Grow A Show Musical Theatre Workshop: Tales From The Comic Book Crackdown
September 9 / 7:30PM
Starts at
7:30 pm
Lied Center for Performing Arts
Target Audiences:
301 N 12th St
Lincoln NE 68508
Lincoln NE 68508
Additional Info: LIED
Contact:
Lauren Durban, ldurban2@unl.edu
Book by Ben Dickow, Words and Music by Ray Hedgpeth
Directed by Hank Stratton
Public performance on Monday, September 9 at 7:30 PM on the Lied Mainstage
“Tales From the Comic Book Crackdown” is centered around the dramatic 1954 Senate hearings on comic books and juvenile delinquency, which were designed to bring down the comic book industry altogether. Bill Gaines, publisher of E.C. Comics, the most successful comic book publisher of that time with titles such as “Tales from the Crypt,” “The Vault of Horror,” and “Weird Science” was the only publisher who agreed to testify on behalf of comics. It nearly spelled the end of him and his company. And yet somehow, Bill managed to pull off the greatest twist ending in the history of comic books.
Directed by Hank Stratton
Public performance on Monday, September 9 at 7:30 PM on the Lied Mainstage
“Tales From the Comic Book Crackdown” is centered around the dramatic 1954 Senate hearings on comic books and juvenile delinquency, which were designed to bring down the comic book industry altogether. Bill Gaines, publisher of E.C. Comics, the most successful comic book publisher of that time with titles such as “Tales from the Crypt,” “The Vault of Horror,” and “Weird Science” was the only publisher who agreed to testify on behalf of comics. It nearly spelled the end of him and his company. And yet somehow, Bill managed to pull off the greatest twist ending in the history of comic books.
https://www.liedcenter.org/event/grow-show-musical-theatre-workshop-tales-comic-book-crackdown
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