiko is the one I use).

I encourage everyone to read the novel and see the play!

[murielm99]

6. I reread it a couple of years ago, too.

Please everyone, read this book!