September 7, 2018, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsTerrence McNally at 80 In partnership with ZACH Theatre, the Ransom Center presents a screening and conversation with playwright Terrence McNally on Sunday, November 11, at 2 p.m. Terrence McNally is one of the most enduring and respected American playwrights, responsible for over 80 plays, musicals, and opera librettos over the past 50 years.
January 29, 2018, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsGrappling with the past: On exhibiting minstrelsy materials The decision to include collection material depicting blackface minstrelsy in our exhibition on vaudeville is a decision we do not take lightly. Minstrelsy is part of the history of American performance and vaudeville. We have a responsibility not to hide this troubling history, but also to display it in such… read more
January 26, 2017, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmScreenwriter David Hare, scholar Deborah Lipstadt discuss Denial In 1996, Holocaust denier David Irving sued scholar Deborah Lipstadt on the grounds of libel for her book Denying the Holocaust (Penguin, 1993). The case went to court in the United Kingdom, where Lipstadt and her legal team found themselves having to legally prove that the Nazis had systematically exterminated… read more
